Learning Domain: Earth's Systems
Standard: Develop a quantitative model to describe the cycling of carbon among the hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and biosphere.
WY.SCI.HS.LS2.7
Wyoming Science Content and Performance Standards
Grades 9-12
Learning Domain: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
Standard: Evaluate and assess impacts on the environment and biodiversity in order to refine or design a solution for detrimental impacts or enhancement for positive impacts.
WY.SCI.HS.PS1.4
Wyoming Science Content and Performance Standards
Grades 9-12
Learning Domain: Matter and Its Interactions
Standard: Develop a model to illustrate that the release or absorption of energy from a chemical reaction system depends upon the changes in total bond energy.
Science Domain: Earth and Space Sciences
Topic: Earth's Systems
Standard: Develop a quantitative model to describe the cycling of carbon among the hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and biosphere. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on modeling biogeochemical cycles that include the cycling of carbon through the ocean, atmosphere, soil, and biosphere (including humans), providing the foundation for living organisms.]
Science Domain: Life Sciences
Topic: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
Standard: Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.* [Clarification Statement: Examples of human activities can include urbanization, building dams, and dissemination of invasive species.]
Science Domain: Physical Sciences
Topic: Chemical Reactions
Standard: Develop a model to illustrate that the release or absorption of energy from a chemical reaction system depends upon the changes in total bond energy. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on the idea that a chemical reaction is a system that affects the energy change. Examples of models could include molecular-level drawings and diagrams of reactions, graphs showing the relative energies of reactants and products, and representations showing energy is conserved.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include calculating the total bond energy changes during a chemical reaction from the bond energies of reactants and products.]