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Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
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LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
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MS-LS1-6 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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MS-LS1-7 Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.
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HS-LS1-5 Use a model to illustrate how photosynthesis transforms light energy into stored chemical energy.
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LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
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HS-LS2-4 Use mathematical representations to support claims for the cycling of matter and flow of energy among organisms in an ecosystem.
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HS-LS2-5 Develop a model to illustrate the role of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the cycling of carbon among the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere.
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ESS2: Earth's Systems
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HS-ESS2-6 Develop a quantitative model to describe the cycling of carbon among the hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and biosphere.
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Standards
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Dimension 1: Developing Questions and Planning Inquiries
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D1.4.9-12 Explain how supporting questions contribute to an inquiry and how, through engaging source work, new compelling and supporting questions emerge.
Common Core Math Standards (CCSS.MATH)
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Geometry: Geometric Measurement & Dimension (9-12)
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSG.GMD.A.1 Give an informal argument for the formulas for the circumference of a circle, area of a circle, volume of a cylinder, pyramid, and cone. Use dissection arguments, Cavalieri's principle, and informal limit arguments.
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Geometry: Modeling with Geometry (9-12)
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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSG.MG.A.1 Use geometric shapes, their measures, and their properties to describe objects (e.g., modeling a tree trunk or a human torso as a cylinder).