National Science Education Standards Standard D: Earth and Space Science
Energy in the earth system
Standard F: Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
Natural Resources
Environmental Quality
Natural and Human Induced Hazards
Science and Technology in Local, National and Global Challenges
Hawaii Content and Performance Standards
Marine Science 3.3: Explain how the ocean participates in the geochemical cycling of elements
Marine Science 3.6: Explain how erosion occurs and the effects of sedimentation
Marine Science 3.8: Explain how the ocean influences weather and climate
Biology 3.1: Describe biogeochemical cycles within ecosystems
Chemistry 3.1: Explain the properties of acids, bases, and salt solutions
Chemistry 3.2: Use the pH scale to characterize acid and base solutions
American Samoa Content Standards
Benchmark 3.4: Understands natural changes in the Earth’s environment, surface, and atmosphere.
Benchmark 3.8: Knows natural and human induced hazards.
Guam Content Standards and Performance Indicators
Biology 2.29: Understand and explain that, like many complex systems, ecosystems tend to have cyclic fluctuations around a state of rough equilibrium; however, also understand that ecosystems can always change with climate changes or when one or more new species appear.
Biology 2.30: Recognize and describe how human beings are part of Earth’s ecosystems and that human activities can, deliberately or inadvertently, alter the equilibrium in ecosystems.
Biology 2.32: Recognize and describe how the physical or chemical environment may influence the rate, extent, and nature of the way organisms develop within ecosystems.
Chemistry 3.15: Know and describe the classes and properties of compounds (acids, bases, salts) that form ions in water solutions through dissociation.
Chemistry.3.16: Know how to use the pH scale to characterize acid and base solutions and to calculate pH from the hydrogen-ion concentration; also, know and explain how buffers stabilize pH in acid-base reactions.