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Standards for Air and Weather

Access state standards, national standards, and standards alignment for certain kits.

Pennsylvania's Academic Standards for Science and Technology from the Pennsylvania Department of Education. (Requires Adobe Reader.)

Click on the links below the kit names to see how these kits align to the Science Content Standards (from the National Science Education Standards).

Air and Weather (FOSS)
        Properties of Objects and Materials from the K-4 Physical Science Content Standard
       Bullet points #1 and #2 in Position and Motion of Objects from the K-4 Physical Science Content Standard
       Objects in the Sky from the K-4 Earth Science Content Standard
       Bullet point #2 in Changes in the Earth and Sky from the K-4 Earth Science Content Standard

Catastrophic Events, applying to Part 1 (Storms) only (STC)
        Bullet points #2 and #6 in Transfer of Energy from the 5-8 Physical Science Content Standard
       Bullet points #8, #11, and #12 in Structure of the Earth System from the 5-8 Earth Science Content Standard

Weather (STC)
       Properties of Objects and Materials from the K-4 Physical Science Content Standard
       Objects in the Sky from the K-4 Earth Science Content Standard
       Bullet point #2 in Changes in the Earth and Sky from the K-4 Earth Science Content Standard


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