California State Content Standards

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Science EC.6.b: Students know how to analyze changes in an ecosystem resulting from changes in climate, human activity, introduction of nonnative species, or changes in population size.

Science EC.6.d: Students know how water, carbon, and nitrogen cycle between abiotic resources and organic matter in the ecosystem and how oxygen cycles through photosynthesis and respiration.

Science E.4.c: Students know the different atmospheric gases that absorb the Earth's thermal radiation and the mechanism and significance of the greenhouse effect.

Science E.6.a: Students know weather (in the short run) and climate (in the long run) involve the transfer of energy into and out of the atmosphere.

Science E.6.c: Students know how Earth's climate has changed over time, corresponding to changes in Earth's geography, atmospheric composition, and other factors, such as solar radiation and plate movement.

Science I.1.l: Analyze situations and solve problems that require combining and applying concepts from more than one area of science.

Science I.1.m: Investigate a science-based societal issue by researching the literature, analyzing data, and communicating the findings. Examples of issues include irradiation of food, cloning of animals by somatic cell nuclear transfer, choice of energy sources, and land and water use decisions in California.

History/Social Science 1.1: Students compare the present with the past, evaluating the consequences of past events and decisions and determining the lessons that were learned.

History/Social Science 1.2: Students analyze how change happens at different rates at different times; understand that some aspects can change while others remain the same; and understand that change is complicated and affects not only technology and politics but also values and beliefs.

History/Social Science 2.1: Students distinguish valid arguments from fallacious arguments in historical interpretations.

History/Social Science 2.4: Students construct and test hypotheses; collect, evaluate, and employ information from multiple primary and secondary sources; and apply it in oral and written presentations.

History/Social Science 3.1: Students show the connections, causal and otherwise, between particular historical events and larger social, economic, and political trends and developments.

History/Social Science 3.3: Students interpret past events and issues within the context in which an event unfolded rather than solely in terms of present-day norms and values.

History/Social Science 3.4: Students understand the meaning, implication, and impact of historical events and recognize that events could have taken other directions.

History/Social Science 3.5: Students analyze human modifications of landscapes and examine the resulting environmental policy issues.