Standards and Benchmarks

NSE Standards and AAAS Benchmarks

 

Science Companion was conceived and designed using the National Science Education Standards and the AAAS Project 2061 Benchmarks.

 

         •   Each lesson specifies the central standards and benchmarks that are its focus. 
         •   Each module contains detailed lists the NSE Standards and AAAS Benchmarks that are addressed by the lessons.


Pre-K -2

  • • Collecting and Examining Life
  • • Rainbows, Colors, and Light
  • • Motion
  • • Weather

 

Levels 1-3

  • Magnets
  • Solids, Liquids & Gases
  • Electrical Circuits

 

Levels 2-3

  • Life Cycles
  • Sound 
  • Rocks

 

Levels 3-4

  • Habitats
  • Light
  • Our Solar System

 

Levels 4-5

  • Nature’s Recyclers
  • Matter
  • Watery Earth

 

Levels 4 – 6

  • Human Body in Motion
  • Energy
  • Earth’s Changing Surface

 

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