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High School Environmental Science
Unit 1: Environmental Problems, Their
Causes, and Sustainability
T3CB1PO1 - Identify factors effecting
population growth.
T3CB2PO2 - Evaluate strategies for
maintaining a sustainable society.
T3CB2PO3 - Survey related case studies
and national policies.
T3CB3PO4 - Analyze the impacts of
population growth on hunger, disease, the
economy, resource use and habitat
destruction.
S3C1PO1 - Evaluate how the processes of
natural ecosystems affect, and are affected
by, humans.
Unit 2: Science, Matter, and
Energy
T2C1PO1 - Describe the
importance of the Law of
Conservation of Matter.
T2C2PO1 - Identify the forms
of energy and their
corresponding units.
Unit 3: The Basics of Ecosystems
Unit 4: Population Ecology
T3C1PO1 - Identify the components of
ecological niches.
T4C1PO1 - Distinguish among roles played
by species.
T3C2PO1 - Analyze the importance of
keystone species to communities.
T2C3PO1 - Describe the law of
thermodynamics.
T3C3PO1 - Analyze the importance of
species diversity to sustainability of
ecosystems
T3C4PO1 - Identify major characteristics of
biomes including defining species, climate,
and location.
T4C1PO2 - Distinguish among and give
examples of species interactions including
interspecific competition, predation, and
symbiosis.
T4C1PO3 - Identify ways the populations
change in size.
T3C5PO1 - Identify the importance of the
water, carbon and nitrogen cycles to
ecosystems.
S3C2PO2 - Recognize the importance of
basing arguments on a thorough
understanding of the core concepts and
principles of science and technology.
S3C2PO3 - Support a position on a science
or technology issue.
T3C6PO1 - Identify the importance of the
sulfur cycle
S3C3PO1 - Analyze social factors that
limit the growth of a human population.
S3C3PO2 - Describe biotic and abiotic
factors that affect human populations.
T3C8PO1 - Describe the importance of the
Law of Conservation of Matter to ecosystems.
S4C3PO1 - Identify the relationships among
organisms within populations, communities,
ecosystems, and biomes.
S4C4PO1 - Identify the following
components of natural selection, which can
lead to speciation:
S4C4PO3 - Describe how the continuing
operation of natural selection underlies a
population’s ability to adapt to changes in the
environment and leads to biodiversity and the
origin of new species.
T3C7PO1 - Identify the importance of the
phosphorus cycle
T4C2PO1- Identify the limiting factors that
determine the carrying capacity of a species.
T4C3PO1 - Compare and contrast different
reproductive strategies to include R-selected
species, K-selected species, and their length
of survivorship.
T4C4PO1 - Examine historical population
sizes, distribution, demographic transitions
and fertility rates.
T4C4PO2- Discuss how fertility rates
influence population growth rates and
doubling times.
T4C4PO3 - Analyze age-structure diagrams.
T4C5PO1 - Explore strategies for
maintaining sustainable populations.
T4C5PO2 - Survey related case studies and
national policies.
T4C6PO1 - Identify factors that impact
population growth to include hunger, disease,
economic effects, resource use, and habitat
High School Environmental Science
Unit 5: Sustaining
Biodiversity
T7C1PO2 - Evaluate how
habitat loss, overuse and
pollution affect biodiversity.
Unit 6: Economics, Politics, and
Worldviews
T4CG1PO1 - Discuss the impact that
a global economy has had on the
environment
T7C1PO3 - Evaluate how
introduced species affect
biodiversity.
T4CG2PO1 - Explain the goals of the
World Bank in relation to
environmental issues and the methods
to achieve these goals
T4CG2PO1 - Explain how lack of
ownership can lead to the tragedy of
the commons
T7C1PO4 - Summarize the
impact that human actions
have on number and rate of
species becoming endangered
and extinct.
T7C2PO1 - Discuss how
biodiversity can be
maintained through
conservation.
T7C3PO1 - Evaluate the
effectiveness of the relevant
laws and treaties.
S3C1PO5 - Evaluate the
effectiveness of conservation
practices and preservation
techniques on environmental
quality and biodiversity.
T4CG4PO1 - Describe relevant laws
and treaties to include economic
devices such as trade restrictions,
embargoes, tariffs and quotas. Include
NAFTA, Cuban embargo.
Unit 7: Food, Soil, and Pest Management
Unit 8: Water and Water Pollution
T4CA1PO1 - Analyze how the need to feed the
global population contributed to environmental
degradation including deforestation, increasing
soil salinity due to irrigation techniques and loss
of topsoil
T4CA1PO2 - Evaluate the advantages and
disadvantages of various types of agriculture
T1C1PO1 - Describe the available water resources
on Earth and their distribution
T4CA1PO3 - Analyze the advantages and
disadvantages of genetic engineering in relation
to crop production
T1C5PO1 - Analyze how the distribution of fresh
water has led to global water availability concerns
T4CA1PO4 - Describe the Green Revolution, its
goals and its effectiveness
S6C1PO5 - Describe factors that impact current
and future water quantity and quality including
surface, ground and local water issues
T4CA2PO1 - Evaluate the effectiveness of
different types of pesticides to including the
following factors: cost, benefits, drawbacks,
relevant laws
T4CA2PO2 - Evaluate the effectiveness of
integrated pest management including biological
controls, cultivation controls, benefits, and
drawbacks
S6C1PO6 - Analyze methods of reclamation and
conservation of water.
T6CA3viiiPO1 - Summarize the Clean Water
Act
T6CA3viiiPO2 - Discuss the success and
deficiencies of the act.
T1C3PO1 - Describe the uses of fresh water for
agricultural, industrial and domestic purposes
T6CA3iPO1 - Discuss the types and sources of
water pollution
T6CA3iiPO1 - Analyze the causes and effects of
water pollution.
T6CA3iiiPO1 - Analyze the causes and effects of
cultural eutrophication.
T6CA3ivPO1 - Analyze the causes and effects of
ground water pollution.
T6CA3vPO1 - Summarize the methods for
maintaining water quality
T6CA3viPO1 - Summarize the methods for
purifying water
T6CA3viiPO1 - Identify the methods of sewage
treatment and septic systems
High School Environmental Science
Unit 9: Solid and Hazardous Waste
Unit 10: Air Pollution, climate change, and ozone depletion
T6CA4PO1 – Analyze advantages
and disadvantages of the various
methods of waste disposal.
T6CA4PO2 – Identify the primary
components necessary for waste
decomposition.
T6CA1iPO1 - Describe primary air
pollutants.
T6CA1viiiPO2 - Discuss the causes and effects of
sick-building syndrome.
T6CA1iPO2 - Describe
secondary air pollutants.
T5CB1PO1 - Analyze the historical use
of energy.
T6CA4PO3 - Identify methods of
waste reduction
T6CA1iiPO1 - Describe the
major air pollutants including:
carbon oxides, nitrogen oxides,
nitric acid, sulfur dioxide, sulfuric
acid, particulates, ozone, Volatile
Organic Compounds (VOCs), and
radioactive radon.
T6CA1iiiPO1 - Identify the units
of measure for air pollution.
T6CA1ixPO1 - Discuss remediation and
reduction strategies for indoor and outdoor air
pollution.
T6CA1xPO1 - Summarize the Clean Air Act.
T6CA1xPO2 - Discuss the success and
deficiencies of the act
T5CB2PO1 - Identify current global
energy use.
T6CA1ivPO1 - Describe how
industrial smog is created and where
it is usually found.
S3C1PO2 - Describe the environmental effects of
the following natural and/or human caused
hazards: flooding, drought, earthquakes, fires,
pollution, and extreme weather.
T5CB3PO1 - Predict future energy needs
based on anticipated increases in human
population.
T6CA1ivPO2 - Describe how
photochemical smog is generated.
S3C1PO4 - Evaluate the following factors
that affect the quality of the environment:
urban development
T5CC1PO1 - Identify the earth processes
that result in the formation of coal, oil and
natural gas.
T6CA1vPO1 - Discuss the causes
and effects of acid deposition.
T6CA1viPO1 - Discuss how
temperature inversions form.
T6CA1viPO2 - Analyze the impact
of temperature inversions on outdoor
pollution.
T6CA1viPO3 - Discuss how heat
islands are formed.
T6CA1viiiPO1 - Discuss the health
risks due to indoor air pollution.
Unit 11: Energy Resources and
Consumption
T5CA1PO1 - Identify the forms of
energy that are currently available.
T5CB1PO2 - Identify turning points in
history that caused changes in the types of
energy available and the quantities of
energy used.
T5CC2PO1 - Analyze current extraction
and purification methods to include the
following factors: costs, environmental
degradation, ease of extraction.
T5CC3PO1 - Compare and contrast the
current amount of fossil fuel available in
the world and the global demand.
T5CC4PO1 - Identify how synfuels are
created.
T5CC5PO2 - Discuss the advantages and
disadvantages of synfuel use
T5CD1PO1 - Describe the process of
nuclear fission.
High School Environmental Science
Unit 11: Energy Resources and Consumption (continued)
T5CD2PO1 - Describe the nuclear
fuel cycle including the following
components: acquisition and refining
of uranium, use of uranium in
creating energy, and storing the
resulting waste.
T5CD3PO1 - Describe how the
process of nuclear fission results in
electricity production.
T5CD4PO1 - Describe the different
types of nuclear reactors.
T5CD5PO1 - Analyze the
environmental advantages and
disadvantages to utilizing nuclear
power.
T5CD6PO1 - Discuss the safety
concerns to utilizing nuclear power.
T5CD6PO2 - Survey case studies
involving breaches in human safety at
nuclear power plants including
Chernobyl and Three Mile Island.
T5CD7PO1 - Analyze the effect that
radiation has on human health.
weather.
T5CD8PO1 - Discuss methods of
storing radioactive wastes.
T5CD8PO2 - Analyze the
advantages and disadvantages of the
methods of storing radioactive waste.
T5CD9PO1 - Discuss the process of
nuclear fusion.
T5CE2PO1 - Discuss the impact that
dams can have on aquatic species
such as salmon.
T5CE3PO1 - Discuss the
environmental impacts that dams can
have such as silting.
T5CF1PO1 - Discuss CAFE
standards for increasing fuel
efficiency in automobiles.
T5CF2PO1 - Analyze the advantages
and disadvantages of hybrid vehicles.
T5CF3PO1 - Analyze the advantages
and disadvantages of utilizing mass
transit.
T5CG1-7PO1 - Analyze the
advantages and disadvantages of
renewable energy sources.
S3CC3PO2 - Describe the
environmental effects of the
following natural and/or human
caused hazards: flooding, drought,
earthquakes, fires, pollution, extreme
Unit 12: Environmental Hazards and Human
Health
T6CB1iPO1 - Define risk analysis.
T6CB1iPO2 - List examples of common human
hazards.
T6CB1iiPO1 - Compare acute (short-term) and
chronic (long-term) effects.
T6CB1iv-vPO1 - Describe how air pollutants and
smoking can adversely affect human health.