National Science Standards (grades 5 - 8)

Standard: As a result of activities in grades K-12, all students should develop understanding and abilities aligned with the following concepts and processes:

· Systems, orders, and organization

· Evidence, models, and explanations

· Constancy, change, and measurement

· Evolution and equilibrium

· Form and function

Content Standard Category: Science as Inquiry

Standard A: As a result of activities, all students should develop:

· Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry

· Understandings about scientific inquiry

Standard E: As a result of activities, all students should develop:

· Abilities of technological design

· Understandings about science and technology

Standard C: As a result of activities, all students should develop understandings of:

· Structure and function in living systems

· Populations and ecosystems