HS-ESS: Earth and Space Science
HS-ESS1-1: Develop a model based on evidence to illustrate the life span of the sun and the role of nuclear fusion in the sun’s core to release energy that eventually reaches Earth in the form of radiation.
H-R Diagram
Nuclear Reactions
HS-ESS1-2: Construct an explanation of the Big Bang Theory based on astronomical evidence of light spectra, motion of distant galaxies, and composition of matter in the universe.
Big Bang Theory - Hubble's Law
HS-ESS1-3: Communicate scientific ideas about the way stars, over their life cycle, produce elements.
Nuclear Reactions
HS-ESS1-4: Use mathematical or computational representations to predict the motion of orbiting objects in the solar system.
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
Solar System Explorer
HS-ESS2-1: Analyze geoscience data to make the claim that one change to Earth’s surface can create feedback that cause changes to other Earth systems.
Carbon Cycle
HS-ESS2-2: Develop a model based on evidence of Earth’s interior to describe the cycling of matter by thermal convection.
Conduction and Convection
Plate Tectonics
HS-ESS2-3: Use a model to describe how variations in the flow of energy into and out of Earth’s systems result in changes in climate.
Greenhouse Effect - Metric
HS-ESS2-4: Plan and carry out an investigation of the properties of water and its effects on Earth materials and surface processes.
Erosion Rates
River Erosion
Rock Cycle
Water Cycle
Weathering
HS-ESS3-3: Create a computational simulation to illustrate the relationships among management of natural resources, the sustainability of human populations, and biodiversity.
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
Pond Ecosystem
Water Pollution
HS-ESS3-4: Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems.
GMOs and the Environment
Nitrogen Cycle
HS-ESS3-5: 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.
Greenhouse Effect - Metric
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.
Carbon Cycle
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Correlation last revised: 9/15/2020