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Standards for Organisms and Their Needs

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 Acrobat 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

Animals Two by Two (FOSS)
        Bullet points #1 and #2 in The Characteristics of Organisms from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard
        Bullet point #1 in Life Cycles of Organisms from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard
       Bullet point #3 in Organisms and Their Environments from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard

Insects (FOSS)
        Bullet points #1 and #2 in The Characteristics of Organisms from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard
        Bullet point #1 in Life Cycles of Organisms from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard
       Bullet point #3 in Organisms and Their Environments from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard

Life Cycle of Butterflies (STC)
        Bullet points #1 and #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
       Bullet point #2 in Organisms and Their Environments from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard

Living Things (Insights)
        Bullet points #1 and #2 in The Characteristics of Organisms from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard

Microworlds (STC)
        The Characteristics of Organisms from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard
        Bullet point #1 in Life Cycles of Organisms from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard
        Bullet points #1 and #2 in Properties of Objects and Materials from the K-4 Physical Science Content Standard
        Bullet point #1 in Light, Heat, Electricity, and Magnetism from the K-4 Physical Science Content Standard

Organisms (STC)
        Bullet points #1 and #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
       Organisms and Their Environments from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard

Structures of Life (FOSS)
        The Characteristics of Organisms from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard
        Bullet point #1 in Life Cycles of Organisms from the K-4 Life 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.

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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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