Nebraska High School Life Science Standards Unwrapped
Nebraska High School Life Science Standards Unwrapped (April 2019)
Below you will find a list of the current Nebraska High School Life Science Standards. Each standard has a link to the Unwrapping Standard Template for that standard and indicator.
| Topic | Standard | Standard/Indicator Code | Indicator | Unwrapping Document Link |
| Life Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the relationship between structure and function in living things. | NE.SC.HS.6.1.A | Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the structure of DNA determines the structure of proteins which carry out the essential functions of life through systems of specialized cells. | Place Google Doc Link here |
| Life Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the relationship between structure and function in living things. | NE.SC.HS.6.1.B | Develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions within multicellular organisms. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W96g6EeJQvqRsfSlIA5c17-9O0vertvzgSBciTkOd6c/edit?usp=sharing |
| Life Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the relationship between structure and function in living things. | NE.SC.HS.6.1.C | Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that feedback mechanisms maintain homeostasis. | Place Google Doc Link here |
| Life Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the relationship between structure and function in living things. | NE.SC.HS.6.1.D | Use a model to illustrate the role of cellular division (mitosis) and differentiation in producing and maintaining complex organisms. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1946M0vvkhfBjwVHvipOeSvxogQQRcfBLPrltPN1Yz6E/edit?usp=sharing |
| Life Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of interdependent relationships in ecosystems. | NE.SC.HS.7.2.A | Use mathematical and/or computational representations to support explanations of factors that affect carrying capacity of ecosystems at different scales. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kAIJqQhoKeBG6H0_zBsvAxc30iX6WX3CP2vT7aXSVtU/edit?usp=sharing |
| Life Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of interdependent relationships in ecosystems. | NE.SC.HS.7.2.B | Use mathematical representations to support and revise explanations based on evidence about factors affecting biodiversity and populations in ecosystems of different scales. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ppti0AzeanwCt3tWht8eHy1gBlUadeDwUEiYLqJvIU0/edit?usp=sharing |
| Life Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of interdependent relationships in ecosystems. | NE.SC.HS.7.2.C | Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, but changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p6gleaRVuV2p4L1irHXmeycll10Yi9asbdmc624Jdc4/edit?usp=sharing |
| Life Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of interdependent relationships in ecosystems. | NE.SC.HS.7.2.D | Evaluate the evidence for the role of group behavior on individual and species’ chances to survive and reproduce. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gFN3oXo3oJdqYSiRmBLyPUVdq9TMYJVNgFDOuM7MAQg/edit?usp=sharing |
| Life Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of interdependent relationships in ecosystems. | NE.SC.HS.7.2.E | Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for increasing the positive impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YU7P3Y7OfLX2XI4EkGezbMJW3mVtPHo_PfgI9cN9PE8/edit?usp=sharing |
| Life Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of interdependent relationships in ecosystems. | NE.SC.HS.7.2.F | Use a computer simulation to model the impact of proposed solutions to a complex real-world problem with numerous criteria and constraints on interactions within and between systems relevant to the problem. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/10HK7lUwuub7OOVzb0lwdK9eUo_oKDRVz9Aigdjph5c0/edit?usp=sharing |
| Life Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the flow of energy and cycling of matter in organisms and ecosystems. | NE.SC.HS.8.3.A | Use a model to illustrate how photosynthesis transforms light energy into stored chemical energy. | Place Google Doc Link here |
| Life Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the flow of energy and cycling of matter in organisms and ecosystems. | NE.SC.HS.8.3.B | Construct and revise an explanation based on evidence for how carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen from sugar molecules may combine with other molecules to form the four basic macromolecules. | Place Google Doc Link here |
| Life Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the flow of energy and cycling of matter in organisms and ecosystems. | NE.SC.HS.8.3.C | Use a model to illustrate that cellular respiration is a chemical process whereby the bonds of food molecules are broken and bonds in new compounds are formed resulting in a net transfer of energy. | Place Google Doc Link here |
| Life Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the flow of energy and cycling of matter in organisms and ecosystems. |
NE.SC.HS.8.3.D | Construct and revise an explanation based on evidence for the cycling of matter and flow of energy in aerobic and anaerobic conditions. | Place Google Doc Link here |
| Life Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the flow of energy and cycling of matter in organisms and ecosystems. | NE.SC.HS.8.3.E | Use mathematical representations to support claims for the cycling of matter and flow of energy among organisms in an ecosystem. | Place Google Doc Link here |
| Life Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the flow of energy and cycling of matter in organisms and ecosystems. | NE.SC.HS.8.3.F | Develop a model to illustrate the role of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the cycling of carbon among the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere. | Place Google Doc Link here |
| Life Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the inheritance and variation of traits. | NE.SC.HS.9.4.A | Develop and use a model to explain the relationships between the role of DNA and chromosomes in coding the instructions for characteristic traits passed from parents to offspring. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NYocioafJ29AXZ_2-0s52O0NAvNf2iehmKWWGYdhQDE/edit?usp=sharing |
| Life Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the inheritance and variation of traits. | NE.SC.HS.9.4.B | Make and defend a claim based on evidence that inheritable genetic variations may result from: (1) new genetic combinations through meiosis, (2) viable errors occurring during replication, and/or (3) mutations caused by environmental factors | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SK0-PMGNT866SGYnOHQTUqdwKyRUqiOhKAJE1Q1t5d8/edit?usp=sharing |
| Life Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the inheritance and variation of traits. | NE.SC.HS.9.4.C | Apply concepts of statistics and probability to explain the variation and distribution of expressed traits in a population. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_Oa1-XFn19RimI6QuT6-MDcPF51yxUIOx1_5BTNGT2s/edit?usp=sharing |
| Life Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of biological evolution. | NE.SC.HS.10.5.A | Communicate scientific information that common ancestry and biological evolution are supported by multiple lines of empirical evidence. | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JZ3I3qYvuy8SBp3a1OEaNQXyxkJttceR/view?usp=sharing |
| Life Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of biological evolution. | NE.SC.HS.10.5.B | Construct an explanation based on evidence that natural selection primarily results from four factors: (1) the potential for a species to increase in number, (2) the heritable genetic variation of individuals in a species due to mutation and reproduction, (3) competition for limited resources, and (4) the proliferation of those organisms that are better able to survive and reproduce in the environment. | Place Google Doc Link here |
| Life Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of biological evolution. | NE.SC.HS.10.5.C | Apply concepts of statistics and probability to support explanations that organisms with an advantageous heritable trait tend to increase in proportion to organisms lacking this trait. | Place Google Doc Link here |
| Life Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of biological evolution. | NE.SC.HS.10.5.D | Construct an explanation based on evidence for how natural selection leads to adaptation of populations. | Place Google Doc Link here |
| Life Sciences | Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of biological evolution. | NE.SC.HS.10.5.E | Evaluate the evidence supporting claims that changes in environmental conditions may result in: (1) increases in the number of individuals of some species, (2) the emergence of new species over time, and (3) the extinction of other species. | Place Google Doc Link here |