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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