Stage H 12 B 3
. Apply scientific inquiries or technological design to study biogeography, researching global biomes, locating hemispheric, continental,
and regional examples of each biome, or graphing associated mathematical comparison factors.
Stage I 12 B 3
Apply scientific inquiries or technological designs to research
global biomes, identifying the latitude, altitude, soil, temperature and
precipitation ranges, and inhabitants of the six major land-based biomes, comparing the salinity, light penetration, nutrients, and inhabitants of aquatic biomes, identifying feeding relationships within biomes, or comparing climatographs of biomes or carbon-fixing/storage productivity estimations
Stage H 11A 1
Formulate issue-specific hypothesis, generating inquiry
questions for an issue investigational premise, differentiating qualitative and quantitative data and their applicability, using conceptual/mathematical/ physical models, or previewing associated research.
Stage H 13 B 1
Explore interaction of resource acquisition, technological
development, and ecosystem impact, documenting actual local, regional, national, or global examples, proposing alternative solutions to interaction impact, or estimating costs of such interactions
Stage I 13 B 3
Analyze how resource management and technologies accommodate population trends, explaining factors needed to sustain and enhance the quality of Earth's water, quantifying benefits, costs, limitations and consequences involved in using scientific technologies or resources, or assessing global consequences of ecosystem modifications.

Stage I 12 E 1 Apply scientific inquiries and technological designs to
examine Earth's atmosphere and its changes, observing local weather factors over time, comparing current and past climate, or analyzing weather conditions
in terms of Earth's inclination and solar fluctuations.
Stage I 12 B 2 Apply scientific inquiries or technological designs to explain the environment- energy interactions comparing the biomass involved in energy transfer by organisms at different tropic levels, relating biome
productivity to carbon-fixing and energy storage by producers, correlating major chemical cycles (nitrogen, carbon dioxide, water) to other chemical cycles in nature (e.g., phosphorus, sulfur, strontium), or relating the laws of thermodynamics to environmental-energy transfer efficiency
Stage I 12 B 3 Apply scientific inquiries or technological designs to research global biomes, identifying the latitude, altitude, soil, temperature and precipitation ranges, and inhabitants of the six major land-based biomes, comparing the salinity, light penetration, nutrients, and inhabitants of aquatic biomes, identifying feeding relationships within biomes, or comparing climatographs of biomes or carbon-fixing/storage productivity estimations
Stage H 12 A 1 Apply scientific inquiries or technological designs to explain the chemical nature of biological processes, describing photosynthesis in terms of basic requirements and products, correlating respiration, or diagramming the nitrogen, water, oxygen, and carbon cycles with reference to ecosystem-to-molecular levels.
Stage I 12 B 3
Apply scientific inquiries or technological designs to research global biomes, identifying the latitude, altitude, soil, temperature and precipitation ranges, and inhabitants of the six major land-based biomes, comparing the salinity, light penetration, nutrients, and inhabitants of aquatic biomes, identifying feeding relationships within biomes, or comparing
climatographs of biomes or carbon-fixing/storage productivity estimations.

Stage I 12 B 2 Apply scientific inquiries or technological designs to explain the environment- energy interactions comparing the biomass involved in energy transfer by organisms at different tropic levels, relating biome productivity to carbon-fixing and energy storage by producers, correlating major chemical cycles (nitrogen, carbon dioxide, water) to other chemical
cycles in nature (e.g., phosphorus, sulfur, strontium), or relating the laws of thermodynamics to environmental-energy transfer efficiency.
Stage H 12 B 1
Apply scientific inquiries or technological design to explore
the implications of change and stability in ecosystems, identifying evolutionary adaptations brought on by environmental changes, analyzing factors that influence the size and stability of populations (e.g., temperature, climate, soil conditions, predation, habitat), or contrasting energy use by organisms