Appendix A: Implementing District Standards
APES Standards
Topic III.A: Population biology concepts
Topics III.B: Human population
Next Generation Science Standards
HS-ESS3-1: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of resources influences human activity
HS-LS4-5: Evaluate the evidence supporting claims that changes in the environment result in changes in populations
Common Core State Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.11-12.2: students determine the central ideas of a text and summarize complex concepts presented in the text
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.11-12.9: students synthesize information from a range of sources into a coherent understanding of a phenomenon
CCSS:ELA-LITERACY.WHST.11-12.1A: students present precise and knowledgeable claims, establish significance for their claims, distinguish their claim from alternative or opposing ones, and use logical sequencing to their argument in support of their claim
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