HS-ESS3-3: Biodiversity, Natural Resources, and Human Sustainability
Create a computational simulation to illustrate the relationships among management of natural resources, the sustainability of human populations, and biodiversity. (Stability and Change)
Clarification Statement: Examples of factors that affect the management of natural resources include costs of resource extraction and waste management, per-capita consumption, and the development of new technologies. Examples of factors that affect human sustainability include agricultural efficiency, levels of conservation, and urban planning.
Assessment Boundary: Assessment for computational simulations is limited to using provided multi-parameter programs or constructing simplified spreadsheet calculations.
Science Practices
Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking
Disciplinary Core Ideas
ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems
Crosscutting Concepts
Stability and Change
Assessments
The Wonder of Science Assessments
Shared Assessments
The following assessments were shared by teachers implementing the NGSS. Many of these are drafts and should be used accordingly. Feel free to improve these assessments or contribute your own. Learn more here.
Instructional Resources
Mini Lessons
The Wonder of Science Resources
Anchor Charts
Phenomena
Videos
Learning Plans
Storylines
Common Core Connections
Mathematics
MP.2 - Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
MP.4 - Model with mathematics.
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