Stardards (NSES) - Today's Green Acres

Teachers,

Below you can find tables that represent the new National Science Standards, towards which each state is moving to adopt. We havehigh-lighted all content areas for which aquaponics can serve as a real-world demonstration. Clearly, students from grades K-12 canbenefit from this experience. And, remember that each field trip is fully customizable! Just let us know what would be most meaningfulfor your students, and we will place our tour and activities emphasis on that content area. For a more detailed curriculum guide, just email us. We look forward to seeing you heresoon!

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

CONTENT STANDARDS, GRADES 5-8

UNIFYING CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES	SCIENCE AS INQUIRY	PHYSICAL SCIENCE	LIFE SCIENCE
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
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE	SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	SCIENCE IN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES	HISTORY AND NATURE OF SCIENCE
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

CONTENT STANDARDS, GRADES 9-12

UNIFYING CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES	SCIENCE AS INQUIRY	PHYSICAL SCIENCE	LIFE SCIENCE
Systems, order, and organization	Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry	Structure of atoms	The cell
Evidence, models, and explanation	Understandings about scientific inquiry	Structure and properties of matter	Molecular basis of heredity
Change, constancy, and measurement		Chemical reactions	Biological evolution
Evolution and equilibrium		Motions and forces	Interdependence of organisms
Form and function		Conservation of energy and increase in disorder	Matter, energy, and organization in living systems
		Interactions of energy and matter	Behavior of organisms
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE	SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	SCIENCE IN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES	HISTORY AND NATURE OF SCIENCE
Energy in the earth system	Abilities of technological design	Personal and community health	Science as a human endeavor
Geochemical cycles	Understandings about science and technology	Population growth	Nature of scientific knowledge
Origin and evolution of the earth system		Natural resources	Historical perspectives
Origin and evolution of the universe		Environmental quality
		Natural and human-induced hazards
		Science and technology in local, national, and global challenges

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