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• Compare macroscopic properties of reactants and products to infer whether a new substance formed.
• Identify key physical properties that can change when atoms rearrange (solubility, conductivity, and melting behavior).
• Use particle-model ideas to explain why new substances show distinct characteristics from original materials.

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• Interpret data by identifying trends, patterns, and possible relationships.
• Explain how uncertainty and outliers affect conclusions from scientific data.
• Differentiate correlation from causation using evidence-based reasoning.+ Show more

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• Explain how the work done by a net force relates to changes in kinetic energy
• Determine whether net work is positive or negative based on the direction of force relative to motion
• Connect constant-speed lifting to zero net work and energy transfer into potential energy+ Show more

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• Explain how refining a design helps it meet success criteria while still following constraints.
• Describe how changes to parts can require revisions to an explanation of how the solution works.
• Use evidence from a science problem to support which design best matches success criteria.

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• Explain how gravity affects the motion of objects on Earth
• Describe how friction opposes motion and changes speed on different surfaces
• Use observations to predict changes in speed and direction due to forces+ Show more

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• Identify what solar noon means in solar timekeeping.
• Explain how Earth’s apparent solar motion connects to the Sun’s highest altitude.
• Describe why solar time can differ from clock time using longitude, time zones, and the equation of time.

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• Summarize the sequence of neuroendocrine signaling from hypothalamus to target organs.
• Explain how anatomical features support precise hormonal timing and magnitude.
• Identify key roles of releasing factors, tropic hormones, and transport to body systems.

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• Explain how tectonic uplift, volcanic construction, and surface processes work together to shape landscapes over time
• Compare how uplift rates versus erosion rates affect whether topography rises or is worn down
• Describe how climate influences weathering and transport efficiency, changing sediment supply to basins+ Show more

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• Identify independent, dependent, and controlled variables in a scientific investigation
• Understand the role of variables in determining experimental outcomes
• Differentiate between types of variables through examples

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• Identify biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems and describe how each affects living things
• Distinguish producers, consumers, and decomposers and explain their roles in energy flow
• Use simple food chains (pond and forest examples) to describe how matter cycles through an ecosystem+ Show more

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• Understand how to translate technical science findings into plain language
• Identify key elements of effective science communication
• Learn strategies to avoid overstating scientific claims

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• Describe how DNA’s nucleotide structure contributes to the double helix shape
• Explain how hydrogen bonding and the phosphodiester backbone affect DNA stability
• Use base-pairing rules (A–T and C–G) to predict complementary strands+ Show more

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• Explain how refining a design target clarifies the goal and limits acceptable solutions.
• Identify constraints and desired results in a simple science/design problem.
• Use refined targets to choose design ideas that can be compared fairly.

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• Explain how climate differs from weather and why climate changes more slowly.
• Describe how climate factors such as latitude, altitude, distance from water, ocean currents, and prevailing winds affect regional patterns.
• Use climate ideas to interpret and compare real-world environments (deserts, grasslands, rain forests) and seasonal patterns.

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• Explain how chemical reactions conserve matter by rearranging atoms rather than creating or destroying them
• Describe how energy transfer (absorbed or released) affects reaction outcomes without violating atom conservation
• Use exothermic and endothermic examples to interpret changes in temperature and heat flow

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• Identify basic electrical circuit components such as batteries, wires, resistors, and bulbs.
• Understand how charge flows through simple circuits.
• Learn the concepts of current, voltage, and resistance in circuits.+ Show more

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• Explain Bernoulli’s principle using the relationship between fluid speed and pressure in streamlined flow.
• Use continuity and Bernoulli ideas to predict how pressure changes when a fluid moves through changing cross-sectional area.
• Apply Bernoulli’s principle to real-world examples such as lift on airfoils and flow in constricted pipes.+ Show more

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• Explain how matter cycles through Earth's systems (geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere).
• Describe how energy from the Sun and internal heat drives phase changes, transport, and chemical transformations.
• Connect the water cycle and rock cycle to long-term changes in landscapes and the distribution of key substances.

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• Explain how Earth’s axial tilt and orbit around the Sun lead to predictable seasonal changes
• Describe how sun angle and day length affect the amount of solar energy reaching Earth
• Interpret patterns from graphs or data related to day length and seasonal conditions+ Show more

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• Identify the main idea and key details about transitional fossils.
• Explain how transitional fossils provide evidence for gradual evolutionary change.
• Recognize how fossil record gaps and taphonomic bias can affect what we find.

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• Explain what tradeoffs are in design and why they happen when criteria improve while other limits worsen.
• Use criteria and constraints to compare multiple design options and identify acceptable and unacceptable tradeoffs.
• Represent tradeoffs clearly using simple mapping tools (tables, charts, or decision statements).

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• Understand the mechanisms of negative and positive feedback in maintaining internal stability.
• Identify examples of feedback processes in physiological systems.
• Connect the roles of sensors, set points, and effectors in feedback regulation.+ Show more

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• Use appropriate units, instruments, and calibration to obtain meaningful measurements
• Apply rules for significant figures and scale when comparing measured data
• Interpret graphs by identifying trends, patterns, and the influence of outliers+ Show more

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• Identify the sensor, control center, and effector in a physiological regulation system
• Explain how negative feedback helps maintain internal stability (homeostasis)
• Use set points and feedback loops to describe regulation of blood glucose, pH, temperature, or blood pressure

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• Explain how specialized cells form tissues, which then form organs and organ systems with coordinated function.
• Describe how cellular differentiation creates structures that support transport, support, or signaling roles in tissues.
• Use tissue models to predict how intercellular communication and energy transformations scale to organ-level processes.

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• Describe how the Moon’s orbit around Earth changes what we see from Earth.
• Explain that lunar phases happen because sunlight illuminates different portions of the Moon as it moves.
• Identify the order of Moon phases and relate them to the Sun–Earth–Moon geometry.

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• Explain how scientific hypotheses generate testable predictions
• Distinguish hypotheses from observations and from conclusions
• Use evidence to revise assumptions when results do not match expectations+ Show more

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• Identify the steps of a simple design problem: observe, define what needs to change, and think of solutions.
• Explain how design solutions may change shape, materials, or structure to solve an observed problem.
• Use evidence from observations to support a design explanation.

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• Explain how energy flows through trophic levels in one direction in an ecosystem
• Distinguish producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and higher-level consumers
• Interpret how interconnected food webs differ from linear energy pathways+ Show more

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• Identify phenotypic variations in species.
• Understand how environmental factors influence adaptation.
• Explain mechanisms of natural selection such as differential survival and reproduction.+ Show more

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• Identify the key components involved in the Calvin cycle.
• Explain the sequence of reactions in the Calvin cycle.
• Describe the importance of the Calvin cycle in photosynthesis.

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• Explain how gravity provides the centripetal acceleration needed for curved orbits
• Describe how orbital distance affects orbital speed and orbital period
• Interpret how satellite motion relates to larger astronomical systems

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• Explain how mechanical digestion and chemical hydrolysis break food into molecules that can be absorbed.
• Describe how intestinal villi and microvilli increase surface area and improve nutrient transport.
• Compare facilitated diffusion, active transport, and transport via micelles for different nutrient types.+ Show more

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• Explain how natural selection changes allele frequencies and leads to adaptation
• Describe how genetic drift, gene flow, and mutation influence variation in populations
• Analyze how different evolutionary mechanisms can interact to shape evolutionary trajectories

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• Identify a research question that can be answered using measurements from multiple sites
• Explain why fair comparisons require the same variables, methods, and documentation across sites
• Plan how data from different sites can be combined while keeping limitations clear

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• Summarize the early steps of DNA replication, from unzipping to primer placement.
• Identify template strands used to build complementary DNA.
• Explain the roles of helicase, primase, and DNA polymerase in starting synthesis.

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• Identify the main idea of photosynthesis and key details about inputs and outputs
• Explain how light energy becomes chemical energy using chloroplast structures and steps

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• Explain how an organism’s traits affect fitness in a particular environment
• Describe how heritable variation and changing selection pressures can change which traits are favored over time
• Use evidence from a passage to identify main ideas and evaluate statements about fitness and survival

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• Understand what fossils are and their significance in Earth's history
• Identify different types of fossils and their features
• Analyze patterns of extinction and morphological change in the fossil record+ Show more

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• Explain how hormone feedback maintains internal stability
• Describe how system-level failure can occur when compensatory responses become maladaptive
• Identify a vulnerable point in a physiological control pathway

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• Explain the process of meiosis and its significance in genetic variation
• Describe the stages of prophase I where crossing over occurs
• Identify how independent assortment contributes to genetic diversity+ Show more

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• Explain how plants obtain matter from the environment to build biomass
• Describe the roles of carbon dioxide and water as raw materials for plant structures and chemical processes
• Connect gas exchange in leaves to the movement of carbon into the plant system+ Show more

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• Explain how the rock cycle moves matter through the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.
• Identify key processes in the rock cycle: melting, cooling, weathering, deposition, and metamorphism.
• Describe how energy transfer is involved in each step of the rock cycle.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of oxidation states in simple molecules
• Identify oxidation numbers in inorganic and organic compounds
• Learn how electron transfer relates to oxidation and reduction+ Show more

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• Describe how freshwater lakes and ponds become stratified by temperature, light, and oxygen.
• Explain how abiotic gradients influence where organisms live (vertical zonation) in standing-water ecosystems.
• Predict how seasonal mixing (thermal turnover) changes dissolved oxygen and nutrient availability.

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• Explain how natural resource availability affects where people settle and how they use land.
• Analyze how natural hazards and climate change influence settlement decisions and economic development.
• Evaluate feedbacks between resource extraction and ecosystem services to understand sustainability trade-offs.

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• Explain how tectonic stress and fault slip release energy as seismic waves
• Describe how magma rises and can erupt to form volcanoes near plate boundaries
• Connect patterns of earthquakes and volcanoes to hazard prediction and real-world impacts

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• Identify key details about tool safety for measurement devices.
• Choose the safest option when working with measurement tools.