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10th Grade Summary
The theme of the Ocean Discovery High School program is: I can be the Science Leader the world needs! Through hands-on science programming, students learn that their unique and diverse backgrounds, attributes, experiences, ideas, etc. make them the people that science industry leaders want to hire in the future.
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NGSS Alignment:
Performance Expectations
HS-LS2-6: Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, but changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem.
HS-LS2-7: Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity
HS-LS2-8: Evaluate the evidence for the role of group behavior on individual and species’ chances to survive and reproduce.
HS-LS2-5: Develop a model to illustrate the role of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the cycling of carbon among the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere.
DCI
PS3.D: Energy in Chemical Processes: The main way that solar energy is captured and stored on Earth is through the complex chemical process known as photosynthesis.
LS2.C: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
LS4.C: Adaptation
LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans
Crosscutting Concepts
Systems and System Models – students understand that a system is a group of related parts that make up a whole and can carry out functions its individual parts cannot. They can also describe a system in terms of its components and their interactions.
Stability and Change – Much of science deals with constructing explanations of how things change and how they remain stable.
Cause and Effect – Empirical evidence is required to differentiate between cause and correlation and make claims about specific causes and effects
Lesson Media:
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Schedules
Additional Resources
- Extension Lessons
- Classroom Data Links
- Black in Science: Organization that supports and amplifies Black voices in the field of Marine Sciences.
