Correlations to
NATIONAL SCIENCE EDUCATION STANDARDS
This chart indicates which of the activities in this guide teach or reinforce the National
Academy of Sciences Science Education Content Standards, Grades 5-8 and Grades 9-12.
NATIONAL SCIENCE
EDUCATION STANDARDS
UNIFYING CONCEPTS
AND PROCESSES
Systems, order, and
organization
Evidence, models, and
explanation
Constancy, change, and
measurement
Evolution and equilibrium
Form and function
Do You
Know
What Fish
You’re
Eating?
Fishing for
the Future
Net
Results
X
X
X
X
Salmon
Scavenger
Hunt
Sharks in
Decline
To Culture
or Not To
Culture
X
X
X
GRADES 5-8
STANDARD A:
SCIENCE AS INQUIRY
Abilities necessary to do
scientific inquiry
Understandings about
scientific inquiry
STANDARD B:
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Properties and changes of
properties in matter
Motion and forces
Transfer of energy
STANDARD C:
LIFE SCIENCE
Structure and function in
living systems
Reproduction and heredity
Regulation and behavior
Populations and ecosystems
Diversity and adaptations
of organisms
STANDARD D: EARTH
AND SPACE SCIENCE
Structure of the
earth system
Earth’s history
Earth in the solar system
STANDARD E:
SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY
Abilities of technological design
Understandings about science
and technology
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
STANDARD F: SCIENCE IN
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL
PERSPECTIVES
Personal health
Populations, resources,
and environments
Natural hazards
Risks and benefits
Science and technology
in society
STANDARD G: HISTORY
AND NATURE OF SCIENCE
Science as human endeavor
Nature of science
History of science
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
GRADES 9-12
STANDARD A:
SCIENCE AS INQUIRY
Abilities necessary to do
scientific inquiry
Understandings about
scientific inquiry
STANDARD B:
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Structure of atoms
Structure and property of matter
Chemical reactions
Motion and forces
Conservation of energy and the
increase in disorder
Interactions of energy and
matter
STANDARD C:
LIFE SCIENCE
The cell
The molecular basis of heredity
Biological evolution
The interdependence of
organisms
Matter, energy, and
organization in living systems
The behavior of organisms
STANDARD D: EARTH
AND SPACE SCIENCE
Energy in the earth system
Geochemical cycles
The origin and evolution of the
earth system
The origin and evolution of the
universe
STANDARD E:
SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY
Abilities of technological design
Understandings about science
and technology
STANDARD F: SCIENCE IN
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL
PERSPECTIVES
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
2
Personal and community health
Population growth
Natural resources
Environmental quality
Science and technology
in local, national, and global
challenges
STANDARD G: HISTORY
AND NATURE OF SCIENCE
Science as human endeavor
Nature of scientific knowledge
Historical perspectives
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
3
X
X
X
X
X