Science & Engineering Practices
Planning and carrying out investigations
Analyzing and interpreting data
Disciplinary Core Ideas
MS-ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems
MS-LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
MS-LS2.C: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
HS-ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems
Crosscutting Concepts
Patterns
Performance Expectations
HS-LS2-6: Evaluate claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, but changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem.