High School Curriculum Explorer · Grades 9–12
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Suggested grades 9–12 · Unit 2: Carbon and Resource Decisions
Account for annual carbon transfers across interacting reservoirs.
▷ 2 teacher video choices: Keep Stocks Separate From Carbon FlowsPreview lesson: Keep Stocks Separate From Carbon Flows
Goal: Calculate net reservoir changes and explain how a transfer can conserve carbon while increasing atmospheric stock.
Before this: Distinguish a total amount from an amount per year.
Try together: Together calculate the atmospheric change if the fossil transfer were 3 instead of 8, with all other modeled flows unchanged.
Subject-content contributionHS-ESS2-6High school band
Supporting literacy connectionRST.9-10.7Grades 9–10
Selected NGSS high school-band contribution; full performance requires additional evidence and instruction. Open lesson →: Keep Stocks Separate From Carbon FlowsEarth and Environmental Science
Suggested grades 9–12 · Unit 2: Carbon and Resource Decisions
Evaluate competing metal-use options using economic, environmental and social criteria.
▷ 2 teacher video choices: Compare Resource Strategies TransparentlyPreview lesson: Compare Resource Strategies Transparently
Goal: Recommend a feasible strategy with two numerical comparisons and an explicit tradeoff.
Before this: Compare costs, percentages and constraints.
Try together: Together explain why 100 refurbished frames would exceed the supplied inspection capacity even though the purchase price is lower.
Subject-content contributionHS-ESS3-2High school band
Supporting literacy connectionRST.9-10.1Grades 9–10
Selected NGSS high school-band contribution; full performance requires additional evidence and instruction. Open lesson →: Compare Resource Strategies TransparentlyEarlier high school starter lessons with teacher video choices →