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				| ELA/Literacy | 
				5 | 
				Reading | 
				R.11.5c | 
				Integration of Knowledge and Ideas | 
				Draw on information presented in various texts in order to answer a question or to solve a problem. | 
			
			
				| Modified NGSS | 
				5 | 
				Earth and Space Sciences | 
				5-ESS3-1 | 
				Earth and Human Activity | 
				Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth's resources and environment. | 
			
			
				| Modified NGSS | 
				6 | 
				Earth and Space Sciences | 
				MS-ESS3-5 | 
				Earth and Human Activity | 
				Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century. | 
			
			
				| Modified NGSS | 
				6-8 | 
				Earth and Space Sciences | 
				MS-ESS3-1 | 
				Earth and Human Activity | 
				Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes. | 
			
			
				| Modified NGSS | 
				6-8 | 
				Earth and Space Sciences | 
				MS-ESS3-3 | 
				Earth and Human Activity | 
				Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment. | 
			
			
				| Modified NGSS | 
				6-8 | 
				Physical Science | 
				MS-PS1-3 | 
				Matter and Its Interactions | 
				Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society. | 
			
			
				| ELA/Literacy | 
				K-12 | 
				Reading | 
				R.4 | 
				Key Ideas and Details | 
				Read various texts closely to determine what each text explicitly says and to make logical inferences; cite specific textual evidence to support conclusions drawn from the text. |