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Standards for Our Changing Earth

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).

Landforms (FOSS)
        Bullet point #2 in Structure of the Earth System from the 5-8 Earth Science Content Standard
       Bullet point #1 in Changes in the Earth and Sky from the K-4 Earth Science Content Standard

Land and Water (STC)
       Bullet points #1 and #2 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 point #1 in 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
       Bullet point #4 in Organisms and their Environments from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard
       Bullet point #3 in Structure of the Earth System from the 5-8 Earth Science Content Standard

Reading the Environment (Insights)
        Bullet points #1 and #3 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 point #1 in Properties of Objects and Materials from the K-4 Physical Science Content Standard

Catastrophic Events (STC)
        Bullet points #1-5, 8, and 10-13 in Structure of the Earth System from the 5-8 Earth Science Content Standard
       Bullet point #1 in Earth's History from the 5-8 Earth Science Content Standard
       Bullet point #3 in Earth in the Solar System from the 5-8 Earth Science Content Standard

Earth History (FOSS)
        Standards alignment pending.

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.

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