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Earth and Environmental Science

Suggested grades 9–12 · Unit 3: Environmental Solutions and Projections

Refine an Impact-Reduction Proposal

Compare mitigation data and improve a design while guarding against single-measure claims.

▷ 2 teacher video choices: Refine an Impact-Reduction Proposal
Preview lesson: Refine an Impact-Reduction Proposal

Goal: Evaluate a habitat proposal against three criteria and propose a testable refinement.

Before this: Interpret averages and distinguish before/after evidence from a causal conclusion.

Try together: Together label every predicted quantity in a comparison table and explain why it should not be presented as a measured success.

Subject-content contributionHS-ESS3-4High school band
Supporting literacy connectionRST.9-10.1Grades 9–10
Selected NGSS high school-band contribution; full performance requires additional evidence and instruction.
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Earth and Environmental Science

Suggested grades 9–12 · Unit 3: Environmental Solutions and Projections

Read a Projection as a Conditional Model

Interpret model outputs and associated impacts without turning a scenario into an exact prediction.

▷ 2 teacher video choices: Read a Projection as a Conditional Model
Preview lesson: Read a Projection as a Conditional Model

Goal: Compare two scenario rates and write a qualified explanation with one associated impact and two uncertainties.

Before this: Calculate a finite change per decade and read a graph.

Try together: Together explain why the shared 0.5°C starting anomaly is not a statement that either place’s absolute temperature is 0.5°C.

Subject-content contributionHS-ESS3-5High school band
Supporting literacy connectionRST.9-10.7Grades 9–10
Selected NGSS high school-band contribution; full performance requires additional evidence and instruction.
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