Strand 1- Questioning, Analysis and Interpretation Skills

•    Questioning
•    Designing Investigations
•    Collecting information
•    Evaluating accuracy and reliability
•    Organizing information
•    Working with models and simulations
•    Drawing conclusions and developing explanations

Strand 2- Knowledge of Environmental Processes and Systems

2.1    The earth as a physical system
•    Processes that shape the earth
•    Changes in matter
•    Energy

2.2    The living environment
•    Organisms, populations, and communities
•    Heredity and evolution
•    Systems and connections
•    Flow of matter and energy

2.3    Humans and their societies
•    Individuals and groups
•    Culture
•    Political and economic systems
•    Global connections
•    Change and conflict

2.4    Environment and society
•    Human/environment interactions
•    Places
•    Resources
•    Technology
•    Environmental Issues
 

Strand 3- Skills for Understanding and Addressing Environmental Issues

3.1     Skills for analyzing and investigating environmental issues
•    Identifying and investigating issues
•    Sorting out the consequences of issues
•    Identifying and evaluating alternative solutions and courses of action
•    Working with flexibility, creativity, and openness

3.2     Decision-making and citizenship skills
•    Forming and evaluating personal views
•    Evaluating the need for citizen action
•    Planning and taking action
•    Evaluating the results of actions

Strand 4- Personal and Civic Responsibility

•    Understanding societal values and principles
•    Recognizing citizen’ rights and responsibilities
•    Recognizing efficacy
•    Accepting personal responsibility