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National Standards:
Science Education (5 - 8)
Content Standard A - Science as Inquiry
Fundamental concepts and principles that underlie this standard include:
Understandings about Scientific Inquiry
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Different kinds of questions suggest different kinds of scientific investigations. |
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Scientific investigations sometimes result in new ideas and phenomena for study, generate new methods or procedures for an investigation, or development of new technologies to improve the collection of data. |
Content Standard C - Life Science
Fundamental concepts and principles that underlie this standard include:
Structure and function of living systems
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Living systems at all levels of organization demonstrate the complementary nature of structure and function. |
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All organisms are composed of cells. |
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Cells carry on the many functions needed to sustain life. |
Reproduction and Heredity
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Hereditary information is contained in genes, located in the chromosome of each cell. |
Content Standard E - Science and Technology
Fundamental concepts and principles that underlie this standard include:
Understandings about science and technology
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Many different people in different cultures have made and continue to make contributions to science and technology. |
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Technological solutions have intended benefits and unintended consequences. |
Content Standard F - Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
Fundamental concepts and principles that underlie this standard include:
Risks and Benefits
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Important personal and social decisions are made based on perceptions of benefits and risks. |
Science and Technology in Society
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Science influences society through its knowledge and worldview. |
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Societal changes often inspire questions for scientific research, and social priorities often influence research priorities through the availability of funding for research. |
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Technology influences society through its products and processes. |
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Science and technology have advanced through contributions of many different people, in different cultures, at different times in history. |
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Scientists and engineers work in many different types of settings, including colleges and universities, business and industries, specific research institutes and government agencies. |
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Science cannot answer all questions and technology cannot solve all human problems or meet all human needs. |
Content Standard G - History and Nature of Science
Fundamental concepts and principles that underlie this standard include:
Science as a Human Endeavor
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Women and men of various social and ethnic backgrounds - and diverse interests, talents, qualities, and motivations - engage in the activities of science, engineering and related fields such as the health professions |
History of Science
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Many individuals have contributed to the traditions of science. |
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In historical perspective, science has been practiced by different individuals in different cultures. |
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Tracing the history of science can show how difficult it was for scientific innovators to break through accepted ideas of their time to reach conclusions that we currently take for granted. |
Language Arts:
Standard 4: Students adjust their use of spoken, written and visual language (such as conventions, style and vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.
Standard 5: Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
Standard 6: Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions (such as spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language and genre to create, critique and discuss print and non-print texts.
Standard 8: Students use a variety of technological and informational resources (such as libraries, databases, computer networks, video) to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge. |
