National Science
Education Standards

Grades 5-8:

Science as Inquiry(Content Standard A)

• Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
• Understanding about scientific inquiry

Life Science (Content Standard C)

• Structure and function in living systems
• Regulation and behavior
• Populations and ecosystems
• Diversity and adaptations or organisms

Science and Technology (Content Standard E)

• Abilities of technological design

Science in personal and social perspectives (Content Standard F)

• Personal health
• Science and technology in society

History and Nature of Science (Content Standard G)

• Science as a human endeavor
• Nature of science
• History of science

Grades 9-12:

Science as Inquiry (Content Standard A)

• Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
• Understanding about scientific inquiry

Life Science (Content Standard C)

• Interdependence of organisms
• Matter, energy, and organization in living systems
• Behavior of organisms

Science and Technology (Content Standard E)

• Understandings about science and technology

Science in personal and social perspectives (Content Standard F)

• Personal and community health
• Natural resources
• Environmental quality
• Science and technology in local, national, and global challenges

History and Nature of Science (Content Standard G)

• Science as a human endeavor
• Nature of scientific knowledge
• Historical perspectives

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Sunshine State Standards
Florida Department of Education
Grades 6–8

Language Arts: Listening, Viewing, and Speaking (LA.C)

Standard 1: The student uses listening strategies effectively. (LA.C.1.3)

• Listens and uses information gained for a variety of purposes, such as gaining information from interviews, following directions, and pursuing a personal interest.
• Uses responsive listening skills, including paraphrasing, summarizing, and asking questions for elaboration and clarification.

Standard 3: The student uses speaking strategies effectively. (LA.C.3.3)

• Asks questions and makes comments and observations that reflect understanding and application of content, processes and experiences.
• Speaks for various occasions, audiences and purposes, including conversations, discussions, projects, and informational, persuasive, or technical presentation.

Science: Processes of Life (SC.F)

Standard 1: The student describes patterns of structure and function of living things. (SC.F.1.3)

• Understand that living things are composed of major systems that function in reproduction, growth, maintenance and regulation.
• Knows that behavior is a response to the environment and influences growth development, maintenance and reproduction.

Science: How Living Things Interact with Their Environment (SC.G)

Standard 1: The student understands the competitive interdependent, cyclic nature of living things in the environment. (SC.G.1.3)

• Understands that the classification of living things is based on a given sat of criteria and is a tool for understanding biodiversity and interrelationships.

Standard 2: The student understands the consequences of using limited natural resources. (SC.G.2.3)

• Knows that a brief change in the limited resources of an ecosystem mat alter the size of a population or the average size of individual organisms and that long term change may result in the elimination of animal and plant population inhabiting the Earth.
• Understands that humans are a part of an ecosystem and their activities may deliberately have inadvertently altered the equilibrium in ecosystems.

Science: The Nature of Science (SC.H)

Standard 1: The student uses the scientific processes and habits of mind to solve problems. (SC.H.1.3)

• Knows that the study of the events that led scientists to discoveries can provide information about the inquiry process and its effects.
• Knows that accurate record keeping, openness, and replication are essential to maintaining an investigator’s credibility with other scientists and society.
• Knows that a change in one or more variables may alter the outcome of an investigation.

Standard 2: The student understands that most natural events occur in comprehensible, consistent patterns. (SC.H.2.3)

• Recognizes that patterns exist within and across systems.

Social Studies: People, Places, and Environments (SS.B)

Standard 2: The student understands the interactions of people and the physical environment. (SS.B.2.3)

• Understands how cultures differ in their use of similar environments and resources.
• Understands the environmental consequences of people changing the physical environmental in various world locations.
• Understands how the interaction between physical and human systems affects current conditions on Earth.

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Sunshine State Standards
Florida Department of Education
Grades 9–12

Language Arts: Listening, Viewing, and Speaking (LA.C)

Standard 1: The student uses listening strategies effectively. (LA.C.1.4)

• Selects and uses appropriate listening strategies according to the intended purpose such as solving problems interpreting and evaluating the techniques and intent of a presentation and taking action in career related situations.
• Uses effective strategies for informal and formal discussions, including listening actively and reflectively connecting to and building on the ideas of a previous speaker and respecting the viewpoints of others.

Standard 3: The student uses speaking strategies effectively. (LA.C.3.4)

• Uses details, illustrations, analogies, and visual aids to make oral presentations that inform, persuade, or entertain

Science: Processes that Shape the Earth (SC.D)

Standard 1: The student recognizes that processes in the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere interact to shape the Earth. (SC.D.1.4)

• Knows that Earths systems and organisms are the result of a long continuous change over time.

Standard 2: The student understands the need for protection of the natural systems on Earth. (SC.D.2.4)

• Understands the interconnection of the systems on Earth and the quality of life.

Science: Processes of Life (SC.F)

Standard 1: The student describes patterns of structure and function of living things. (SC.F.1.4)

• Knows that organisms respond to internal and external stimuli.

Science: How Living Things Interact with Their Environment (SC.G)

Standard 2: The student understands the consequences of using limited natural resources. (SC.G.2.4)

• Knows the changes in a component of an ecosystem will have unpredictable effects on the entire systems but that the components of the system tend to react in a way that will restore the ecosystem to its original condition.
• Understands how genetic variation of offspring contributes to population control in an environment and that natural selection ensures that those who are best adapted to their surroundings survive to reproduce.
• Knows that the world ecosystems are shapes by physical factors that limit their productivity.
• Understands that the amount of life any environment can support is limited and that human activities can change the flow of energy and reduce the fertility of the earth.
• Knows the ways in which humans today are placing their environmental support systems at risk (e.g., rapid human population growth, environmental degradation, and resource depletion).

Science: The Nature of Science (SC.H)

Standard 2: The student understands that most natural events occur in comprehensible, consistent patterns. (SC.H.2.4)

• Knows that scientists assume that the universe is a vast system in which basic rules exist that may range from very simple to extremely complex, but that scientists operate on the belief that the rules can be discovered by careful, systemic study.

Standard 3: The student understands that science, technology, and society are interwoven and interdependent. (SC.H.3.4)

• Knows that technological problems often create a demand for new scientific knowledge and that new technologies make it possible for scientists to extend their research in a way that advances science.

Social Studies: People, Places, and Environments (SS.B)

Standard 2: The student understands the interactions of people and the physical environment. (SS.B.2.4)

• Understands the global impact of human changes in the physical environment.

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