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• Understand how particle models represent matter as collections of atoms and molecules.
• Identify the different kinds of atoms and their arrangements in particle diagrams.
• Connect particle models to properties of substances and changes during reactions.+ Show more

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• Understand how atoms rearrange during a chemical reaction.
• Describe how new substances form through atomic rearrangement.
• Explain the difference between mere mixing and chemical reactions involving atom rearrangement.+ Show more

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• Identify the four main Earth system spheres and their interactions.
• Describe processes such as weathering, evaporation, and biological activity.
• Explain how energy and gravity influence changes within Earth spheres.+ Show more

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• Understand how resource decisions impact land, water, and ecosystems.
• Analyze tradeoffs involved in balancing community needs and environmental health.
• Evaluate different management strategies considering long-term sustainability.+ Show more

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• Describe the processes of transcription and translation in gene expression.
• Identify regulatory elements such as promoters, enhancers, and repressors.
• Explain how epigenetic modifications influence gene activity.+ Show more

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• Explain how a star’s mass influences internal pressure, fusion rates, and overall lifespan.
• Describe the main stages of stellar evolution for low-mass and high-mass stars after the main sequence.
• Interpret how stellar luminosity and temperature relate to a star’s position on the Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) diagram.

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• Explain the concept of electron configuration and how electrons are distributed among energy levels and orbitals.
• Identify the significance of valence electrons in chemical reactivity and bonding.
• Describe the periodic trends related to atomic size and ionization energy based on electron configurations.+ Show more

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• Understand the concept of homologous structures and how they indicate shared ancestry.
• Identify examples of conserved biological features across different species.
• Explain how comparative anatomy and developmental evidence support evolutionary relationships.+ Show more

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• Understand how different lines of empirical evidence support common ancestry and evolution.
• Identify examples of fossil, molecular, and biogeographic evidence for evolution.
• Explain how converging evidence strengthens scientific explanations of biodiversity.+ Show more

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• Understand the structure and significance of crystal lattices in solids.
• Identify different lattice types and their properties.
• Explain how unit cells describe the smallest repeating pattern in a crystal.+ Show more

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• Identify the different types of chemical bonds and their electron arrangements.
• Explain how ionic, covalent, and metallic bonds influence the properties of materials.
• Recognize observable physical and chemical properties associated with each bond type.+ Show more

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• Explain how geographical features can enable or restrict historical migration.
• Identify how trade routes can connect regions and promote cultural exchange.
• Describe how migration patterns can influence the growth of cities and trade hubs.

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• Understand how organisms depend on each other in an ecosystem.
• Identify examples of predator-prey relationships, competition, and mutualism.
• Explain how changes in one population can affect the entire community.

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• Understand the principles of design optimization in engineering contexts.
• Identify criteria and constraints that influence structural design choices.
• Analyze trade-offs involved in selecting design parameters for bridges.+ Show more

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• Understand the key principles of population genetics including allele frequency changes, gene flow, and genetic drift.
• Analyze how evolutionary forces such as selection, mutation, migration, and barriers influence genetic diversity.
• Evaluate the significance of effective population size and metapopulation dynamics in conservation biology.+ Show more

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• Explain the mechanisms that lead to the formation of new species.
• Identify different patterns and evidence of speciation in nature.
• Describe how geographic, ecological, and chromosomal changes contribute to speciation.+ Show more

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• Define what a niche is and explain its significance in ecosystems.
• Describe how different species occupy distinct niches to reduce competition.
• Analyze how niche overlap can lead to increased competition when resources are limited.+ Show more

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• Explain the processes of evaporation and transpiration and their roles in the water cycle.
• Identify factors affecting evaporation and transpiration rates in the environment.
• Describe how phase changes link the hydrosphere and atmosphere.+ Show more

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• Explain how resource mapping shows the spatial distribution of agricultural, mineral, and energy resources
• Describe how transportation networks and markets connect to resource locations
• Analyze causes and consequences of resource extraction and changes over time+ Show more

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• Understand how structural adaptations help organisms survive in different habitats.
• Identify examples of physical features that support survival, movement, and camouflage.
• Analyze how structure correlates with environmental needs and predation avoidance.+ Show more

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• Understand the qualities that define effective leadership in U.S. presidents.
• Identify key decisions and impacts made by notable presidents in American history.
• Learn vocabulary related to leadership, history, and civic responsibility.+ Show more

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• Identify core values exemplified by U.S. presidents such as integrity, service, and perseverance.
• Analyze stories of presidents’ contributions to understand leadership qualities.
• Reflect on how leadership values relate to everyday life and community roles.+ Show more

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• Understand how Presidents' Day is celebrated across the United States.
• Identify common activities and events associated with patriotic celebrations.
• Reflect on the values of patriotism, service, and respect for leaders.+ Show more

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• Learn about the roles and responsibilities of U.S. presidents through stories of past leaders.
• Identify qualities such as honesty, courage, and service that make a good leader.
• Understand how presidents help their country and what it takes to be a great leader.+ Show more

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• Understand the significance of Presidents' Day and how it is celebrated across the nation.
• Recognize the importance of voting and civic participation in a democracy.
• Learn key vocabulary such as 'democracy', 'vote', and 'civic duty' to enhance understanding of active citizenship.+ Show more

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• Analyze the key decisions and actions of influential U.S. presidents and their impact on American history.
• Interpret historical texts related to presidential policies and speeches.
• Understand cause-and-effect relationships in the context of leadership and civic development.+ Show more

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• Understand the historical significance of Presidents' Day and its connection to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
• Identify important symbols of leadership associated with U.S. Presidents.
• Recognize key events in the founding and development of the United States.+ Show more

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• Understand the fundamental methods of energy transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation.
• Identify real-world examples of each energy transfer mode.
• Explain how different transfer modes contribute to energy exchange in systems like buildings and natural environments.

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• Describe matter as composed of particles too small to see and relate microscopic behavior to macroscopic properties.
• Explain particle motion, collisions, and spacing in different phases of matter.
• Use particle models to understand changes of state such as melting, freezing, boiling, and condensation.+ Show more

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• Explain how atomic number and nuclear composition (protons and neutrons) relate to atomic mass and identity
• Use electron configurations and energy-level diagrams to predict valence electrons, ion formation, and trends
• Connect isotopes and average atomic mass to reactivity and expected oxidation states+ Show more

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• Apply conservation of linear momentum using 2D vector components in multi-body collisions.
• Use center-of-mass motion to analyze how internal forces redistribute momentum and kinetic energy.
• Distinguish elastic from inelastic collisions using post-collision speed and energy partition.+ Show more

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• Explain reaction rates using collision theory, including effective collisions and activation energy.
• Use rate laws and qualitative relationships to predict how temperature, concentration, surface area, and catalysts affect reaction speed.
• Interpret empirical rate data by connecting collision frequency, energy distribution, and observed rate constants.+ Show more

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• Use birth rate and death rate ideas to explain how populations increase or decrease over time.
• Compare exponential growth and logistic growth models, including the role of carrying capacity.
• Identify density-dependent and density-independent limiting factors and connect them to changes in population abundance.+ Show more

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• Explain how crystal structure and molecular arrangement influence bulk physical properties.
• Compare ionic, metallic, and molecular solids using particle interactions and electrical conductivity.
• Use particle-level forces (lattice energy, dispersion forces, and hydrogen bonding) to predict melting points and solubility trends.+ Show more

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• Explain how DNA nucleotide order determines mRNA codons and the resulting amino-acid sequence of a protein.
• Describe how codon usage, translation timing, protein folding, and post-translational modification contribute to protein function.
• Analyze how mutations (point mutations and frameshifts) can change proteins and affect organismal traits, using sickle-cell hemoglobin as an example.

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• Evaluate how infrastructure and policy adaptations can reduce vulnerability to natural hazards and environmental change.
• Compare economic, social, and ecological trade-offs when planning adaptation strategies.
• Use risk mapping, hazard frequency thinking, and cost–benefit reasoning to judge feasibility and long-term resilience.

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• Explain how Newton’s law of gravitation leads to an inverse-square gravitational field for a point mass.
• Calculate gravitational field strength and gravitational potential energy changes near Earth and for other mass distributions (using the point-mass approximation).
• Use gravitational field and force ideas to reason about orbital motion and tidal effects qualitatively and quantitatively.

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• Explain how heritable variation and environmental pressures drive natural selection in populations
• Interpret how differential survival and reproduction change allele frequencies over generations
• Use fitness and selection coefficient ideas to connect phenotypic change to population genetics dynamics

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• Explain how feedback mechanisms and thresholds influence ecosystem stability and long-term trajectories
• Analyze how disturbances (natural and anthropogenic) affect resilience, recovery time, and functional redundancy
• Evaluate successional dynamics and alternative stable states in contexts such as forests and coral reefs+ Show more

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• Explain how multiple independent lines of evidence support common ancestry and descent with modification.
• Describe how the fossil record, radiometric dating, comparative anatomy, embryology, molecular sequences, and biogeography contribute to evolutionary conclusions.
• Use examples to connect evidence types to patterns of divergence and relatedness across organisms.

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• Explain how human activities and environmental change can reduce biodiversity through multiple mechanisms such as habitat fragmentation, invasive species, and climate shifts.
• Interpret how fossil evidence, phylogenetic analysis, and population monitoring can show patterns of species loss and recovery potential.
• Evaluate causal links among factors that reduce genetic diversity and ecological resilience, and propose conservation strategies based on evidence.

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• Compare how the circulatory, respiratory, digestive, excretory, and integumentary systems support internal transport and homeostasis
• Explain how structure (e.g., vascular networks, alveoli, nephrons, epithelial barriers) supports function (e.g., diffusion, filtration, reabsorption, waste removal)
• Describe how flow rates, surface area-to-volume ratios, and transport kinetics affect the movement of gases, nutrients, and wastes

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• Analyze how freshwater availability and climate variability influence where people settle and how they use land.
• Evaluate how natural hazards (e.g., floods, volcanic eruptions, sea-level rise) affect economic systems and infrastructure.
• Use evidence such as paleoclimate records, flood frequency data, and migration patterns to explain human–environment interactions.

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• Use the Lorentz force law to determine the direction and relative magnitude of forces on moving charges in electric and magnetic fields.
• Connect electric fields to linear acceleration and magnetic fields to curved motion for particles and currents.
• Apply vector orientation (right-hand rule and cross product direction) to predict deflection and trajectories.+ Show more

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• Explain how land-cover change can alter ecosystem function, hydrologic cycles, and biodiversity.
• Identify indicators of land-use impacts such as habitat fragmentation, nutrient loading, soil erosion, and coral reef degradation.
• Interpret how empirical evidence (maps, remote sensing, and field biotic surveys) can link human land changes to ecological and biogeochemical outcomes.

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• Explain how receptor specificity enables cells to respond to particular hormones or neurotransmitters.
• Describe signal transduction cascades, including second messengers and amplification, that link stimuli to cellular responses.
• Compare how nervous and endocrine signaling contribute to rapid versus sustained physiological changes.+ Show more

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• Explain how energy and biomass transfer between trophic levels and why energy generally decreases up a food chain
• Interpret biomass and energy pyramids and describe what they imply about trophic efficiency
• Analyze how trophic cascades and keystone species can restructure communities through top-down and bottom-up effects

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• Explain how net force determines acceleration using Newton’s second law (F = ma).
• Use vector addition to calculate net force when multiple forces act on an object.
• Interpret constant-acceleration motion using kinematics and motion graphs.+ Show more