National Science Content Standards
The National Science Content Standards for Grades 9–12 have been correlated to each section of
Physics: Principles and Problems. You will find these correlations at the top of every page in this Lesson
Plans book and on the interleaf pages of the Teacher Wraparound Edition. Correlations are designated
according to the numbering system in the table of science content standards shown here.
Unifying Concepts and Processes
Earth and Space Science
UCP.1
UCP.2
UCP.3
UCP.4
UCP.5
D.1
D.2
D.3
Systems, order, and organization
Evidence, models, and explanation
Change, constancy, and measurement
Evolution and equilibrium
Form and function
D.4
Energy in the earth system
Geochemical cycles
Origin and evolution of the earth system
Origin and evolution of the universe
Science as Inquiry
Science and Technology
A.1
E.1
E.2
A.2
Abilities necessary to do scientific
inquiry
Understandings about scientific
inquiry
Abilities of technological design
Understandings about science and
technology
Physical Science
B.1
B.2
B.3
B.4
B.5
B.6
Structure of atoms
Structure and properties of matter
Chemical reactions
Motions and forces
Conservation of energy and increase in
disorder
Interactions of energy and matter
F.1
F.2
F.3
F.4
F.5
F.6
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
Life Science
C.1
C.2
C.3
C.4
C.5
C.6
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The cell
Molecular basis of heredity
Biological evolution
Interdependence of organisms
Matter, energy, and organization in
living systems
Behavior of organisms
Lesson Plans
G.1
G.2
G.3
Science as a human endeavor
Nature of scientific knowledge
Historical perspectives
Physics: Principles and Problems
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