Area of Learning: SCIENCE Environmental Science Grade 12 — BIG IDEAS Human actions affect Human activities Sustainable land Living sustainably the quality of water cause changes use is essential to supports the well-being and its ability in the global meet the needs of a of self, community, to sustain life. growing population. and Earth. climate system. Learning Standards Curricular Competencies Content Students are expected to be able to do the following: Students are expected to know the following: Questioning and predicting water quality parameters and bioindicators Demonstrate a sustained intellectual curiosity about a scientific topic or problem availability and water use impacts of personal, local, or global interest global water security: Make observations aimed at identifying their own questions, including increasingly laws and regulation abstract ones, about the natural world conservation of water Formulate multiple hypotheses and predict multiple outcomes changes to climate systems Planning and conducting impacts of global warming Collaboratively and individually plan, select, and use appropriate investigation mitigation and adaptations methods, including field work and lab experiments, to collect reliable data soil characteristics and ecosystem services (qualitative and quantitative) land use and degradation Assess risks and address ethical, cultural, and/or environmental issues associated land management with their proposed methods personal choices and sustainable living Use appropriate SI units and appropriate equipment, including digital technologies, to systematically and accurately collect and record data global environmental ethics, policy, and law Apply the concepts of accuracy and precision to experimental procedures and data: significant figures uncertainty scientific notation Processing and analyzing data and information Experience and interpret the local environment
Area of Learning: SCIENCE — Environmental Science Grade 12 BIG IDEAS Human actions affect the quality of water and its ability to sustain life. Human activities cause changes in the global climate system. Sustainable land use is essential to meet the needs of a growing population. Living sustainably supports the well-being of self, community, and Earth. Learning Standards Curricular Competencies Content Students are expected to be able to do the following: Questioning and predicting Demonstrate a sustained intellectual curiosity about a scientific topic or problem of personal, local, or global interest Make observations aimed at identifying their own questions, including increasingly abstract ones, about the natural world Formulate multiple hypotheses and predict multiple outcomes Planning and conducting Collaboratively and individually plan, select, and use appropriate investigation methods, including field work and lab experiments, to collect reliable data (qualitative and quantitative) Assess risks and address ethical, cultural, and/or environmental issues associated with their proposed methods Use appropriate SI units and appropriate equipment, including digital technologies, to systematically and accurately collect and record data Apply the concepts of accuracy and precision to experimental procedures and data: significant figures uncertainty scientific notation Processing and analyzing data and information Experience and interpret the local environment Students are expected to know the following: water quality parameters and bioindicators availability and water use impacts global water security: laws and regulation conservation of water changes to climate systems impacts of global warming mitigation and adaptations soil characteristics and ecosystem services land use and degradation land management personal choices and sustainable living global environmental ethics, policy, and law