This resource has 11 correlations with the National Standards.  
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• Life Science
  • Populations and ecosystems
    • Lack of resources and other factors, such as predation and climate, limit the growth of populations in specific niches in the ecosystem.
  • Diversity and adaptations of organisms
    • Extinction of a species occurs when the environment changes and the adaptive characteristics of a species are insufficient to allow its survival.
    • Fossils indicate that many organisms that lived long ago are extinct.
    • Extinction of species is common; most of the species that have lived on the earth no longer exist.

• Science as Inquiry
  • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
    • Think critically and logically to make the relationships between evidence and explanations.

• Process Standards for Professional Development
  • Design
    • Introduce teachers to scientific literature, media, and technological resources that expand their science knowledge and their ability to access further knowledge. (NSES)
    • Uses learning strategies appropriate to the intended goal. (NSDC)

• 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 provide students with the time, space, and resources needed to learn science.
    • Create a setting for student work that is flexible and supportive of science inquiry.
    • Make the available science tools, materials, media, and technological resources accessible to students.