Standards

The table below organizes unit plans by standard. Feel free to copy and modify any and all materials.

All of the materials are modular. Feel free to adopt one or more units, a single lesson, or a single activity.

High School Standards	Unit Name
HS-ESS3-1: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.	Energy Efficient Homes
HS-ESS3-2: Evaluate competing design solutions for developing, managing, and utilizing energy and mineral resources based on cost-benefit ratios.	High Electric Bills
HS-ESS3-3: Create a computational simulation to illustrate the relationships among management of natural resources, the sustainability of human populations, and biodiversity.	How Much Wind is Enough?
HS-ESS3-4: Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems.	Energy and Its Uses
HS-ESS3-4: Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems.	Power Up for EV
Middle School Standards	Unit Name
MS- ESS3-3: Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.	Trash Mountain
MS-ESS2-1: Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.	Let’s Rock and Coal
MS-ESS2-4: Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth’s systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.	From Water to Electricity
MS-ESS3-1: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.	We Need More Energy!!
MS-ESS3-4: Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.	Energy Demand