Standards

NGSS MS-LS2-1

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.

NGSS MS-LS2-2

Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.

NGSS MS-LS2-3

Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.

NGSS MS-LS2-4

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.

NGSS MS-LS2-5

Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.

NGSS HS-LS2-1

Use mathematical and/or computational representations to support explanations of factors that affect carrying capacity of ecosystems at different scales.

NGSS HS-LS2-2

Use mathematical representations to support and revise explanations based on evidence about factors affecting biodiversity and populations in ecosystems of different scales.

NGSS HS-LS2-3

Construct and revise an explanation based on evidence for the cycling of matter and flow of energy in aerobic and anaerobic conditions.

NGSS HS-LS2-4

Use a mathematical representation to support claims for the cycling of matter and flow of energy among organisms in an ecosystem.

NGSS HS-LS2-6

Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, but changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem.

NGSS HS-LS2-7

Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.

NGSS HS-LS2-8

Evaluate the evidence for the role of group behavior on individual and species' chances to survive and reproduce.