Performance expectationCreate a computational simulation to illustrate the relationships among management of natural resources, the sustainability of human populations, and biodiversity.
Examples of factors that affect the management of natural resources include costs of resource extraction and waste management, per-capita consumption, and the development of new technologies. Examples of factors that affect human sustainability include agricultural efficiency, levels of conservation, and urban planning.
Assessment for computational simulations is limited to using provided multi-parameter programs or constructing simplified spreadsheet calculations.
Every item written to HS-ESS3-3 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.
Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking
Phenomenon stimulus, connected items across the required types, answer key, rubric and figures drawn deterministically from a structured spec — in the format your students will sit.