Vermont Science Standards
The ACE climate change assembly addresses the following science standards prescribed by the state of Vermont.
Source: Science Grade Expectations
Earth/Space Science:
S9-12:46 (DOK 3)
- Students demonstrate their understanding of Processes and Change over Time within Earth Systems by…
- Explaining the processes by which elements (e.g., carbon, nitrogen, oxygen atoms) move through the earth’s reservoirs (soil, atmosphere, bodies of water, organisms).
S9-12:49 (DOK 3)
- Students demonstrate their understanding of Processes and Change within Natural Resources by…
- Explaining a natural chemical cycle that has been disrupted by human activity and predict what the long term effect will be on organisms (e.g., acid precipitation, global warming, ozone depletion, pollution of water by phosphates, mercury, PCBs,etc.).

