A student expectation is directly related to the knowledge and skills statement, is more specific about how students demonstrate their learning, and always begins with a verb. Student expectations are further broken down into their component parts, often referred to as “breakouts.”
Vertical alignment shows student expectations in the same subject area at different grade levels that are related to or build upon one another.
identify evidence that supports the idea that air is all around us and demonstrate that wind is moving air using items such as a windsock, pinwheel, or ribbon.
Breakouts are the component parts that make up a student expectation. A breakout shows a distinct concept a student should know or a distinct skill that a student should be able to demonstrate.
A system is a whole made of parts that work together. It has components and boundaries. It can interact with or be part of other systems.
The whole of the Earth system is made up of the biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere. Each of these parts influences the others. For example, in a particular location the geosphere's geography affects the weather patterns within the atmosphere which affects the water in the hydrosphere and the organisms that live in the biosphere.
SS.6.3.A identify and explain the geographic factors responsible for patterns of population in places and regions