GIS + GPS = Illinois State Standards

Illinois Science Standards #13 - Technology & Society

STATE GOAL 12: Understand the processes of scientific inquiry and technological design to investigate questions, conduct experiments and solve problems.

Illinois Science Standards covered below --> ( 12B, & 12E).

Why This Goal Is Important: This goal is comprised of key concepts and principles in the life, physical and earth/space sciences that have considerable explanatory and predictive power for scientists and non-scientists alike. These ideas have been thoroughly studied and have stood the test of time. Knowing and being able to apply these concepts, principles and processes help students understand what they observe in nature and through scientific experimentation. A working knowledge of these concepts and principles allows students to relate new subject matter to material previously learned and to create deeper and more meaningful levels of understanding.

Learning Standard	12B. Know and apply concepts that describe how living things interact with each other and with their environment.
Early Elementary	12.B.1a Describe and compare characteristics of living things in relationship to their environments.
Early Elementary	12.B.1b Describe how living things depend on one another for survival.
Late Elementary	12.B.2a Describe relationships among various organisms in their environments (e.g., predator/prey, parasite/host, food chains and food webs).
Late Elementary	12.B.2b Identify physical features of plants and animals that help them live in different environments (e.g., specialized teeth for eating certain foods, thorns for protection, insulation for cold temperature).
Middle & Junior High School	12.B.3a Identify and classify biotic and abiotic factors in an environment that affect population density, habitat and placement of organisms in an energy pyramid.
Middle & Junior High School	12.B.3b Compare and assess features of organisms for their adaptive, competitive and survival potential (e.g., appendages, reproductive rates, camouflage, defensive structures).
Early High School	12.B.4a Compare physical, ecological and behavioral factors that influence interactions and interdependence of organisms.
Early High School	12.B.4b Simulate and analyze factors that influence the size and stability of populations within ecosystems (e.g., birth rate, death rate, predation, migration patterns).
Late High School	12.B.5a Analyze and explain biodiversity issues and the causes and effects of extinction.
Late High School	12.B.5b Compare and predict how life forms can adapt to changes in the environment by applying concepts of change and constancy (e.g., variations within a population increase the likelihood of survival under new conditions).
Learning Standard	12E. Know and apply concepts that describe the features and processes of the Earth and its resources.
Early Elementary	12.E.1a Identify components and describe diverse features of the Earth's land, water and atmospheric systems.
Early Elementary	12.E.1b Identify and describe patterns of weather and seasonal change.
Early Elementary	12.E.1c Identify renewable and nonrenewable natural resources.
Late Elementary	12.E.2a Identify and explain natural cycles of the Earth's land, water and atmospheric systems (e.g., rock cycle, water cycle, weather patterns).
Late Elementary	12.E.2b Describe and explain short-term and long-term interactions of the Earth's components (e.g., earthquakes, types of erosion).
Late Elementary	12.E.2c Identify and classify recyclable materials.
Middle & Junior High School	12.E.3a Analyze and explain large-scale dynamic forces, events and processes that affect the Earth's land, water and atmospheric systems (e.g., jetstream, hurricanes, plate tectonics).
Middle & Junior High School	12.E.3b Describe interactions between solid earth, oceans, atmosphere and organisms that have resulted in ongoing changes of Earth (e.g., erosion, El Nino).
Middle & Junior High School	12.E.3c Evaluate the biodegradability of renewable and nonrenewable natural resources.
Early High School	12.E.4a Explain how external and internal energy sources drive Earth processes (e.g., solar energy drives weather patterns; internal heat drives plate tectonics).
Early High School	12.E.4b Describe how rock sequences and fossil remains are used to interpret the age and changes in the Earth.
Late High School	12.E.5 Analyze the processes involved in naturally occurring short-term and long-term Earth events (e.g., floods, ice ages, temperature, sea-level fluctuations).

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