| CCSS ELA Literacy | 6-8 | Science and Technical Subjects | CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.2 | Key Ideas and Details | Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions. |
| CCSS ELA Literacy | 7 | Reading Informational Text | CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.1 | Key Ideas and Details | Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. |
| MA-Modified NGSS | 7 | Earth and Space Sciences | 7.MS-ESS3-4 | Earth and Human Activity | Construct an argument supported by evidence that human activities and technologies can mitigate the impact of increases in human population and per capita consumption of natural resources on the environment. |
| MA-Modified NGSS | 7 | Physical Science | 7.MS-PS3-3 | Energy | Apply scientific principles of energy and heat transfer to design, construct, and test a device to minimize or maximize thermal energy transfer. |
| MA-Modified NGSS | 8 | Earth and Space Sciences | 8.MS-ESS3-5 | Earth and Human Activity | Examine and interpret data to describe the role that human activities have played in causing the rise in global temperatures over the past century. |
| MA-Modified NGSS | 8 | Physical Science | 8-MS.PS1-4 | Matter and Its Interactions | Develop a model that describes and predicts changes in particle motion, relative spatial arrangement, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed. |
| MA-Modified NGSS | 9-12 | Earth and Space Sciences | HS-ESS2-4 | Earth's Systems | Use a model to describe how variations in the flow of energy into and out of Earth's systems over different time scales result in changes in climate. |
| MA-Modified NGSS | 9-12 | Life Sciences | HS-LS2-7 | Ecosystems, Interactions, Energy and Dynamics | Analyze direct and indirect effects of human activities on biodiversity and ecosystem health, specifically habitat fragmentation, introduction of non-native or invasive species, overharvesting, pollution, and climate change. Evaluate and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on biodiversity and ecosystem health. |
