Appendix A: Implementing District Standards
APES Standards
This unit addresses the following APES topics: II-C-3: Natural Selection, IV-A-1: Feeding a Growing Population, and IV-A-2: Controlling Pests.
Next Generation Science Standards
This unit addresses the following NGSS DCIs: HS-LS3-2: Inheritable genetic variations arise in different manners, HS-LS4-5: Changing environmental conditions favor those most fit for such changes, and HS-LS2-2: Various factors affect biodiversity and populations in ecosystems of different scales.
The following Cross-Cutting Concepts (XCCs) are used to frame instruction: structure and function, cause and effect, and systems and systems models.
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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