Arizona State Science Standards

High School

SCHS-S3C1-02: (Science in Personal and Social Perspectives, Changes in Environments): Describe the environmental effects of the following natural and/or human-caused hazards: flooding, drought, earthquakes, fires, pollution, extreme weather

SCHS-S3C2-01: (Science in Personal and Social Perspectives, Science and Technology in Society): Analyze the costs, benefits, and risks of various ways of dealing with the following needs or problems: various forms of alternative energy, storage of nuclear waste, abandoned mines, greenhouse gases, hazardous wastes

SCHS-S5C3-06: (Physical Science, Conservation of Energy and Increase in Disorder): Distinguish between heat and temperature.

SCHS-S5C3-07: (Physical Science, Conservation of Energy and Increase in Disorder): Explain how molecular motion is related to temperature and phase changes.

SCHS-S6C1-01: (Earth and Space Science, Geochemical Cycles): Identify ways materials are cycled within the Earth system (i.e. carbon cycle, water cycle, rock cycle)

SCHS-S6C1-04: (Earth and Space Science, Geochemical Cycles): Demonstrate how the hydrosphere links the biosphere, lithosphere, cryosphere, and atmosphere.

SCHS-S6C2-01: (Earth and Space Science, Energy in the Earth System (Both Internal and External): Describe the flow of energy to and from the Earth.

SCHS-S6C2-02: (Earth and Space Science, Energy in the Earth System (Both Internal and External): Explain the mechanisms of heat transfer (convection, conduction, radiation) among the atmosphere, landmasses, and oceans.

SCHS-S6C2-03: (Earth and Space Science, Energy in the Earth System (Both Internal and External): Distinguish between weather and climate.

SCHS-S6C2-09: (Earth and Space Science, Energy in the Earth System (Both Internal and External): Explain the effect of heat transfer on climate and weather.

SCHS-S6C2-11: (Earth and Space Science, Energy in the Earth System (Both Internal and External): Describe the origin, life cycle, and behavior of weather systems (i.e. air mass, front, high and low systems, pressure gradients).

SCHS-S6C2-12: (Earth and Space Science, Energy in the Earth System (Both Internal and External): Describe the conditions that cause severe weather (e.g. hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms).

SCHS-S6C2-13: (Earth and Space Science, Energy in the Earth System (Both Internal and External): Propose appropriate safety measures that can be taken in preparation for severe weather.

SCHS-S6C2-14: (Earth and Space Science, Energy in the Earth System (Both Internal and External): Analyze how weather is influenced by both natural and artificial Earth features (e.g. mountain ranges, bodies of water, cities, air pollution).

SCHS-S6C2-15: (Earth and Space Science, Energy in the Earth System (Both Internal and External): List the factors that determine climate (e.g. altitude, latitude, water bodies, precipitation, prevailing winds, topography).

SCHS-S6C2-16: (Earth and Space Science, Energy in the Earth System (Both Internal and External): Explain the causes and/or effects of climate changes over long periods of time (e.g. glaciation, desertification, solar activity, greenhouse effect).

SCHS-S6C2-17: (Earth and Space Science, Energy in the Earth System (Both Internal and External): Investigate the effects of acid rain, smoke, volcanic dust, urban development, and greenhouse gases, on climate change over various periods of time.

Resources:

§ Arizona State Board of Education. Arizona Academic Content Standards: Science Articulated by Grade Level. May 24, 2004. (Updated March 10, 2005) http://www.ade.state.az.us/standards/science