National Standards

The lesson plans were aligned to the former National Science Education Standards. For the Next Generation Science Standards, go to http://www.nextgenscience.org/next-generation-science-standards.

CONTENT STANDARDS, GRADES K-4Hummingbird

For a correlation of the lesson plans to the National Science Education Standards for Kindergarten through Grade 4, CLICK HERE.

UNIFYING CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES

  • Systems, order, and organization
  • Evidence, models, and explanation
  • Change, constancy, and measurement
  • Evolution and equilibrium
  • Form and function

SCIENCE AS INQUIRY

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

LIFE SCIENCE

  • Characteristics of organisms
  • Life cycles of organisms
  • Organisms and environments

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

  • Abilities of technological design
  • Understandings about science and technology
  • Abilities to distinguish between natural objects and objects made by humans

SCIENCE IN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES

  • Personal health
  • Characteristics and changes in populations
  • Types of resources
  • Changes in environments
  • Science and technology in local challenges

HISTORY AND NATURE OF SCIENCE

  • Science as a human endeavor


CONTENT STANDARDS, GRADES 5-8

For a correlation of the lesson plans to the National Science Education Standards for Grades 5 – 8, CLICK HERE.


UNIFYING CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES

  • Systems, order, and organization
  • Evidence, models, and explanation
  • Change, constancy, and measurement
  • Evolution and equilibrium
  • Form and function

SCIENCE AS INQUIRY

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

LIFE SCIENCE

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

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

  • Abilities of technological design
  • Understandings about science and technology

SCIENCE IN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES

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

HISTORY AND NATURE OF SCIENCE

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


CONTENT STANDARDS, GRADES 9-12

For a correlation of the lesson plans to the National Science Education Standards for Grades 9 – 12, CLICK HERE.

UNIFYING CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES

  • Systems, order, and organization
  • Evidence, models, and explanation
  • Change, constancy, and measurement
  • Evolution and equilibrium
  • Form and function

SCIENCE AS INQUIRY

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

LIFE SCIENCE

  • The cell
  • Molecular basis of heredity
  • Biological evolution
  • Interdependence of organisms
  • Matter, energy, and organization in living systems
  • Behavior of organisms

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

  • Abilities of technological design
  • Understandings about science and technology

SCIENCE IN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES

  • 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

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