The "microbial zoo" helps students learn about the different functions and ecosystem services of soil microorganisms.
| Grade | Discipline | Core Idea |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 | ESS2.E: Biogeology |
Living things can affect the physical characteristics of their environment. |
| 3-5 | ESS3.C: Human impacts on Earth systems |
Societal activities have had major effects on the land, ocean, atmosphere, and even outer space. Societal activities can also help protect Earth's resources and environments. |
| 3-5 | LS2.C: Ecosystem dynamics | |
| 3-5 |
Living things can affect the physical characteristics of their environment. |
|
| 3-5 |
Living things can affect the physical characteristics of their environment. |
|
| 6-8 | ESS2.E: Biogeology |
[Content found in LS4.A and LS4.D] |
| 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. |
| 6-8 | LS2.C: Ecosystem dynamics | |
| 6-8 |
[Content found in LS4.A and LS4.D] |
|
| 6-8 |
[Content found in LS4.A and LS4.D] |
|
| 9-12 | ESS2.E: Biogeology |
The biosphere and Earth's other systems have many interconnections that cause a continual co-evolution of Earth's surface and life on it. |
| 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. |
| 9-12 | LS2.C: Ecosystem dynamics | |
| 9-12 |
The biosphere and Earth's other systems have many interconnections that cause a continual co-evolution of Earth's surface and life on it. |
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| 9-12 |
The biosphere and Earth's other systems have many interconnections that cause a continual co-evolution of Earth's surface and life on it. |