Desertification and the American Dust Bowl
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Description: A guided discussion about desertification, including causes, effects, impacts on human health, and solutions, after watching the History Channel video “Black Blizzard” about the Dust Bowl of the 1930s in the United States.
Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12
Keywords: erosion, history, degradation, desertification, Dust Bowl, land management, soil conservation
Lesson Area: Soil Conservation
Resource Type: Activity
Next Generation Science Standards
Grade | Discipline | Core Idea |
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6-8 | ESS3.C: Human impacts on Earth systems | Human activities have altered the biosphere, sometimes damaging it, although changes to environments can have different impacts for different living things. Activities and technologies can be engineered to reduce people's impacts on Earth. |
9-12 | ESS3.C: Human impacts on Earth systems | Sustainability of human societies and the biodiversity that supports them requires responsible management of natural resources, including the development of technologies. |