1: Earth and Space

1.2: Weather & Climate

HS.E1U1.11: Analyze and interpret data to determine how energy from the Sun affects weather patterns and climate.

Coastal Winds and Clouds
Coastal Winds and Clouds - Metric
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D

HS+E.E1U1.1: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the Sun’s energy transfers between Earth’s systems.

Coastal Winds and Clouds
Coastal Winds and Clouds - Metric
Greenhouse Effect - Metric

HS+E.E1U1.2: Develop and use models to describe how variations in the flow of energy into and out of Earth’s systems result in changes in climate.

Greenhouse Effect - Metric

1.3: Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes

HS.E1U1.12: Develop and use models of the Earth that explains the role of energy and matter in Earth’s constantly changing internal and external systems (geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere).

Plate Tectonics
Rock Cycle
Water Cycle

HS+E.E1U1.4: Analyze and interpret geoscience data to make the claim that dynamic interactions with Earth’s surface can create feedbacks that cause changes to other Earth systems.

Plate Tectonics

HS+E.E1U1.5: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information on the effect of water on Earth’s materials, surface processes, and groundwater systems.

Erosion Rates
River Erosion
Weathering

1.4: Earth’s Systems

HS+E.E1U1.6: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information of the theory of plate tectonics to explain the differences in age, structure, and composition of Earth’s crust.

Plate Tectonics

HS+E.E1U1.8: Develop and use models to illustrate how Earth's internal and surface processes operate over time to form, modify, and recycle continental and ocean floor features.

Plate Tectonics

1.5: Earth and Human Activity

HS+E.E1U3.10: Ask questions, define problems, and evaluate a solution to a complex problem, based on prioritized criteria and tradeoffs, that account for a range of constraints, including cost, safety, reliability, and aesthetics, as well as possible social, cultural, and environmental impacts.

Genetic Engineering
Nitrogen Cycle

1.7: Earth’s Place in the Universe

HS.E2U1.15: Construct an explanation based on evidence to illustrate the role of nuclear fusion in the life cycle of a star.

H-R Diagram
Nuclear Reactions

HS+E.E2U1.12: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate scientific information about the way stars, throughout their stellar stages, produce elements and energy.

Nuclear Reactions

1.8: Earth and the Solar System

HS.E2U1.16: Construct an explanation of how gravitational forces impact the evolution of planetary motion, structure, surfaces, atmospheres, moons, and rings.

Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
Tides - Metric

HS+E.E2U1.13: Analyze and interpret data showing how gravitational forces are influenced by mass and the distance between objects.

Gravitational Force

HS+E.E2U1.14: Use mathematics and computational thinking to explain the movement of planets and objects in the solar system.

Gravitational Force
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws

1.9: The Universe and its Stars

HS.E2U1.17: Construct an explanation of the origin, expansion, and scale of the universe based on astronomical evidence.

Big Bang Theory - Hubble's Law

HS+E.E2U1.16: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about patterns of size and scale of our solar system, our galaxy, and the universe.

H-R Diagram
Solar System Explorer
Star Spectra

HS+E.E2U2.17: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate the impact of technology on human understanding of the formation, scale, and composition of the universe.

Star Spectra