Predicting Future Settlement Patterns Around Clean Energy

Adapting to Environments: Desert Settlements, Global Patterns, and Future Cities

4th Grade·Social Studies·US-WI-SS

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Hypothesize how future towns and industrial hubs may cluster near abundant solar, wind, and lithium reserves.

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Adapting to Environments: Desert Settlements, Global Patterns, and Future Cities

4th Grade · Social Studies · US-WI-SS

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Investigate how societies adapt to dry environments, analyze geographic patterns of human settlement, and predict future community growth around clean energy.

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SS.Geog3.a.mWisconsin Social Studies Standards · 4th Grade

Analyze the relationship between the distribution of resources and patterns of human settlement within states, countries, and regions of the world now and in the past.