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Standards for Plant Growth and Development

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).

Experiments with Plants (STC/MS)
       Bullet points #1 and #4 in Structure and Function in Living Systems from the 5-8 Life Science Content Standard
       Bullet points #1, #2, and #5 in Reproduction and Heredity from the 5-8 Life Science Content Standard
       Bullet points #1 and #3 in Regulation and Behavior from the 5-8 Life Science Content Standard
       Bullet point #2 in Diversity and Adaptations of Organisms from the 5-8 Life Science Content Standard

Growing Things (Insights)
       Bullet points #1 and #2 in The Characteristics 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
       Bullet point #1 in Properties of Earth Materials from the K-4 Earth Science Content Standard

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

New Plants (FOSS)
       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

Plant Growth and Development (STC)
       Bullet points #1 and #2 in The Characteristics of Organisms from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard
       Life Cycles of Organisms from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard
       Bullet points #1 and #2 in Organisms and Their Environments from the K-4 Life Science Content Standard
       Bullet point #1 in Properties of Earth Materials from the K-4 Earth Science Content Standard

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


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