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Standards for Energy

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).

Circuits and Pathways (Insights)
       Electricity in Light, Heat, Electricity, and Magnetism from the K-4 Physical Science Content Standard
       Bullet point #3 in Properties and Changes of Properties in Matter from the 5-8 Physical Science Content Standard
       Bullet points #1 and #4 in Transfer of Energy from the 5-8 Physical Science Content Standard

Electric Circuits (STC)
       Bullet point #3 in Properties and Changes of Properties in Matter from the 5-8 Physical Science Content Standard
       Bullet points #1 and #4 in Transfer of Energy from the 5-8 Physical Science Content Standard

Magnetism and Electricity (FOSS)
       Electricity and Magnetism in Light, Heat, Electricity, and Magnetism from the K-4 Physical Science Content Standard

Magnets and Motors (STC)
       Bullet point #3 in Properties and Changes of Properties in Matter from the 5-8 Physical Science Content Standard
       Bullet point #1 and #3 in Motions and Forces from the K-4 Physical Science Content Standard
       Bullet points #1 and #4 in Transfer of Energy from the 5-8 Physical Science Content Standard

Physics of Sound (FOSS)
       Bullet points #1 and #2 in Properties of Objects and Materials from the K-4 Physical Science Content Standard
       Bullet point #2 and #4 in Position and Motion of Objects from the K-4 Physical Science Content Standard

Sound (Insights)
       Bullet points #1 and #2 in Properties of Objects and Materials from the K-4 Physical Science Content Standard
       Bullet point #2 and #4 in Position and Motion of Objects from the K-4 Physical Science Content Standard

Sound (STC)
       Bullet points #1 and #2 in Properties of Objects and Materials from the K-4 Physical Science Content Standard
       Bullet point #2 and #4 in Position and Motion of Objects from the K-4 Physical Science Content Standard

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.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 9819641.
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