Standards Referenced on a Learning Label

Standard: NGSS - HS-PS3 - HS-PS3-1
Short Description: Energy
Long Description: Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known.
Assessment Boundary: [Assessment Boundary: Assessment is limited to basic algebraic expressions or computations; to systems of two or three components; and to thermal energy, kinetic energy, and/or the energies in gravitational, magnetic, or electric fields.]
Clarification Statement: [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on explaining the meaning of mathematical expressions used in the model.]
Base Skill: Applied Science
Target Audience: High School

Standard: NGSS - HS-PS3 - HS-PS3-3
Short Description: Energy
Long Description: Design, build, and refine a device that works within given constraints to convert one form of energy into another form of energy.
Assessment Boundary: [Assessment Boundary: Assessment for quantitative evaluations is limited to total output for a given input. Assessment is limited to devices constructed with materials provided to students.]
Clarification Statement: [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on both qualitative and quantitative evaluations of devices. Examples of devices could include Rube Goldberg devices, wind turbines, solar cells, solar ovens, and generators. Examples of constraints could include use of renewable energy forms and efficiency.]
Base Skill: Applied Science
Target Audience: High School

Standard: NGSS - HS-ESS3 - HS-ESS3-3
Short Description: Earth and Human Activity
Long Description: Create a computational simulation to illustrate the relationships among the management of natural resources, the sustainability of human populations, and biodiversity.
Assessment Boundary: [Assessment Boundary: Assessment for computational simulations is limited to using provided multi-parameter programs or constructing simplified spreadsheet calculations.]
Clarification Statement: [Clarification Statement: Examples of factors that affect the management of natural resources include costs of resource extraction and waste management, per-capita consumption, and the development of new technologies. Examples of factors that affect human sustainability include agricultural efficiency, levels of conservation, and urban planning.]
Base Skill: Applied Science
Target Audience: High School

Standard: NGSS - HS-ESS3 - HS-ESS3-6
Short Description: Earth and Human Activity
Long Description: Use a computational representation to illustrate the relationships among Earth systems and how those relationships are being modified due to human activity.
Assessment Boundary: [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include running computational representations but is limited to using the published results of scientific computational models.]
Clarification Statement: [Clarification Statement: Examples of Earth systems to be considered are the hydrosphere, atmosphere, cryosphere, geosphere, and/or biosphere. An example of the far-reaching impacts from a human activity is how an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide results in an increase in photosynthetic biomass on land and an increase in ocean acidification, with resulting impacts on sea organism health and marine populations.]
Base Skill: Applied Science
Target Audience: High School

Standard: NGSS - HS-PS3 - HS-PS3-4
Short Description: Energy
Long Description: Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the transfer of thermal energy when two components of different temperature are combined within a closed system results in a more uniform energy distribution among the components in the system (se
Assessment Boundary: [Assessment Boundary: Assessment is limited to investigations based on materials and tools provided to students.]
Clarification Statement: [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on analyzing data from student investigations and using mathematical thinking to describe the energy changes both quantitatively and conceptually. Examples of investigations could include mixing liquids at different initial temperatures or adding objects at different temperatures to water.]
Base Skill: Applied Science
Target Audience: High School

Standard: NGSS - HS-PS3 - HS-PS3-5
Short Description: Energy
Long Description: Develop and use a model of two objects interacting through electric or magnetic fields to illustrate the forces between objects and the changes in energy of the objects due to the interaction.
Assessment Boundary: [Assessment Boundary: Assessment is limited to systems containing two objects.]
Clarification Statement: [Clarification Statement: Examples of models could include drawings, diagrams, and texts, such as drawings of what happens when two charges of opposite polarity are near each other.]
Base Skill: Applied Science
Target Audience: High School

Standard: NGSS - HS-ESS3 - HS-ESS3-1
Short Description: Earth and Human Activity
Long Description: 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.
Clarification Statement: [Clarification Statement: Examples of key natural resources include access to fresh water (such as rivers, lakes, and groundwater), regions of fertile soils such as river deltas, and high concentrations of minerals and fossil fuels. Examples of natural hazards can be from interior processes (such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes), surface processes (such as tsunamis, mass wasting and soil erosion), and severe weather (such as hurricanes, floods, and droughts). Examples of the results of changes in climate that can affect populations or drive mass migrations include changes to sea level, regional patterns of temperature and precipitation, and the types of crops and livestock that can be raised.]
Base Skill: Applied Science
Target Audience: High School

Standard: NGSS - HS-ESS3 - HS-ESS3-4
Short Description: Earth and Human Activity
Long Description: Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems.
Clarification Statement: [Clarification Statement: Examples of data on the impacts of human activities could include the quantities and types of pollutants released, changes to biomass and species diversity, or areal changes in land surface use (such as for urban development, agriculture and livestock, or surface mining). Examples for limiting future impacts could range from local efforts (such as reducing, reusing, and recycling resources) to large-scale geoengineering design solutions (such as altering global temperatures by making large changes to the atmosphere or ocean).]
Base Skill: Applied Science
Target Audience: High School

Standard: NGSS - HS-ESS3 - HS-ESS3-2
Short Description: Earth and Human Activity
Long Description: Evaluate competing design solutions for developing, managing, and utilizing energy and mineral resources based on cost-benefit ratios.
Clarification Statement: [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on the conservation, recycling, and reuse of resources (such as minerals and metals) where possible, and on minimizing impacts where it is not. Examples include developing best practices for agricultural soil use, mining (for coal, tar sands, and oil shales), and pumping (for petroleum and natural gas). Science knowledge indicates what can happen in natural systems—not what should happen.]
Base Skill: Applied Science
Target Audience: High School

Standard: NGSS - HS-ESS3 - HS-ESS3-5
Short Description: Earth and Human Activity
Long Description: 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's systems.
Clarification Statement: [Clarification Statement: Examples of evidence, for both data and climate model outputs, are for climate changes (such as precipitation and temperature) and their associated impacts (such as on sea level, glacial ice volumes, or atmosphere and ocean composition).] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment is limited to one example of a climate change and its associated impacts.]
Base Skill: Applied Science
Target Audience: High School

Standard: NGSS - HS-PS3 - HS-PS3-2
Short Description: Energy
Long Description: Develop and use models to illustrate that energy at the macroscopic scale can be accounted for as a combination of energy associated with the motion of particles (objects) and energy associated with the relative position of particles (objects).
Clarification Statement: [Clarification Statement: Examples of phenomena at the macroscopic scale could include the conversion of kinetic energy to thermal energy, the energy stored due to position of an object above the earth, and the energy stored between two electrically-charged plates. Examples of models could include diagrams, drawings, descriptions, and computer simulations.]
Base Skill: Applied Science
Target Audience: High School