The Ripple Effect

Common Core Standards

Substrand 1: Geospatial Skills
Standard 1. People use geographic representations and geospatial technologies to acquire, process and report information within a spatial context.
Benchmark 9.3.1.1.2 Apply geographic information from a variety of print and electronic sources to interpret the past and present and plan for the future; provide rationale for using specific technologies for each application.
Standard 2. Geographic Inquiry is a process in which people ask geographic questions and gather, organize and analyze information to solve problems and plan for the future.
Benchmark 9.3.1.2.1: Use geospatial technologies to develop plans for analyzing and solving local and regional problems that have spatial dimensions.
Substrand 2: Places and Regions
Standard 3. Places have physical characteristics (such as climate, topography and vegetation) and human characteristics (such as culture, population, political and economic systems).
Benchmark 9.3.2.3.1: Make inferences and draw conclusions about the physical and human characteristics of places based on a comparison of maps and other geographic representations and geospatial technologies.
Substrand 3: Human Systems
Standard 7. The characteristics, distribution and complexity of the earth’s culture influence human systems (social, economic and political systems
Benchmark 9.3.3.7.3: Explain how social, political and economic processes influence the characteristics of places and regions.
Standard 9. The environment influences human actions; and humans both adapt to and change, the environment.
Benchmark 9.3.4.9.1: Analyze the interconnectedness of the environment and human activities (including the use of technology), and the impact of one upon the other.