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2020 Environmental Science Standards and Bundle Analyses

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This page lists all Environmental Science standards (right column). The standards are grouped into bundles (left column) that represent one way educators might connect the science ideas within each standard to create instructional units of study. Note: This is just one example and does not encompass all the ways teachers might bundle science ideas.

 

Each bundle name is linked to a bundle analysis that provides a detailed examination of the standards in that bundle. Check out this Guide to the Science Bundle Analyses for more details about each component in the analysis.

 

Each standard is also linked to its own description, as outlined in the 2020 Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science (OAS-S). Standards marked with an * indicate integrated engineering practices and/or engineering disciplinary core ideas.

 

Download the full 2020 Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science (OAS-S).

 

Bundle Name

Standard(s)

  

Earth Materials and Systems

Earth's systems continually react to changing influences. Earth's surface is a complex and dynamic set of interconnected systems - principally the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. All earth's processes are the result of energy flowing and matter cycling within and among Earth's systems.

EN.ESS2.2 Analyze geoscience data to make the claim that one change to Earth’s surface can create feedbacks and interactions that cause changes to other Earth’s systems.

EN.ESS2.4 Analyze and interpret data to explore how variations in the flow of energy into and out of Earth’s systems causes changes in the atmosphere and climate.

EN.ESS2.6 Develop a quantitative model to describe the cycling of carbon among the hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and biosphere.

 

Interdependent Relationships and Dynamics of Ecosystems

There are a variety of interdependent relationships in ecosystems. Many factors affect the biodiversity and survival of populations. Stability drives the outcomes for success although changing conditions can result in new ecosystems.

EN.LS2.1 Use mathematical and/or computational representations to support explanations of factors that affect carrying capacity of ecosystems at different scales.

EN.LS2.2 Use mathematical representations to support and revise explanations based on evidence about factors affecting biodiversity and populations in ecosystems of different scales.

EN.LS2.4 Use mathematical representations to support claims for the cycling of matter and flow of energy among organisms in an ecosystem.

EN.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.

 

Human Impacts on Biodiversity and Earth Systems

Human activities can disrupt the functioning of an ecosystem's biodiversity and sustainability. Human activities can be mitigated by technology which stabilizes or limits future impacts on Earth's natural systems.

EN.LS2.7 Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment biodiversity.*

EN.ESS3.4 Evaluate design solutions for a major global or environmental problem that reduces or stabilizes the impacts of human activities on natural systems.*

 

Natural Hazards and Sustainability of Natural Resources

Resource availability has guided the development of human society. The sustainability of human societies and the biodiversity that supports them requires responsible management of natural resources.

EN.ESS3.1 Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate affect human activity.

EN.ESS3.2 Evaluate competing design solutions for developing, managing, and utilizing energy and mineral resources based on cost-benefit ratios on large and small scale.

EN.ESS3.3 Use computational simulations to illustrate changes between the relationships of natural resources, human populations, and biodiversity and their sustainability within Earth’s systems.

  

Global Change Over Time

Earth's systems are dynamic; they interact over a wide range of temporal and spatial scales and continually react to changing influences. All Earth's processes are the result of energy flowing and matter cycling within and among Earth's systems. Water's abundance and its unique combination of physical and chemical properties are central to the planet's dynamics. The emergence and extinction of species, is a natural and ongoing process that is shaped by Earth's dynamic processes.   

EN.ESS2.1 Develop a model to illustrate how Earth’s internal and surface processes operates at different scales of space and time to form continental and ocean-floor features.

EN.ESS2.3 Develop a model based on evidence of Earth’s interior to describe the cycling of matter by thermal convection.

EN.ESS2.5 Plan and conduct investigations of how the structure and resulting properties of water interact with the Earth materials and surface processes.

EN.ESS2.7 Engage in argument from evidence for how the simultaneous co-evolution of Earth’s systems and life on Earth led to periods of stability and change over geologic time.

 

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