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Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
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ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
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HS-ESS3-4 Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems.
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ETS1: Engineering Design
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HS-ETS1-1 Analyze a major global challenge to specify qualitative and quantitative criteria and constraints for solutions that account for societal needs and wants.
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Standards
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Dimension 2: Civics
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D2.Civ.13.9-12 Evaluate public policies in terms of intended and unintended outcomes, and related consequences.
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Dimension 4: Taking Informed Action
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D4.7.9-12 Assess options for individual and collective action to address local, regional, and global problems by engaging in self-reflection, strategy identification, and complex causal reasoning.
Common Core English Language Arts Standards (CCSS.ELA)
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Reading: Informational Text (K-12)
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.5 Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging.