Unit 2

Standards Addressed: Infinite Campus Sequence 2

2.1 ESS2-3 Develop a model based on evidence of Earth’s interior to describe the cycling of matter by thermal convection.

2.2 ESS1-3 Communicate scientific ideas about the way stars, over their life cycle, produce elements.

2.3 ESS1-1 Develop a model based on evidence to illustrate the life span of the sun and the role of nuclear fusion in the sun’s core to release energy in the form of radiation

2.4 PS2-4 Use mathematical representations of Newton’s Law of Gravitation and Coulomb’s Law to describe and predict the gravitational and electrostatic forces between objects.

2.5 LS4-4 Construct an explanation based on evidence for how natural selection leads to adaptation of populations.

2.6 LS4-3 Apply concepts of statistics and probability to support explanations that organisms with an advantageous heritable trait tend to increase in proportion to organisms lacking this trait.