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

Source: Science Standards of Learning For Virginia Public Schools

LS.11: The student will investigate and understand that ecosystems, communities, populations, and organisms are dynamic and change over time (daily, seasonal, and long term). Key concepts include:
-phototropism, hibernation, and dormancy

-factors that increase or decrease population size

-eutrophication, climate changes, and catastrophic disturbances

LS.12: The student will investigate and understand the relationships between ecosystem dynamics and human activity.  Key concepts include:
-food production and harvest

-changes in habitat size, quality, or structure

-change in species competition

-population disturbances and factors that threaten or enhance species survival

-environmental issues (water supply, air quality, energy production, and waste management)

ES.7: The student will investigate and understand the differences between renewable and nonrenewable resources.  Key concepts include:
-fossil fuels, minerals, rocks, water, and vegetation

-advantages and disadvantages of various energy sources

-resources found in Virginia

-making informed judgments related to resource use and its effects on Earth systems

-environmental costs and benefits

ES.12: The student will investigate and understand the origin and evolution of the atmosphere and the interrelationship of geologic processes, biologic processes, and human activities on its composition and dynamics.  Key concepts include:
-scientific evidence for atmospheric changes over geologic time

-current theories related to the effects of early life on the chemical makeup of the atmosphere-comparison of the Earth’s atmosphere to that of other planets

-atmospheric regulation mechanisms including the effects of density differences and energy transfer

-potential atmospheric compositional changes due to human, biologic, and geologic activity