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Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.
Generate resourceConstruct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Generate resourceAnalyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
Generate resourceConstruct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.
Generate resourceAnalyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
Generate resourceConstruct 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.
Generate resourceDevelop 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.
Generate resourceAnalyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
Generate resourceConstruct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
Generate resourceDevelop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
Generate resourceConstruct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Generate resourceEvaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.*^
Generate resourceDevelop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures.
Generate resourceAnalyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Generate resourceGather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
Generate resourceDevelop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
Generate resourceDevelop and use a model to describe how the total number of atoms does not change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved.
Generate resourceUndertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.
Generate resourceDefine the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.
Generate resourceEvaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Generate resourceAnalyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.
Generate resourceDevelop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.
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