The ACE climate change assembly addresses the following science standards prescribed by the state of Illinois

Source: Illinois Learning Standards, Science

STATE GOAL 12: Understand the fundamental concepts, principles and interconnections of the life, physical and earth/space sciences.

• 12.E.4a Explain how external and internal energy sources drive Earth processes (e.g., solar energy drives weather patterns; internal heat drives plate tectonics).

Illinois Science Assessment Framework/PSAE Grade 11

The Illinois Science Assessment Framework for PSAE Grade 11 is designed to assist educators, test developers, policy makers, and the public by clearly defining those elements of the Illinois Learning Standards that are suitable for state testing … As the tests are designed to measure the Illinois Learning Standards, using the Science Assessment Framework in curriculum and instructional design will provide valuable guidance to educators and students.Standard 12B – Environment and interaction of living things

• 12.11.31 Understand the causes of ecosystem disruptions: changes in climate, human activity, introduction of nonnative species, changes in population size, sudden natural disasters.

Standard 12E – Earth Science

• 12.11.90 Understand that energy enters the systems of Earth chiefly as solar radiation and eventually escapes again as heat.
• 12.11.91 Understand that incoming solar radiation is either reflected or absorbed.
• 12.11.98 Understand that carbon dioxide increases the greenhouse effect in our atmosphere and that it is produced whenever carbon-containing fuels are burned (e.g., wood, coal, charcoal, oil, natural gas). Understand that removing forests removes trees which absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen.