• Essential Questions

    To better understand Resource Availability

  • How are humans affecting the earth?

  • How are human actions changing the climate in different parts of the world?

  • Can humans stop/slow down climate change?

  • How do I use a CER structure to write a convincing argument?

  • What makes a question worth investigating/testing?

  • How do I identify and describe a cause-and-effect relationship?

Priority Standards & Supporting Standards

ESS3-3: Minimize Human Impacts (INV)

ESS3-4: Human Impacts on Earth's Systems (EVI)

ESS3-5: Climate Change (EVI)

Priority SEPs and Supporting SEPs

  • Apply scientific principles to design a method

  • Construct an evidence-based argument

  • Ask questions to clarify evidence

Priority CCCs and Supporting CCCs

  • Cause and effect

  • Cause and effect

  • Stability and change