This resource has 28 correlations with the National Standards.  
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• Physical Science
  • Interactions of energy and matter
    • Electromagnetic waves include radio waves (the longest wavelength), microwaves, infrared radiation (radiant heat), visible light, ultraviolet radiation, x-rays, and gamma rays. (9-12)

• Earth Science
  • Properties of earth materials
    • Earth materials are solid rocks and soils, water, and the gases of the atmosphere.
  • Changes in earth and sky
    • The observable shape of the moon changes from day to day in a cycle that lasts about a month.
  • Structure of the earth system
    • Water, which covers the majority of the earth's surface, circulates through the crust, oceans, and atmosphere in what is known as the "water cycle."
    • Water is a solvent. As it passes through the water cycle it dissolves minerals and gases and carries them to the oceans.
    • The atmosphere is a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and trace gases that include water vapor.
    • Oceans have a major effect on climate, because water in the oceans holds a large amount of heat.
  • Earth in the solar system
    • The earth is the third planet from the sun in a system that includes the moon, the sun, eight other planets and their moons, and smaller objects, such as asteroids and comets.
    • The sun, an average star, is the central and largest body in the solar system.
    • The motions of most objects in the solar system explain such phenomena as the day, the year, phases of the moon, and eclipses.
    • Seasons result from variations in the amount of the sun's energy hitting the surface, due to the tilt of the earth's rotation on its axis and the length of the day.
  • Energy in the earth system
    • Global climate is determined by energy transfer from the sun at and near the earth's surface. (9-12)
    • The greenhouse effect is the warming effect on the air caused by heat rising from the surface of the Earth and being trapped by gases in the troposphere. (9-12)
  • Origin and evolution of the universe
    • Early in the history of the universe, matter, primarily the light atoms hydrogen and helium, clumped together by gravitational attraction to form countless trillions of stars. (9-12)
    • Billions of galaxies, each of which is a gravitationally bound cluster of billions of stars, now form most of the visible mass in the universe. (9-12)
    • Fusion and other processes in stars have led to the formation of all the other elements. (9-12)

• 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.
    • Use mathematics in all aspects of scientific inquiry.
  • 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.
    • In presenting data, graphs are used to convey comparisons or trends. (9-12)
    • Mathematical tools and models guide and improve the posing of questions, gathering data, constructing explanations and communicating results. (9-12)

• Science and Technology
  • Understanding about science and technology
    • Technology provides tools for investigations, inquiry, and analysis.

• Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
  • Changes in environments
    • Pollution is a change in the environment that can influence the health, survival, or activities of organisms, including humans.

• Content Standards
  • Quality Teaching
    • Deepens educators’ content knowledge, provides them with research-based instructional strategies to assist students in meeting rigorous academic standards, and prepares them to use various types of classroom assessments appropriately. (NSDC)

• Earth Science
  • Origin and evolution of the universe
    • NA