This resource has 11 correlations with the National Standards.  
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• Earth Science
  • Changes in earth and sky
    • The moon moves across the sky on a daily basis much like the sun.
    • The observable shape of the moon changes from day to day in a cycle that lasts about a month.

• Science as Inquiry
  • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
    • Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data.
    • Develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evidence.
    • Think critically and logically to make the relationships between evidence and explanations.
  • Understandings about scientific inquiry
    • Types of investigations include describing objects, events, and organisms; classifying them; and doing a fair test (experimenting).
    • Scientists develop explanations using observations (evidence) and what they already know about the world (scientific knowledge). Good explanations are based on evidence from investigations.

• Teaching Standards
  • Teachers of science plan an inquiry-based science program for their students.
    • Select science content and adapt and design curricula to meet the interests, knowledge, understanding, abilities, and experiences of students.
    • Select teaching and assessment strategies that support the development of student understanding and nurture a community of science learners.
  • Teachers of science guide and facilitate learning. In doing this, teachers
    • Focus and support inquiries while interacting with students.
    • Orchestrate discourse among students about scientific ideas.