California Science Standards

1. Ecosystem Interactions and Energy

HS-LS2-1: Carrying Capacity of Ecosystems
HS-LS2-2: Biodiversity and Populations in Ecosystems
HS-LS2-4: Biomass and Trophic Levels
HS-LS2-8: Social Interactions and Group Behavior

2. History of Earth's Atmosphere: 
Photosynthesis and Respiration

HS-LS1-5: Photosynthesis and Energy Transformation
HS-LS1-6: Formation of Carbon-Based Molecules
HS-LS1-7: Cellular Respiration and Energy Transfer
HS-LS2-3: Aerobic and Anaerobic Cycling of Matter
HS-LS2-5: Cycling of Carbon in Ecosystems
HS-ESS1-6: Evidence of the Earth's History
HS-ESS2-7: Coevolution of Life and Earth's Systems

3. Evidence of Evolution

HS-LS3-1: Chromosomal Inheritance
HS-LS3-2: Inheritable Genetic Variation
HS-LS3-3: Variation and Distribution of Traits
HS-LS4-2: Four Factors of Natural Selection
HS-LS4-3: Adaptation of Populations

4. Inheritance of Traits

HS-LS3-1: Chromosomal Inheritance
HS-LS3-2: Inheritable Genetic Variation
HS-LS3-3: Variation and Distribution of Traits
HS-LS4-2: Four Factors of Natural Selection
HS-LS4-3: Adaptation of Populations

5. Structure, Function, and Growth

HS-LS1-1: Genes, Proteins, and Tissues
HS-LS1-2: Interacting Body Systems
HS-LS1-3: Feedback Mechanisms and Homeostasis
HS-LS1-4: Cellular Division and Differentiation

6. Ecosystem Stability & Response to Climate Change

HS-LS2-6: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
HS-LS2-7: Human Impact Reduction Solution
HS-LS4-5: Environmental Change - Speciation and. Extinction
HS-LS4-6: Human Impact on Biodiversity Solution
HS-ESS3-5: Climate Change and Future Impacts
HS-ESS3-6: Human Impacts on Earth Systems

 

1. Combustion

HS-PS1-3: Electrical Forces and Bulk Scale Structure
HS-PS1-4: Total Bond Energy Change in Chemical Reactions
HS-PS1-7: Conservation of Atoms in Chemical Reactions
HS-PS3-1: Energy Change in Components of a System

2. Heat and Energy in the Earth System

HS-PS3-1: Energy Change in Components of a System
HS-PS3-2: Macroscopic Energy Due to Particle Position and Motion
HS-PS3-4: The Second Law of Thermodynamics
HS-ESS2-3: Cycling of Matter in the Earth's Interior

3. Atoms, Elements, and Molecules

HS-PS1-1: Valence Electrons and Properties of Elements
HS-PS1-2: Simple Chemical Reactions
HS-PS1-7: Conservation of Atoms in Chemical Reactions

4. Chemical Reactions

HS-PS1-3: Electrical Forces and Bulk Scale Structure
HS-PS1-4: Total Bond Energy Change in Chemical Reactions
HS-PS3-5: Energy Change Due to Interacting Fields
HS-PS2-4: Gravitational and Electrostatic Forces Between Objects
HS-PS1-5: Collision Theory and Rates of Reaction
HS-PS1-7: Conservation of Atoms in Chemical Reactions

5. Chemistry of Climate Change

HS-ESS2-2: Feedback in Earth's Systems
HS-ESS2-4: Energy Variation and Climate Change
HS-ESS2-6: Carbon Cycling in Earth's Systems
HS-ESS3-2: Cost-Benefit Ratio Design Solutions
HS-ESS3-5: Climate Change and Future Impacts
HS-ESS3-6: Human Impacts on Earth Systems

6. Dynamics of Chemical Reactions and Ocean Acidification

HS-PS1-5: Collision Theory and Rates of Reaction
HS-PS1-6: Increased Products Design Solution
HS-PS1-7: Conservation of Atoms in Chemical Reactions
HS-ESS2-2: Feedback in Earth's Systems
HS-ESS2-6: Carbon Cycling in Earth's Systems

1. Forces and Motion

HS-PS2-1: Newton's Second Law of Motion
HS-PS2-2: Conservation of Momentum
HS-PS2-3: Reducing Force in Collisions Device

2. Forces at a Distance

HS-PS2-4: Gravitational and Electrostatic Forces Between Objects
HS-PS2-6: Molecular-Level Structure of Designed Materials
HS-ESS1-4: Orbital Motions

3. Energy Conversion

HS-PS2-5: Electric Current and Magnetic Fields
HS-PS3-1: Energy Change in Components of a System
HS-PS3-2: Macroscopic Energy Due to Particle Position and Motion
HS-PS3-5: Energy Change Due to Interacting Fields
HS-PS3-3: Energy Conversion Device Design
HS-PS4-5: Waves and Information Technology
HS-ESS3-2: Cost-Benefit Ratio Design Solutions
HS-ESS3-3: Biodiversity, Natural Resources, and Human Sustainability

4. Nuclear Processes

HS-PS1-8: Fission, Fusion, and Radioactive Decay
HS-ESS1-5: Evidence of Plate Tectonics
HS-ESS1-6: Evidence of the Earth's History
HS-ESS2-1: The Creation of Landforms

5. Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation

HS-PS4-1: Wave Properties in Various Media
HS-PS4-3: Wave-Particle Duality of Electromagnetic Radiation
HS-PS4-4: Absorption of Electromagnetic Radiation
HS-PS4-5: Waves and Information Technology
HS-PS4-2: Digital Transmission and Storage of Information
HS-ESS2-1: The Creation of Landforms

6. Stars and the Origin of the Universe

HS-ESS1-1: Nuclear Fusion and the Sun's Energy
HS-ESS1-2: The Big Bang Theory
HS-ESS1-3: Stellar Nucleosynthesis