Dammam Science Standards
High School Model
Grade 9 Science - Integrated
6. Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms
HS-LS1-5: Photosynthesis and Energy Transformation
HS-LS1-6: Formation of Carbon-Based Molecules
HS-LS1-7: Cellular Respiration and Energy Transfer
7. Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
HS-LS2-1: Carrying Capacity of Ecosystems
HS-LS2-2: Biodiversity and Populations in Ecosystems
8. Cycles of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems
HS-LS2-3: Aerobic and Anaerobic Cycling of Matter
HS-LS2-4: Biomass and Trophic Levels
HS-LS2-5: Cycling of Carbon in Ecosystems
1. Structure of Matter
HS-PS1-1: Valence Electrons and Properties of Elements
HS-PS1-2: Simple Chemical Reactions
2. Energy
HS-PS1-8: Fission, Fusion, and Radioactive Decay
3. Forces and Motion
HS-PS2-1: Newton's Second Law of Motion
4. Types of Interactions
HS-PS2-4: Gravitational and Electrostatic Forces Between Objects
5. Earth Systems
HS-ESS2-2: Feedback in Earth's Systems
HS-ESS2-3: Cycling of Matter in the Earth's Interior
HS-ESS2-5: Interactions of the Hydrologic and Rock Cycles
HS-ESS2-6: Carbon Cycling in Earth's Systems
HS-ESS2-7: Coevolution of Life and Earth's Systems
Life Science/Biology
1. Structure and Function
HS-LS1-1: Genes, Proteins, and Tissues
HS-LS1-2: Interacting Body Systems
HS-LS1-3: Feedback Mechanisms and Homeostasis
2. Growth and Development of Organisms
HS-LS1-4: Cellular Division and Differentiation
HS-LS3-1: Chromosomal Inheritance
3. Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
HS-LS2-6: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
HS-LS2-7: Human Impact Reduction Solution
4. Social Interactions and Group Behavior
HS-LS2-8: Social Interactions and Group Behavior
5. Inheritance of Traits
6. Variation of Traits
HS-LS3-2: Inheritable Genetic Variation
HS-LS3-3: Variation and Distribution of Traits
7. Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
HS-LS4-1: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
8. Natural Selection
HS-LS4-2: Four Factors of Natural Selection
HS-LS4-3: Adaptation of Populations
9. Adaptation and Biodiversity
HS-LS4-2: Four Factors of Natural Selection
HS-LS4-3: Adaptation of Populations
HS-LS4-4: Natural Selection Leads to Adaptation
HS-LS4-5: Environmental Change - Speciation and Extinction
HS-LS4-6: Human Impact on Biodiversity Solution
Chemistry
1. Properties of Matter
HS-PS1-3: Electrical Forces and Bulk Scale Structure
2. Modifying Chemical Reactions
HS-PS1-5: Collision Theory and Rates of Reaction
HS-PS1-7: Conservation of Atoms in Chemical Reactions
3. Understanding Chemical Reactions
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
4. Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer
HS-PS3-1: Energy Change in Components of a System
HS-PS3-4: The Second Law of Thermodynamics
HS-PS3-3: Energy Conversion Device Design
Physics
1. Forces and Motion
HS-PS2-2: Conservation of Momentum
HS-PS2-3: Reducing Force in Collisions Device
HS-PS2-5: Electric Current and Magnetic Fields
HS-PS2-6: Molecular-Level Structure of Designed Materials
2. Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer
HS-PS3-1: Energy Change in Components of a System
HS-PS3-2: Macroscopic Energy Due to Particle Position and Motion
HS-PS3-3: Energy Conversion Device Design
HS-PS3-5: Energy Change Due to Interacting Fields
3. Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation
Earth and Space Science
1. Landforms
HS-ESS2-1: The Creation of Landforms
2. Climate
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
3. Mountains, Valleys, and Coasts
HS-ESS3-1: Global Impacts on Human Activity
HS-ESS3-4: Reducing Human Impact Design Solutions
HS-ESS3-5: Climate Change and Future Impacts
4. Water and Farming
HS-ESS3-1: Global Impacts on Human Activity
HS-ESS3-3: Biodiversity, Natural Resources, and Human Sustainability
HS-ESS3-5: Climate Change and Future Impacts
5. Causes and Effects of Earthquakes
HS-ESS1-5: Evidence of Plate Tectonics
HS-ESS2-1: The Creation of Landforms
HS-ESS3-1: Global Impacts on Human Activity
6. Urban Geoscience
HS-ESS3-1: Global Impacts on Human Activity
HS-ESS3-4: Reducing Human Impact Design Solutions
7. Star Stuff
HS-ESS1-1: Nuclear Fusion and the Sun's Energy
HS-ESS1-3: Stellar Nucleosynthesis
HS-ESS1-6: Evidence of the Earth's History
8. Motion in the Universe
HS-ESS1-2: The Big Bang Theory
HS-ESS1-4: Orbital Motions
HS-ESS1-6: Evidence of the Earth's History