Use appropriate supportive technologies.

Assess the limits of accuracy inherent in a particular measuring device or procedure.

Interpret data to justify predictions or conclusions.

Select appropriate scientific equipment and technologies for investigations and experiments.

Use proper safety procedures in all investigations.

Evaluate the benefits and potential of scientific investigations.

	Observe, record and organize data, and draw conclusions.
	Communicate scientific research.
	Work cooperatively.
	Budget time, organize work into manageable chunks, keep to a schedule, and delegate work.
	Use reading, writing, research, and computer skills.

Assignment:  Complete tables, graphs, analysis, & conclusion. Fix Introduction. Fix Procedure. Fix Research Plan Attachment.

	Consider the factors that led to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.
	Determine that natural earth processes can cause natural hazards that destroy human property and wildlife habitats.
	Understand that human activities can induce hazards through land use decisions that may accelerate natural processes.
	Realize that the composition of the soil in a particular area can change over time.

Assignment: Review Soil Lab. View Surviving the Dust Bowl. 

	Consider the factors that led to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.
	Determine that natural earth processes can cause natural hazards that destroy human property and wildlife habitats.
	Understand that human activities can induce hazards through land use decisions that may accelerate natural processes.
	Realize that the composition of the soil in a particular area can change over time.

Assignment: View Surviving the Dust Bowl. Answer questions in notebook.

	Understand the concept of density.
	Learn that density is this property which causes some liquids to float on top of one another.
	Use the following skills: observation and recording data based on the observations.

Assignment: Prequiz. Layering Density Lab. 

	Understand the concept of density.
	Learn that density is this property which causes some liquids to float on top of one another.
	Use the following skills: observation and recording data based on the observations.

Assignment: Finish Layering Density Lab.