Earth's Resources
Virginia SOL ENV.6
Investigate and understand that Earth's resources are finite and should be conserved.
What students need to be able to do
- Make, support, and evaluate claims about how sustainable and unsustainable natural resources affect organisms.
- Compare geologic and chemical processes responsible for filtering, cycling, and storing Earth's freshwater resources.
- Debate advantages and disadvantages of sustainable practices in community, home, and individual contexts.
- Make, support, and evaluate claims about how human activities affect Earth's resources.
- Compare environmental effects related to various energy sources in Virginia.