Disciplinary Core Ideas
Physical sciences
- Matter and Its Interactions
- Structure and Properties of Matter
- Chemical Reactions
- Nuclear Processes
- Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
- Forces and Motion
- Types of Interactions
- Stability and Instability in Physical Systems
- Energy
- Definitions of Energy
- Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer
- Relationship between Energy and Forces
- Energy in Chemical Processes and Everyday Life
- Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
- Wave Properties
- Electromagnetic Radiation
- Information Technologies and Instrumentation
Life Sciences
- From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
- Structure and Function
- Growth and Development of Organisms
- Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms
- Information Processing
- Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
- Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
- Cycles of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems
Balancing Act: Otters, Urchins, and Kelp
The Roots of the Carbon Cycle
Why Soil Matters
- Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
- Social Interactions and Group Behavior
- Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
- Inheritance of Traits
- Variation of Traits
- Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
- Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
- Natural Selection
- Adaptation
- Biodiversity and Humans
Earth and Space Sciences
- Earth’s Place in the Universe
- The Universe and Its Stars
- Earth and the Solar System
- The History of Planet Earth
- Earth’s Systems
- Earth Materials and Systems
- Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions
- The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes
- What is an Aquifer
Groundwater, Beneath the Surface
Groundwater Term Game
The System of Surface Water- Weather and Climate
- Biogeology
- Earth and Human Activity
- Natural Resources
Non Renewable and Renewable Energy
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How Does Hydraulic Fracturing Work?
The Cost of Water- Natural Hazards
- Human Impacts on Earth Systems
Ocean Acidification
Pteropods Very Small and Very Important
Claims of the Advocates: The Benefits of Hydraulic Fracturing
What are the Challenges of Fracking Natural Shale Gas Reserves?
Navigate A Watershed- Global Climate Change
Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science
- Engineering Design
- Defining and Delimiting an Engineering Problem
- Developing Possible Solutions
- Optimizing the Design Solution
- Links Among Engineering, Technology, Science, and Society
- Interdependence of Science, Engineering and Technology
- Influence of Engineering, Technology, and Science on Society and the Natural World