Students analyze the change in California’s population relative to the change in the Dust Bowl states’ population during the 1920s and 1930s.

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Discipline
Earth and Space Sciences
Grade Level
6-8
9-12
Lesson Area
Soil Conservation
Lesson Type
Activity
Lesson Keywords
Dust Bowl
Soil Erosion
GIS
affecting soil degradation
Human Impact
Soil Conservation

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.