State and National Standards: Human Body Science

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Standards for Human Body Science

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).

Bones and Skeletons (Insights)
Bullet point #2 in The Characteristics of Organisms from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard
Bullet point #1 in Structure and Function in Living Systems from the 5-8 Life Science Content Standard

Food Chemistry (STC)
Bullet points #1and #2 in Properties of Objects and Materials from the K-4 Physical Science Content Standard
Bullet point #1 in The Characteristics of Organisms from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard

Human Body (FOSS)
Bullet point #2 in 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
Bullet point #5 in Structure and Function in Living Systems from the 5-8 Life Science Content Standard

Human Body Systems (Insights)
Bullet point #5 and #6 in Structure and Function in Living Systems from the 5-8 Life Science Content Standard

Human Body Systems (STC/MS)
Bullet points #5, #6, and #7 in Structure and Function in Living Systems from the 5-8 Life Science Content Standard
Bullet points #1, #2, and #3 in Regulation and Behavior from the 5-8 Life Science Content Standard

Human Brain and Senses (FOSS) standards alignment will be forthcoming.

Myself and Others (Insights)
Bullet point #2 in The Characteristics of Organisms from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard
Bullet points #1 and #2 in Life Cycles of Organisms from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard

The Senses (Insights)
Bullet point #1 in Properties of Objects and Materials from the K-4 Physical Science Content Standard
Bullet point #2 in The Characteristics of Organisms from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard

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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