Correlations to

Iowa's Content Standards & Benchmarks

Module I

8000 years of American Prehistory

Grades 6 - 9: Reading

Benchmark 1: Students can understand stated information they have read.

Benchmark 3: Students can draw conclusions, make inferences, and deduce meaning.

Benchmark 8: Students can identify the writer’s views or purpose.

Grades 6 - 9: Career & Technical Education

Competency 2: Students can collect, analyze and organize information.

Module II

From Forest to Farm and Back Again

Grades 6 - 9: Reading

Benchmark 1: Students can understand stated information they have read.

Benchmark 2: Students can determine the meaning of new words from their context.

Grades 6 - 9: Math

Benchmark C: Students can solve a variety of math problems.

1. Students can solve math problems.
2. Students can understand and apply problem-solving approaches and procedures.

Grades 6 - 9: Career & Technical Education

Competency 2: Students can collect, analyze and organize information.

Module III

Fueling the Fires of American Industrialization

Grades 6 - 9: Reading

Benchmark 1: Students can understand stated information they have read.

Benchmark 2: Students can determine the meaning of new words from their context.

Grades 6 - 9: Career & Technical Education

Competency 2: Students can collect, analyze and organize information.

Module IV

From Arbor Day to Earth Day

Grades 6 - 9: Reading

Benchmark 1: Students can understand stated information they have read.

Benchmark 2: Students can determine the meaning of new words from their context.

Grades 6 - 9: Career & Technical Education

Competency 2: Students can collect, analyze and organize information.

Module V

A New Profession Takes Seed

Grades 6 - 9: Reading

Benchmark 1: Students can understand stated information they have read.

Benchmark 2: Students can determine the meaning of new words from their context.

Grades 6 - 9: Career & Technical Education

Competency 11: Students can take responsibility for career and life choices.

Module VI

From Forest to Farm to Urban Forest

Grades 6 - 9: Reading

Benchmark 1: Students can understand stated information they have read.

Benchmark 2: Students can determine the meaning of new words from their context.

Grades 6 - 9: Math

Benchmark C: Students can solve a variety of math problems.

1. Students can solve math problems.
2. Students can understand and apply problem-solving approaches and procedures.

Grades 6 - 9: Career & Technical Education

Competency 2: Students can collect, analyze and organize information.

Module VII

Trees in Your Own Back Yard

Grades 6 - 9: Reading

Benchmark 1: Students can understand stated information they have read.

Benchmark 2: Students can determine the meaning of new words from their context.

Grades 6 - 9: Career & Technical Education

Competency 2: Students can collect, analyze and organize information.

Module VIII

Living in a Global Forest

Grades 6 - 9: Reading

Benchmark 1: Students can understand stated information they have read.

Benchmark 2: Students can determine the meaning of new words from their context.

Grades 6 - 9: Career & Technical Education

Competency 2: Students can collect, analyze and organize information.

Competency 3: Students can identify and solve problems.

Competency 9: Students can interact with others.

Competency 13: Students can participate in teamwork.

Module IX

Wildfires: Fight, Flight, or Coexistence?

Grades 6 - 9: Reading

Benchmark 1: Students can understand stated information they have read.

Benchmark 5: Students can interpret information in new contexts.

Benchmark 7: Students can determine the main idea of a text.

Grades 6 - 9: Science

Benchmark B: Students can understand concepts and relationships in life science.

Grades 6 - 9: Career & Technical Education

Competency 1: Students can communicate and understand ideas and information.

Competency 2: Students can collect, analyze and organize information.

Competency 6: Students can use technology.

Competency 7: Students can initiate and complete entire activity.

Module X

The Significance of Private Forests in the U.S.

Grades 6 - 9: Reading

Benchmark 1: Students can understand stated information they have read.

Benchmark 3: Students can draw conclusions, make inferences, and deduce meaning.

Benchmark 5: Students can interpret information in new contexts.

Grades 6 - 9: Math

Benchmark D: Students can interpret data presented in a variety of ways.

1. Students can use tables and graphs to locate and read information.
2. Students can interpret data from a variety of sources.

Grades 6 - 9: Science

Benchmark B: Students can understand concepts and relationships in life science.

Grades 6 - 9: Career & Technical Education

Competency 1: Students can communicate and understand ideas and information.

Competency 2: Students can collect, analyze and organize information.

Competency 6: Students can use technology.

Competency 9: Students can interact with others.

Module XI

Forest Research: Who, What, Where & Why?

Grades 6 - 9: Reading

Benchmark 1: Students can understand stated information they have read.

Benchmark 3: Students can draw conclusions, make inferences, and deduce meaning.

Benchmark 4: Students can infer traits, feelings, and motives of characters.

Benchmark 5: Students can interpret information in new contexts.

Grades 6 - 9: Career & Technical Education

Competency 2: Students can collect, analyze and organize information.

Competency 9: Students can interact with others.

Competency 13: Students can participate in teamwork.