1. Asking questions & defining problems
8a. Obtaining information
Cross-cutting Concepts
6. Stability and Change
7. Energy and Matter: Flows, cycles, & conservation
Disciplinary Core Ideas
HS.ESS3.D2 - Through computer simulations and other studies, important discoveries are still being made about how the ocean, the atmosphere, and the biosphere interact and are modified in response to human activities.
HS.ESS2D.3 - Changes in the atmosphere due to human activity have increased carbon dioxide concentrations and thus affect climate.
Target Performance Expectations
HS-ESS2-2. Analyze geoscience data to make the claim that one change to Earth's surface can create feedbacks that cause changes to other Earth systems. HS-LS2-5 Develop a model to illustrate the role of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the cycling of carbon among the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere.
Associated Performance Expectations
HS-ESS3-6 Use a computational representation to illustrate the relationships among Earth systems and how those relationships are being modified due to human activity.
HS-LS1-5 Use a model to illustrate how photosynthesis transforms light energy into stored chemical energy.
HS-ESS2-4 Use a model to describe how variations in the flow of energy into and out of Earth's systems result in changes in climate.
HS-ESS2-6 Develop a quantitative model to describe the cycling of carbon among the hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and biosphere.
7. Engaging in Argument from Evidence
2. Developing and Using Models
4. Analyzing Interpreting Data
Cross-cutting Concepts
6. Stability and Change
7. Energy and Matter: Flows, cycles, & conservation
Disciplinary Core Ideas
HS.ESS3.D2 - Through computer simulations and other studies, important discoveries are still being made about how the ocean, the atmosphere, and the biosphere interact and are modified in response to human activities.
HS.ESS2D.3 - Changes in the atmosphere due to human activity have increased carbon dioxide concentrations and thus affect climate.
NGSS Standards Addressed
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