Life Science: Biology · Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

HS-LS2-7Reducing Human Impact

Performance expectation

Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.

What NYSED says about assessing it

Clarification statement

Examples of human activities could include urbanization, building dams, and dissemination of invasive species. Examples of solutions could include simulations, product development, technological innovations, and/or legislation.

The three dimensions

Every item written to HS-LS2-7 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

Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

Disciplinary core ideas
  • LS2.C: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
  • LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans
  • ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions
Crosscutting concepts
  • Stability and Change

Related performance expectations

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