High School (SCI) Life Science Standards
[LS4] Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
SCI-HS.LS4.06 Design and revise a solution to mitigate adverse impacts of human activity on biodiversity.
Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on designing solutions for a proposed problem related to threatened or endangered
species, or to genetic variation of organisms for multiple species. Disciplinary Core Ideas LS4.C: Adaptation
-Changes in the physical environment lead to
changes in species diversity and distribution.
LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans
-Human activity has adverse impacts on biodiversity
through overpopulation, overexploitation, habitat
destruction, pollution, introduction of invasive
species, and climate change.
Student Learning Targets:
Knowledge Targets
I can
Reasoning Targets
I can
Skills (Performance) Targets
I can
Product Targets
I can
Proficiency Scale
The Student can ...
1 Beginning
... with help, demonstrate a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and some of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
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2 Developing
... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
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3 Proficient
“The Standard.” ... demonstrate no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations.
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4 Advanced
... demonstrate in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.
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High School (SCI) Life Science Standards