The Dust Bowl - Esri Geoinquiries
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Description: Students analyze the change in California’s population relative to the change in the Dust Bowl states’ population during the 1920s and 1930s.
Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12
Keywords: Dust Bowl, soil erosion, GIS, affecting soil degradation, human impact, soil conservation
Lesson Area: Soil Conservation
Resource Type: Activity
Next Generation Science Standards
| Grade | Discipline | Core Idea |
|---|---|---|
| 6-8 | ESS3.A: Natural resources | Humans depend on Earth's land, ocean, atmosphere, and biosphere for different resources, many of which are limited or not renewable. Resources are distributed unevenly around the planet as a result of past geologic processes. |
| 9-12 | ESS3.A: Natural resources | Resource availability has guided the development of human society and use of natural resources has associated costs, risks, and benefits. |