Core Content: Science

• S-HS-AC-01 - Students will apply scientific inquiry and conceptual understandings to solving problems of
technological design (e.g., styrofoam cups, transistors, computer chips).
• S-HS-AC-02 - Students will examine the interaction between science and technology.
• S-HS-AC-03 - Students will explore the impact of scientific knowledge and discoveries on personal and community
health.
• S-HS-AC-04 - Students will recognize how science influences human population growth.
• S-HS-AC-05 - Students will use science to analyze the use of natural resources by an increasing human population.
• S-HS-AC-06 - Students will investigate how science can be used to solve environmental quality problems (e.g.,
overconsumption, food distribution).
• S-HS-AC-07 - Students will use science to investigate natural hazards and human-induced hazards.
• S-HS-AC-08 - Students will analyze how science and technology are necessary but not sufficient for solving local,
national, and global issues.
• S-HS-AC-09 - Students will analyze the role science plays in everyday life and compare different careers in science.
• S-HS-AC-10 - Students will recognize that scientific knowledge comes from empirical standards, logical arguments,
skepticism, and is subject to change as new evidence becomes available.
• S-HS-AC-11 - Students will investigate advances in science and technology that have important and long- lasting
effects on science and society (e.g., Newtonian mechanics, plate tectonics, germ theory, medical and health
technology)
• S-HS-LS-08 - Students will analyze energy flow through ecosystems.
• S-HS-LS-09 - Students will examine interrelationships and interdependencies of organisms in ecosystems and the
factors that influence the interactions between organisms.
• S-HS-LS-10 - Students will explore how human activities alter ecosystems.
• S-HS-LS-11 - Students will recognize that living systems require continuous input of energy.
• S-HS-LS-12 - Students will recognize that living systems require continuous input of energy.
• S-HS-LS-13 - Students will analyze the flow of matter and energy through and between living systems and
environments.
• S-HS-LS-14 - Students will investigate behavioral responses to internal changes and external stimuli.
• S-HS-LS-15 - Students will analyze how patterns of behavior ensure reproductive success.
• S-HS-SI-01 - Students will identify and refine questions and identify scientific concepts to guide the design of
scientific investigations.
• S-HS-SI-02 - Students will design and conduct different kinds of scientific investigations for a wide variety of reasons.
• S-HS-SI-03 - Students will use equipment (e.g., microscopes, lasers), tools (e.g., beakers), techniques (e.g.,
microscope skills), technology (e.g., computers), and mathematics to improve scientific investigations and
communications.
• S-HS-SI-04 - Students will use evidence, logic, and scientific knowledge to develop and revise scientific explanations
and models.
• S-HS-SI-05 - Students will communicate designs, procedures, and results of scientific investigations.
• S-HS-SI-06 - Students will review and analyze scientific investigations and explanations of others.

Practical Living

• PL-M-3.1.5 - Environmental issues (eg.pollution) should be considered when making consumer decisions
• PL-M-3.3.2 - Improving Environmental Conditions (e.g. air and water quality) and preserving natural resources impact
personal and community health.
 Technology

• T-I-ICP-U-1 - Students will understand that appropriate terminology, computer operations and applications assist in
gaining confidence in the use of technology.
o T-I-ICP-S-L1- Students will investigate different technology devices and systems (e.g., computer
processor unit, monitor, keyboard, disk drive, printer, mouse, digital cameras, interactive white
boards)
o T-I-ICP-S-I3 -Students will use appropriate technology terms (e.g., hardware, software, CD, hard
drive
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• T-I-ICP-U-3 - Students will understand that a variety of media is used to support directed and independent
learning
o T-I-ICP-S-P3 - Students will create a variety of tasks using technology devices and systems to
support authentic learning
o TE-SK-I-ICP-3c –Students will use technology to collect data for content area assignments/projects

• T-I-ICP-U-4 - Students will understand that technology is used to communicate in a variety of ways
including global communications.
• T-I-ICP-S-C1 - Students will use technology to communicate in a variety of modes (e.g., audio,
speech to text, print, media)
• T-I-SESI-U-1 - Students will understand that responsible and ethical use of technology is necessary to
ensure safety.
• T-I-SESI-U-2 - Students will understand that technology is used in collaborative and interactive projects to
enhance learning.
• T-I-SESI-U-3 - Students will understand that acceptable technology etiquette is essential to respectful social
interactions and good citizenship.
• T-I-SESI-U-4 - Students will understand that technology is used in jobs and careers to support the needs of the
community and global community.
• T-I-SESI-U-5 - Students will understand that assistive technology supports learning to ensure equitable access to
a productive life.