Life Science: Biology · Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

HS-LS2-2Biodiversity and Populations

Performance expectation

Use mathematical representations to support and revise explanations based on evidence about factors affecting biodiversity and populations in ecosystems of different scales.

What NYSED says about assessing it

Clarification statement

Examples of mathematical representations could include finding the average, determining trends, and using graphical comparisons of multiple sets of data.

Assessment boundary

Assessment is limited to provided data.

The three dimensions

Every item written to HS-LS2-2 has to assess all three dimensions together, not the content alone. This is the structural change that made older practice material stop matching the exam.

Science & engineering practice

Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking

Disciplinary core ideas
  • LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
  • LS2.C: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
Crosscutting concepts
  • Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

Related performance expectations

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