State and National Standards: Earth Materials

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Standards for Earth Materials

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).

Soils (STC)
Bullet points #1 and #2 in Properties of Earth Materials from the K-4 Earth Science Content Standard
Bullet points #1 and #2 in Properties of Objects and Materials from the K-4 Physical Science Content Standard

Rocks and Minerals (STC)
Bullet point #1 in Properties of Earth Materials from the K-4 Earth Science Content Standard
Bullet point #1 in Changes in the Earth and Sky from the K-4 Earth Science Content Standard
Bullet points #1 and #2 in Properties of Objects and Materials from the K-4 Physical Science Content Standard

Pebbles, Sand, and Silt (FOSS)
Bullet points #1 and #2 in Properties of Earth Materials from the K-4 Earth Science Content Standard
Bullet point #1 in Properties of Objects and Materials from the K-4 Physical Science Content Standard

Earth Materials (FOSS)
Bullet points #1 in Properties of Earth Materials from the K-4 Earth Science Content Standard
Bullet points #1 and #2 in Properties of Objects and Materials from the K-4 Physical Science Content Standard

For additional standards information relating to STC kits:

STC's Second Grade Kits
Content, assessment strategies, goals, and standards alignment for the Soils kit as well as The Life Cycle of Butterflies, Changes, and Balancing and Weighing. (Scroll down the page to the chart.) Requires Acrobat Reader.

STC's Third Grade Kits
Content, assessment strategies, goals, and standards alignment for the Rocks and Minerals kit, as well as Plant Growth and Development, Chemical Tests, and Sound. (Scroll down the page to the chart.) Requires Acrobat Reader.

The Franklin Institute gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the National Science Foundation and Unisys Corporation.

The Franklin Institute is the Demonstration Site for the Eisenhower Mid-Atlantic Consortium, providing science and math resources for teachers.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 9819641.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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