Earth and Human Activity: Grades 9-12

Other Maryland Science - Next Generation sets

• Grade K
• Grade 1
• Grade 2
• Grade 3
• Grade 4
• Grade 5
• Grades 6, 7, 8
• Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity: Grades 9-12
• Earth's Place in the Universe: Grades 9-12
• Earth's Systems: Grades 9-12
• Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics: Grades 9-12
• Energy: Grades 9-12
• Engineering Design: Grades 9-12
• From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes: Grades 9-12
• Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits: Grades 9-12
• Matter and Its Interactions: Grades 9-12
• Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions: Grades 9-12
• Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer: Grades 9-12

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.HS-ESS3-1

Evaluate competing design solutions for developing, managing, and utilizing energy and mineral resources based on cost-benefit ratios.HS-ESS3-2

Create a computational simulation to illustrate the relationships among management of natural resources, the sustainability of human populations, and biodiversity.HS-ESS3-3

Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems.HS-ESS3-4

Analyze geoscience data and the results from global climate models to make an evidence-based forecast of the current rate of global or regional climate change and associated future impacts to Earth systems.HS-ESS3-5

Use a computational representation to illustrate the relationships among Earth systems and how those relationships are being modified due to human activity.HS-ESS3-6