Grade 12

HS-LS4-3

Apply concepts of statistics and probability to support explanations that organisms with an advantageous heritable trait tend to increase in proportion to organisms lacking this trait.

October 1, 2018
HS-LS1-6

Construct and revise an explanation based on evidence for how carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen from sugar molecules may combine with other elements to form amino acids and/or other large carbon-based molecules.

October 1, 2018
HS-LS4-4

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how natural selection leads to adaptation of populations.

October 1, 2018
HS-LS1-7

Use a model to illustrate that cellular respiration is a chemical process whereby the bonds of food molecules and oxygen molecules are broken and the bonds in new compounds are formed resulting in a net transfer of energy.

October 1, 2018
HS-LS2-1

Use mathematical and/or computational representations to support explanations of factors that affect carrying capacity of ecosystems at different scales.

October 1, 2018
HS-LS2-2

Use mathematical representations to support and revise explanations based on evidence about factors affecting biodiversity and populations in ecosystems of different scales.

October 1, 2018
HS-LS2-3

Construct and revise an explanation based on evidence for the cycling of matter and flow of energy in aerobicand anaerobic conditions.

October 1, 2018
HS-LS2-4

Use mathematical representations to support claims for the cycling of matter and flow of energy among organisms in an ecosystem.

October 1, 2018
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.

October 1, 2018
HS-LS2-6

Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, but changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem.

October 1, 2018
HS-LS2-7

Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.

October 1, 2018
HS-LS2-8

Evaluate the evidence for the role of group behavior on individual and species? chances to survive and reproduce.

October 1, 2018