Learning Domain: Earth and Human Activity
Standard: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.
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Learning Domain: Earth and Human Activity
Standard: Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems.
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Learning Domain: Earth and Human Activity
Standard: Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring, evaluating, and managing a human impact on the environment.
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WY.SCI.MS.LS1.6
Wyoming Science Content and Performance Standards
Grades 6-8
Learning Domain: From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes
Standard: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.
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WY.SCI.MS.LS2.1
Wyoming Science Content and Performance Standards
Grades 6-8
Learning Domain: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
Standard: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
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WY.SCI.MS.LS2.5
Wyoming Science Content and Performance Standards
Grades 6-8
Learning Domain: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
Standard: Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
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Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Human Impacts
Standard: Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.* [Clarification Statement: Examples of the design process include examining human environmental impacts, assessing the kinds of solutions that are feasible, and designing and evaluating solutions that could reduce that impact. Examples of human impacts can include water usage (such as the withdrawal of water from streams and aquifers or the construction of dams and levees), land usage (such as urban development, agriculture, or the removal of wetlands), and pollution (such as of the air, water, or land).]
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Science Domain: Life Sciences
Topic: Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems
Standard: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on tracing movement of matter and flow of energy.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include the biochemical mechanisms of photosynthesis.]
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Science Domain: Life Sciences
Topic: Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems
Standard: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on cause and effect relationships between resources and growth of individual organisms and the numbers of organisms in ecosystems during periods of abundant and scarce resources.]
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Science Domain: Life Sciences
Topic: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
Standard: Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.* [Clarification Statement: Examples of ecosystem services could include water purification, nutrient recycling, and prevention of soil erosion. Examples of design solution constraints could include scientific, economic, and social considerations.]
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Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Human Sustainability
Standard: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity. [Clarification Statement: Examples of key natural resources include access to fresh water (such as rivers, lakes, and groundwater), regions of fertile soils such as river deltas, and high concentrations of minerals and fossil fuels. Examples of natural hazards can be from interior processes (such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes), surface processes (such as tsunamis, mass wasting and soil erosion), and severe weather (such as hurricanes, floods, and droughts). Examples of the results of changes in climate that can affect populations or drive mass migrations include changes to sea level, regional patterns of temperature and precipitation, and the types of crops and livestock that can be raised.]
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Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Human Sustainability
Standard: Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems.* [Clarification Statement: Examples of data on the impacts of human activities could include the quantities and types of pollutants released, changes to biomass and species diversity, or areal changes in land surface use (such as for urban development, agriculture and livestock, or surface mining). Examples for limiting future impacts could range from local efforts (such as reducing, reusing, and recycling resources) to large-scale geoengineering design solutions (such as altering global temperatures by making large changes to the atmosphere or ocean).]
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