National-Science-Standards

TABLE 6.8. CONTENT STANDARDS, GRADES K-4
 * **UNIFYING CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES** || **SCIENCE AS INQUIRY** || **PHYSICAL SCIENCE** || **LIFE SCIENCE** ||
 * Systems, order, and organization || Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry || Properties of objects and materials || Characteristics of organisms ||
 * Evidence, models, and explanation || Understandings about scientific inquiry || Position and motion of objects || Life cycles of organisms ||
 * Change, constancy, and measurement ||  || Light, heat, electricity, and magnetism || Organisms and environments ||
 * Evolution and equilibrium ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Form and function ||  ||   ||   ||
 * **EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE** || **SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY** || **SCIENCE IN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES** || **HISTORY AND NATURE OF SCIENCE** ||
 * Properties of earth materials || Abilities of technological design || Personal health || Science as a human endeavor ||
 * Objects in the sky || Understandings about science and technology || Characteristics and changes in populations ||  ||
 * Changes in earth and sky || Abilities to distinguish between natural objects and objects made by humans || Types of resources ||  ||
 * ||  || Changes in environments ||   ||
 * ||  || Science and technology in local challenges ||   ||

TABLE 6.9. CONTENT STANDARDS, GRADES 5-8 Systems, order, and organization || Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry || Properties and changes of properties in matter || Structure and function in living systems || Evidence, models, and explanation || Understandings about scientific inquiry || Motions and forces || Reproduction and heredity || Change, constancy, and measurement ||  || Transfer of energy || Regulation and behavior || Evolution and equilibrium ||  ||   || Populations and ecosystems || Form and function ||  ||   || Diversity and adaptations of organisms || Structure of the earth system || Abilities of technological design || Personal health || Science as a human endeavor || Earth's history || Understandings about science and technology || Populations, resources, and environments || Nature of science || Earth in the solar system ||  || Natural hazards || History of science || Risks and benefits ||  || Science and technology in society ||  ||
 * UNIFYING CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES** ||
 * SCIENCE AS INQUIRY** ||
 * PHYSICAL SCIENCE** ||
 * LIFE SCIENCE** ||
 * LIFE SCIENCE** ||
 * EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE** ||
 * SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY** ||
 * SCIENCE IN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES** ||
 * HISTORY AND NATURE OF SCIENCE** ||
 * HISTORY AND NATURE OF SCIENCE** ||

TABLE 6.1. SCIENCE AS INQUIRY STANDARDS ||
 * **LEVELS K-4** || LEVELS 5-8 || LEVELS 9-12 ||
 * Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry || Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry || Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry ||
 * Understanding about scientific inquiry || Understanding about scientific inquiry || Understanding about scientific inquiry

TABLE 6.2. PHYSICAL SCIENCE STANDARDS
 * **LEVELS K-4** || LEVELS 5-8 || LEVELS 9-12 ||
 * Properties of objects and materials || Properties and changes of properties in matter || Structure of atoms ||
 * Position and motion of objects || Motions and forces || Structure and properties of matter ||
 * Light, heat, electricity, and magnetism || Transfer of energy || Chemical reactions ||
 * ||  || Motions and forces ||
 * ||  || Conservation of energy and increase in disorder ||
 * ||  || Interactions of energy and matter ||

TABLE 6.3. LIFE SCIENCE STANDARDS
 * **LEVELS K-4** || LEVELS 5-8 || LEVELS 9-12 ||
 * Characteristics of organisms || Structure and function in living systems || The cell ||
 * Life cycles of organisms || Reproduction and heredity || Molecular basis of heredity ||
 * Organisms and environments || Regulation and behavior || Biological evolution ||
 * || Populations and ecosystems || Interdependence of organisms ||
 * || Diversity and adaptations of organisms || Matter, energy, and organization in living systems ||
 * ||  || Behavior of organisms ||

TABLE 6.4. EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE STANDARDS
 * **LEVELS K-4** || **LEVELS 5-8** || **LEVELS 9-12** ||
 * Properties of earth materials || Structure of the earth system || Energy in the earth system ||
 * Objects in the sky || Earth's history || Geochemical cycles ||
 * Changes in earth and sky || Earth in the solar system || Origin and evolution of the earth system ||
 * ||  || Origin and evolution of the universe ||

TABLE 6.5. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS
 * **LEVELS K-4** || **LEVELS 5-8** || **LEVELS 9-12** ||
 * Abilities to distinguish between natural objects and objects made by humans || Abilities of technological design || Abilities of technological design ||
 * Abilities of technological design || Understanding about science and technology || Understanding about science and technology ||
 * Understanding about science and technology ||  ||   ||

TABLE 6.6. SCIENCE IN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES
 * **LEVELS K-4** || **LEVELS 5-8** || **LEVELS 9-12** ||
 * Personal health || Personal health || Personal and community health ||
 * Characteristics and changes in populations || Populations, resources, and environments || Population growth ||
 * Types of resources || Natural hazards || Natural resources ||
 * Changes in environments || Risks and benefits || Environmental quality ||
 * Science and technology in local challenges || Science and technology in society || Natural and human-induced hazards ||
 * ||  || Science and technology in local, national, and global challenges ||

TABLE 6.7. HISTORY AND NATURE OF SCIENCE STANDARDS
 * **LEVELS K-4** || **LEVELS 5-8** || **LEVELS 9-12** ||
 * Science as a human endeavor || Science as a human endeavor || Science as a human endeavor ||
 * || Nature of science || Nature of scientific knowledge ||
 * || History of science || Historical perspectives ||

TABLE 6.8. CONTENT STANDARDS, GRADES K-4
 * **UNIFYING CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES** || **SCIENCE AS INQUIRY** || **PHYSICAL SCIENCE** || **LIFE SCIENCE** ||
 * Systems, order, and organization || Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry || Properties of objects and materials || Characteristics of organisms ||
 * Evidence, models, and explanation || Understandings about scientific inquiry || Position and motion of objects || Life cycles of organisms ||
 * Change, constancy, and measurement ||  || Light, heat, electricity, and magnetism || Organisms and environments ||
 * Evolution and equilibrium ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Form and function ||  ||   ||   ||
 * **EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE** || **SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY** || **SCIENCE IN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES** || **HISTORY AND NATURE OF SCIENCE** ||
 * Properties of earth materials || Abilities of technological design || Personal health || Science as a human endeavor ||
 * Objects in the sky || Understandings about science and technology || Characteristics and changes in populations ||  ||
 * Changes in earth and sky || Abilities to distinguish between natural objects and objects made by humans || Types of resources ||  ||
 * ||  || Changes in environments ||   ||
 * ||  || Science and technology in local challenges ||   ||