Clarification Statement - S.MS.ESS.3.3.CS:
Examples of the design process include examining human environmental impacts, assessing the kinds of solutions that are feasible, and designing and evaluating solutions that could reduce that impact. Examples of human impacts could include water usage (su

Science and Engineering Practices - 6-8.SEP6.2:
Apply scientific ideas or principles to design an object, tool, process or system.

Disciplinary Core Ideas - S.MS.ESS.3.3.DCI:
ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems •Human activities have significantly altered the biosphere, sometimes damaging or destroying natural habitats and causing the extinction of other species. But changes to Earth’s environments can have different impacts (negative and positive) for different living things. •Typically as human populations and per-capita consumption of natural resources increase, so do the negative impacts on Earth unless the activities and technologies involved are engineered otherwise.

Crosscutting Concepts - CC2.7:
Relationships can be classified as causal or correlational, and correlation does not necessarily imply causation.