National Science
Education Standards

Grades K-4:

Life Science
(Content Standard C)

• Life cycles of organisms
• Organisms and environments

Science in personal and social perspectives (Content Standard F)

• Characteristics and changes in populations
• Types of resources
• Changes in environments

Grades 5-8:

Science as Inquiry(Content Standard A)

• Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
• Understanding about scientific inquiry

Life Science (Content Standard C)

• Structure and function in living systems
• Regulation and behavior
• Reproduction and heredity
• Populations and ecosystems
• Diversity and adaptations of organisms

Science and Technology (Content Standard E)

• Abilities to distinguish between natural objects and objects made by humans

Science in personal and social perspectives (Content Standard F)

• Populations, resources, and environments
• Natural hazards
• Risks and benefits
• Personal health
• Science and technology in society

History and Nature of Science (Content Standard G)

• Science as a human endeavor
• Nature of science
• History of science

Grades 9-12:

Science as Inquiry (Content Standard A)

• Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
• Understanding about scientific inquiry

Life Science (Content Standard C)

• Biological Evolution
• Interdependence of organisms
• Matter, energy, and organization in living systems
• Behavior of organisms

Science and Technology (Content Standard E)

• Understandings about science and technology

Science in personal and social perspectives (Content Standard F)

• Population growth
• Natural resources
• Environmental quality
• Natural and human induced hazards

History and Nature of Science (Content Standard G)

• Science as a human endeavor
• Nature of scientific knowledge
• Historical perspectives

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