The Nature of Science
1B: Scientific Inquiry
The Nature of
Mathematics
2B: Mathematics,
Science and Technology
The Nature of
Technology
3B: Design and Systems
3C: Issues in
Technology
The Physical Setting
4B: The Earth
4C: Processes that
Shape the Earth
X
Albedo
Reflecting on Reflectivity
Daisy World
Atmospheric
Perturbations
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X
X
X
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X
Stabilization Wedges
X
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X
1
Ahimsa Media’s
Reducing CO2 Emissions
Ice Cores
X
Signs of Change:
Studying Tree Rings
Climate Change: Boon or
Bust for Northern
Waters
Experimenting With Ice
Melt
What Effect Does
Climate Have on Wildlife
The Polar Regions
Earth’s Energy Cycle:
Albedo
X
CO2 and You
Carbon Cycle in the Lab
Climate and CO2
Greenhouse Gasses
What Factors Impact a
Greenhouse
Warming Up to Global
Warming
AAAS Science Benchmarks
Grades 9-12
The Living
Environment
5A: Diversity of Life
5D: Interdependence of
Life
5E: Flow of Matter and
Energy
Human Society
7A: Cultural Effects on
Behavior
7B: Group Behavior
7C: Social Change
7D: Social Trade-Offs
The Designed World
8C: Energy Sources and
Use
The Mathematical
World
9B: Symbolic
Relationships
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X
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X
2
Ahimsa Media’s
Reducing CO2 Emissions
Stabilization Wedges
Ice Cores
Signs of Change:
Studying Tree Rings
Climate Change: Boon or
Bust for Northern
Waters
Experimenting With Ice
Melt
What Effect Does
Climate Have on Wildlife
The Polar Regions
Atmospheric
Perturbations
Daisy World
Reflecting on Reflectivity
Albedo
Earth’s Energy Cycle:
Albedo
CO2 and You
Carbon Cycle in the Lab
Climate and CO2
Greenhouse Gasses
What Factors Impact a
Greenhouse
Warming Up to Global
Warming
Historical Perspectives
10E: Moving the
Continents
Common Themes
11A: Systems
11B: Models
11C: Constancy and
Change
Habits of Mind
12B: Computation and
Estimation
12C: Manipulation and
Observation
12D: Communication
Skills
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X
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X
3
Ahimsa Media’s
Reducing CO2 Emissions
Stabilization Wedges
Ice Cores
Signs of Change:
Studying Tree Rings
Climate Change: Boon or
Bust for Northern
Waters
Experimenting With Ice
Melt
What Effect Does
Climate Have on Wildlife
The Polar Regions
Atmospheric
Perturbations
Daisy World
Reflecting on Reflectivity
Albedo (w/extension)
Earth’s Energy Cycle:
Albedo
CO2 and You
Carbon Cycle in the Lab
Climate and CO2
Greenhouse Gasses
What Factors Impact a
Greenhouse
Warming Up to Global
Warming
Unifying Concepts and
Processes
Systems, order, and
organization
Evidence, models, and
explanation
Change, constancy, and
measurement
Science as Inquiry
Abilities necessary to do
scientific inquiry
Understandings about
scientific inquiry
Physical Science
Chemical reactions
Interactions of energy
and matter
X
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4
X
X
X
X
X
X
Ahimsa Media’s Reducing
CO2 Emissions
Stabilization Wedges
Ice Cores
Signs of Change: Studying
Tree Rings
Experimenting With Ice
Melt
Climate Change: Boon or
Bust for Northern Waters
What Effect Does Climate
Have on Wildlife
The Polar Regions
Atmospheric
Perturbations
Daisy World
Reflecting on Reflectivity
Albedo (w/extension)
Earth’s Energy Cycle:
Albedo
CO2 and You
Carbon Cycle in the Lab
Climate and CO2
Greenhouse Gasses
What Factors Impact a
Greenhouse
Warming Up to Global
Warming
National Science Education Standards
Grades 9-12
Life Science
Interdependence of
organisms
Matter, energy, and
organization in living
things
Earth and Space
Science
Energy in the earth
system
Geochemical cycles
Science and
Technology
Abilities of
technological design
Understandings about
science and technology
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X X
X X
X
X
X
X
5
Ahimsa Media’s
Reducing CO2 Emissions
Stabilization Wedges
Ice Cores
Signs of Change:
Studying Tree Rings
Climate Change: Boon or
Bust for Northern
Waters
Experimenting With Ice
Melt
What Effect Does
Climate Have on Wildlife
The Polar Regions
Atmospheric
Perturbations
Daisy World
Reflecting on Reflectivity
Albedo (w/extension)
Earth’s Energy Cycle:
Albedo
CO2 and You
Carbon Cycle in the Lab
Climate and CO2
Greenhouse Gasses
What Factors Impact a
Greenhouse
Warming Up to Global
Warming
Science in Personal
and Social Perspectives
Environmental quality
Natural and humaninduced hazards
Science and technology
in local, national, and
global challenges
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X X X X
6
Ahimsa Media’s
Reducing CO2 Emissions
Stabilization Wedges
Ice Cores
Signs of Change:
Studying Tree Rings
Climate Change: Boon or
Bust for Northern
Waters
Experimenting With Ice
Melt
What Effect Does
Climate Have on Wildlife
The Polar Regions
Atmospheric
Perturbations
Daisy World
Reflecting on Reflectivity
Albedo (w/extension)
Earth’s Energy Cycle:
Albedo
CO2 and You
Carbon Cycle in the Lab
Climate and CO2
Greenhouse Gasses
What Factors Impact a
Greenhouse
Warming Up to Global
Warming