Saguaro National Park - State Standards for Desert Communities Field Trip at TMD (U.S. National Park Service)

Science
Strand 1: Inquiry Process
          Concept 1: Observations, Questions,
          and Hypotheses
                    PO 1

Strand 3: Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
          Concept 1: Changes in Environments
                    PO 1
                    PO 2

Strand 4: Life Sciences
          Concept 1: Characteristics of
          Organisms
                    PO 1
                    PO 2
          Concept 2: Life Cycles
          Concept 3: Organisms and
          Environments
                    PO 1
                    PO 3
          Concept 4: Diversity, Adaptation, and
          Behavior
                    PO 1
                    PO 2

Strand 5: Physical Science
Concept 1: Properties of Objects and
Materials

Social Studies
Strand 1: American History
          Concept 1: Research Skills for History
                    PO 1
          Concept 2: Early Civilizations
                    PO 1
                    PO 2
                    PO 3
                    PO 4
          Concept 3: Exploration and
          Colonization
                    PO 3

Strand 4: Geography
          Concept 3: Physical Systems (Science
          Strand 3, Concept 1 reinforced in
          Social Studies, assessed through
          science)
          Concept 5: Environment and Society
                    PO 1
                    PO 2
                    PO 3
          Concept 6: Geographic Applications
                    PO 1