National Science Education Standards

The programs presented by Stargazing For Everyone address many of the National Science Education Standards.  The sections of the National Science Education Standards that are addressed by Stargazing For Everyone program material (planetarium program content, telescope and binocular viewing, classroom and field activities, lectures, program question and answer segments, and slide presentations) are listed below.

1. Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry

2. Understanding about scientific inquiry

Grades K-4 Content Standard B: Physical Science

1. Properties of objects and materials

2. Position and motion of objects

3. Light, heat, electricity, and magnetism

Grades K-4 Content Standard C: Life Science

1. The characteristics of organisms

2. Life cycles of organisms

3. Organisms and environments

Grades K-4 Content Standard D: Earth and Space Science

1. Properties of earth materials

2. Objects in the sky

3. Changes in earth and sky

Grades K-4 Content Standard E: Science and Technology

1. Abilities of technological design

2. Understanding about science and technology

3. Abilities to distinguish between natural objects and objects made by humans

Grades K-4 Content Standard F: Science in Personal and Social Perspectives

1. Personal health

2. Characteristics and changes in populations

3. Types of resources

4. Changes in environments

5. Science and technology in local challenges

Grades K-4 Content Standard G: History and Nature of Science

1. Science as a human endeavor

Grades 5-8 Content Standard A: Science as Inquiry

1. Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry

2. Understandings about scientific inquiry

Grades 5-8 Content Standard B: Physical Science

1. Properties and changes of properties in matter

2. Motions and forces

3. Transfer of energy

Grades 5-8 Content Standard C: Life Science

1. Structure and function in living systems

2. Reproduction and heredity

3. Regulation and behavior

4. Populations and ecosystems

5. Diversity and adaptations of organisms

Grades 5-8 Content Standard D: Earth and Space Science

1. Structure of the earth system

2. Earth's history

3. Earth in the solar system

Grades 5-8 Content Standard E: Science and Technology

1. Abilities of technological design

2. Understandings about science and technology

Grades 5-8 Content Standard F: Science in Personal and Social Perspectives

1. Personal health

2. Populations, resources, and environments

3. Natural hazards

4. Risks and benefits

5. Science and technology in society

Grades 5-8 Content Standard G: History and Nature of Science

1. Science as a human endeavor

2. Nature of science

3. History of science

Grades 9-12 Content Standard A: Science as Inquiry

1. Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry

2. Understandings about scientific inquiry

Grades 9-12 Content Standard B: Physical Science

1. Structure of atoms

2. Structure and properties of matter

3. Chemical reactions

4. Motions and forces

5. Conservation of energy and increase in disorder

6. Interactions of energy and matter

Grades 9-12 Content Standard C: Life Science

1. The cell

2. Molecular basis of heredity

3. Biological evolution

4. Interdependence of organisms

5. Matter, energy, and organization in living systems

6. Behavior of organisms

Grades 9-12 Content Standard D: Earth and Space Science

1. Energy in the earth system

2. Geochemical cycles

3. Origin and evolution of the earth system

4. Origin and evolution of the universe

Grades 9-12 Content Standard E: Science and Technology

1. Abilities of technological design

2. Understandings about science and technology

Grades 9-12 Content Standard F: Science in Personal and Social Perspectives

1. Personal and community health

2. Population growth

3. Natural resources

4. Environmental quality

5. Natural and human-induced hazards

6. Science and technology in local, national, and global challenges

Grades 9-12 Content Standard G: History and Nature of Science

1. Science as a human endeavor

2. Nature of scientific knowledge

3. Historical perspectives

 

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