Standards for Environments, Habitats, and
Ecosystems
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).
Animal Studies (STC)
The Characteristics of
Organisms from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard
Bullet point #3 in Life
Cycles of Organisms from the K-4 Life Science Content
Standard
Organisms and their
Environments from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard
Ecosystems (STC)
Bullet points #1 and #2 in
Structure and Function in Living Systems from the 5-8 Life
Science Content Standard
Bullet point #1 in
Reproduction and Heredity from the 5-8 Life Science Content
Standard
Bullet points #1 and #3
in Regulation and Behavior from the 5-8 Life Science Content
Standard
Populations and
Ecosystems from the 5-8 Life Science Content
Standard
Bullet points #6, #9, and
#13 in Structure of the Earth System from the 5-8 Earth
Science Content Standard
Environments (FOSS)
Bullet point #3 in
Regulation and Behavior from the 5-8 Life Science Content
Standard
Bullet points #3 and #4
in Populations and Ecosystems from the 5-8 Life Science
Content Standard
Bullet point #3 in
Organisms and their Environments from the K-4 Life Science
Content Standard
Habitats (Insights)
The Characteristics of
Organisms from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard
Bullet point #3 in Life
Cycles of Organisms from the K-4 Life Science Content
Standard
Organisms and ther
Environments from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard
There Is No Away (Insights)
Bullet point #2 in
Populations and Ecosystems from the 5-8 Life Science Content
Standard
Bullet point #4 in
Organisms and their Environments from the K-4 Life Science
Content Standard
Interested in some inquiry tips? Take a look at this
link.
Cultivating Inquirers: Inquiry and the Garden
This article offers descriptions of the kinds of experiences
that can help learners build fundamental understandings
about living systems, (such as the relationships between
plants and their pollinators) and aligns garden study with
the National Standards.
For additional details about STC kits:
STC's
Fourth Grade Kits
Content, assessment strategies, goals, and standards
alignment for the following: Animal Studies, Land and Water,
Electric Circuits, and Motion and Design. Requires Acrobat
Reader.
STC's
Sixth Grade Kits
Content, assessment strategies, goals, and standards
alignment for the following: Experimenting with Plants,
Measuring Time, Magnets and Motors, and The Technology of
Paper. Requires Acrobat Reader.
