• National Standards 5-8
• National Standards 9-12
• Indexed Lesson Plans

Science Content Standards: 5-8

Science as Inquiry

CONTENT STANDARD A:
As a result of activities in grades 5-8, all students should develop
• Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
• Understandings about scientific inquiry

Physical Science

CONTENT STANDARD B:
As a result of their activities in grades 5-8, all students should develop an understanding of :
• Properties and changes of properties in matter
• Motions and forces
• Circular Motion
• Rocketry
• Weightlessness
• Transfer of energy

Life Science

CONTENT STANDARD C:
As a result of their activities in grades 5-8, all students should develop an understanding of :
• Structure and function in living systems
• Reproduction and heredity
• Regulation and behavior
• Populations and ecosystems
• Closed Ecosystems
• Interdependence
• Diversity and adaptations of organisms

Earth and Space Science

CONTENT STANDARD D:
As a result of their activities in grades 5-8, all students should develop an understanding of :
• Structure of the earth system
• Creating clouds in a jar
• Oxygen for Breathing
• Earth's history
• Earth in the solar system
• Microgravity
• Solar Storms

Science and Technology

CONTENT STANDARD E:
As a result of activities in grades 5-8, all students should develop:
• Abilities of technological design
• Understandings about science and technology

Science in Personal and Social Perspectives

CONTENT STANDARD F:
As a result of activities in grades 5-8, all students should develop an understanding of:
• Personal health
• Populations, resources, and environments
• Human Factors
• Natural hazards
• Risks and benefits
• Science and technology in society

History and Nature of Science

CONTENT STANDARD G:
As a result of activities in grades 5-8, all students should develop an understanding of :
• Science as a human endeavor
• Nature of science
• History of science

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Science Content Standards: 9-12

Understandings about Scientific Inquiry

CONTENT STANDARD A:
As a result of their activities in grades 9-12, all students should develop an understanding of:
• Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
• Understandings about scientific inquiry

Physical Science

CONTENT STANDARD B:

As a result of their activities in grades 9-12, all students should develop:
• Structure of atoms
• Structure and properties of matter
• Chemical reactions
• Motions and forces
• Advanced Propulsion
• Circular Motion
• Rocketry
• Weightlessness
• Conservation of energy and increase in disorder
• Interactions of energy and matter

Life Science

CONTENT STANDARD C:
As a result of their activities in grades 9-12, all students should develop an understanding of :
• The cell
• Molecular basis of heredity
• Biological evolution
• Interdependence of organisms
• Closed Ecosystems
• Hydroponics
• Interdependence
• Matter, energy, and organization in living systems
• Behavior of organisms

Earth and Space Science

CONTENT STANDARD D:
As a result of their activities in grades 9-12, all students should develop an understanding of :
• Energy in the earth system
• Creating clouds in a jar
• Oxygen for Breathing
• Geochemical cycles
• Origin and evolution of the earth system
• Origin and evolution of the universe

Science and Technology

CONTENT STANDARD E:
As a result of activities in grades 9-12, all students should develop:
• Abilities of technological design
• Understandings about science and technology

Science in Personal and Social Perspectives

CONTENT STANDARD F:
As a result of activities in grades 9-12, all students should develop an understanding of :
• Personal and community health
• Population growth
• Natural resources
• Environmental quality
• Natural and human-induced hazards
• Science and technology in local, national, and global challenges

History and Nature of Science

CONTENT STANDARD G:
As a result of activities in grades 9-12, all students should develop an understanding of :
• Science as a human endeavor
• Nature of scientific knowledge
• Historical perspectives

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