4.1
Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade
FOURTH GRADE STRAND 1: UTAH’S UNIQUE GEOGRAPHY
Grade5th Grade
SubjectSocial Studies
Levelstrand
Child standards (3)
- 4.1.1Use a variety of geographic tools to identify Utah and its surrounding states: latitude, longitude, hemisphere, climate, natural resources, landforms, and regions (for example, Rocky Mountains, Colorado Plateau, Basin and Ridge Region).
- 4.1.2Examine maps of Utah’s precipitation, temperature, vegetation, population, and natural resources; make inferences about relationships between the data sets. Describe how and why humans have changed the physical environment of Utah to meet their needs (for example, reservoirs, irrigation, climate, transcontinental railroad).
- 4.1.3Describe how the physical geography of Utah has both negative and positive consequences on our health and safety (for example, inversions, earthquakes, aridity, fire, recreation).