Plague Simulation: CA Standards

California Science Standards (6-12)

note that this plague simulation may also meet Social Science Standards for middle school grades, either 6th or 7th. The below standards are a preliminary list. In essence, one of the weakest areas of the new Science Standards is in the area of viruses, protists and monera, and their devastating affect upon populations. The important impact of epidemics on human population fairly fits into the study of environmental and ecological science. (this is an unpaid political statement!)

Ecology (Life Science)6:

5. Organisms in ecosystems exchange energy and nutrients among themselves and with the environment. As a basis for understanding this concept, students know:


Ecology, Grades 9-12:

6. Stability in an ecosystem is a balance between competing effects. As a basis for understanding this concept, students know: