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Tennessee Academic Standards for Science

• HS ESS.ESS3.2: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information on how natural resource availability, natural hazard occurrences, and climatic changes impact individuals and society. Note: The task asks students to consider how the natural resource availability of coal affected the population and economy of a community in Tennessee. The task is limited to the economic impact on individuals and society.

Next Generation Science Standards

• Science and Engineering Practices
  Obtaining, Evaluation, and Communicating Information
  • High School Element: Compare, integrate, and evaluate sources of information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a scientific question or solve a problem.
• Crosscutting Concepts
  Cause and Effect: Mechanism and Prediction
  • Middle School Element: Phenomena may have more than one cause, and some cause and effect relationships in systems can only be described using probability.
• Disciplinary Core Ideas
  ESS3.A. Natural Resources
  • High School Element: All forms of energy production and other resource extraction have associated economic, social, environmental, and geopolitical costs and risks as well as benefits. New technologies and social regulations can change the balance of these factors.