New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards (NYSP12SLS)
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Grade 3 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
Students play iBiome games to learn about:
– how fish and mammals gather in groups (communities) to help their survival
– the social behaviors of different species
– how species depend on their environment, and why some species struggle to survive as the
environment they depend on is impacted by climate change
Grade 4 Energy
Students can learn about the impact of fossil fuel usage by:
– playing iBiome games in the League program
– tracking their own carbon footprint through their daily decisions on food, transportation and recycling
– exploring ideas of converting energy from one form to another, such as making a solar ovens
Grade 5 Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems
Students learn about how energy is transformed by
– building virtual food webs in iBiome games
– interacting with the their habitat models to better understand the movement of matter
Grades 6-8 MS. Human Impacts
Students use simulations in the League program to
– experiment different per-capita consumption of natural resources and scale of population to to understand human impact on a mini Earth
– use the carbon footprint tracking feature in the League program to measure and monitor their CO2 footprint, and race with their peers to reduce our impact on the environment
New York State Computer Science and Digital Fluency
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4-6.DL.2 Select appropriate digital tools to communicate and collaborate while learning with others
Students team up to communicate, collaborate, and boost their scores in a lively competitive online environment. They learn about nature, our environment and human impact with other league participants around the world.
4-6.CT.3 Visualize a simple data set in order to highlight relationships and persuade an audience.
Students play interactive games to learn about:
– how the ratio of young sea ice and old sea ice changes over time
– how to use bar graphs to share and communicate about climate change
– how to utilize leaderboards, team point charts, and CO2 tracking charts to communicate the relationships of team collaboration and individual contribution, and inspire each other
7-8.CT.3 Refine and visualize a data set in order to persuade an audience.
Students play with satellite images of the Arctic Ice Cap to learn about
– how the ratio of young sea ice and old sea ice changes over time
– how to organize their findings using bar graphs to share and communicate climate change
– how to utilize leaderboards, team point charts, and CO2 tracking charts to communicate the relationships of team collaboration and individual contribution, and inspire each other
7-8.DL.2 Communicate and collaborate with others using a variety of digital tools to create and revise a collaborative product.
Students will
– communicate with each other about climate change by measuring their carbon footprint and playing games together to learn about human impact
– collaborate with each other in teams to improve their team scores
New York State Portrait of a Graduate
The League for Green Leaders program operationalizes the New York State Portrait of a Graduate initiative by embedding its competencies into meaningful and engaging classroom practice.
- Academically Prepared
Students apply NYS learning standards through interdisciplinary, real-world climate and sustainability challenges. - Creative Innovator
Learners design and refine solutions to authentic environmental and community-based problems. - Critical Thinker
Students analyze complex systems, evaluate information, and consider trade-offs across content areas. - Effective Communicator
Collaboration, reflection, and presentation are embedded using multiple formats and audiences. - Global Citizen
Learning connects local action to global challenges, ethics, and sustainability. - Reflective & Future-Focused
Students engage in reflection, goal-setting, and agency-building tied to personal and societal impact.