Unit 1: Where Do We Come From?

Unit 2: Ecology

HS-LS2-1: Carrying Capacity of Ecosystems
HS-LS2-2: Biodiversity and Populations in Ecosystems*
HS-LS2-7: Human Impact Reduction Solution
HS-ESS2-6: Carbon Cycling in Earth’s Systems
HS-ESS3-5: Climate Change and Future Impacts*
MS-ESS3-4: Human Consumption of Natural Resources*
HS-LS4-2: Four Factors of Natural Selection*
HS-LS4-4: Natural Selection Leads to Adaptation

Unit 3: Physical Processes

HS-PS1-1: Valence Electrons and Properties of Elements
HS-PS1-2: Simple Chemical Reactions

Unit 4: Heat

HS-PS3-1: Energy Change in Components of a System*
HS-PS3-2: Macroscopic Energy Due to Particle Position and Motion
HS-PS4-4: Absorption of Electromagnetic Radiation

Unit 5: Plate Tectonics & Erosion

HS-PS3-1: Energy Change in Components of a System*
HS-PS3-2: Macroscopic Energy Due to Particle Position and Motion
HS-PS4-4: Absorption of Electromagnetic Radiation

Unit 1: Experimentation

Unit 2: Motion, Force and Energy

HS-PS2-1: Newton’s Second Law of Motion
HS-PS2-3: Reducing Force in Collisions Device*
HS-PS3-3: Energy Conversion Device Design

Unit 3: Heredity, Evolution and Reproduction

HS-LS1-1: Genes, Proteins, and Tissues*
HS-LS1-4: Cellular Division and Differentiation*
HS-LS3-1: Chromosomal Inheritance
HS-LS3-2: Inheritable Genetic Variation
HS-LS3-3: Variation and Distribution of Traits
HS-LS4-1: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
HS-LS4-3: Adaptation of Populations
HS-LS4-5: Environmental Change - Speciation and Extinction
HS-ESS2-7: Coevolution of Life and Earth’s Systems*

Unit 4: Chemical Processes

HS-PS1-1: Valence Electrons and Properties of Elements
HS-PS1-2: Simple Chemical Reactions
HS-PS1-4: Total Bond Energy Change in Chemical Reactions
HS-PS1-5: Collision Theory and Rates of Reaction*
HS-PS1-7: Conservation of Atoms in Chemical Reactions
HS-PS1-8: Fission, Fusion, and Radioactive Decay*
HS-PS2-6: Molecular-Level Structure of Designed Materials*

Unit 5: Weather & Climate

HS-ESS2-2: Feedback in Earth’s Systems*
HS-ESS2-4: Energy Variation and Climate Change*
HS-ESS3-6: Human Impacts on Earth SystemsH