Standards Addressed
Science Math English History
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The standards
listed below are tied to the activities for the State Flower
article.
Creating and enforcing educational standards are the responsibilities
of each State. To find out the specific standards for your state,
visit your State’s
Department of Education Web site.
To help unify educational standards across the country, a number
of national organizations of education professionals have compiled
sets of standards as a resource for the State agencies to help
guide them as they develop their own standards. Below you
will find summaries
of these national standards, the names of the organizations that
developed them, and a link to the full set of standards.
Science
Science Standards were developed by the National Academies of Science.
Visit
here for a full copy of the standards and more details
on grade-level applications.
Students should develop understanding and abilities related to:
Category |
Standard |
Lesson Application |
| Life Science |
Organisms
and environments |
Lesson
2
|
| |
The characteristics
of organisms |
Lesson 2 |
| |
Diversity
and adaptations of organisms |
Lesson 2 |
| |
|
|
| Science
in Personal and Social Perspective |
Natural
resources |
Lesson 2 |
Math
Math Standards were developed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Visit
here for a full copy of the standards and more details
on grade level applications.
Students should develop understanding and abilities related to:
Category
|
Standard
|
Lesson
Application
|
| Measurement |
Apply appropriate
techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements. |
Lesson
1 – Math extension
|
English
English Standards were developed by the National Council of
Teachers of English.
Visit here for
a full copy of the standards and more details on grade level
applications.
Students should develop understanding and abilities related
to:
Standard
|
Lesson
Application
|
| 7.
Students conduct research on issues and interests by generating
ideas and questions, and by posing problems. They gather, evaluate,
and synthesize data from a variety of sources (e.g., print
and non-print texts, artifacts, people) to communicate their
discoveries in ways that suit their purpose and audience. |
Lesson
2 |
History
Historical Thinking Standards were developed by the National Center
for History in the Schools. Visit
here for a full copy of the standards and more details on
grade level applications.
Students should develop understanding and abilities related to:
Category
|
Standard
|
Lesson
Application
|
| Historical
Research Capabilities |
Obtain historical
data |
Lesson
1– History extension
Lesson
2 – History extension
|
History Content
Standards for Elementary Education were developed by the National
Center for History in the Schools. Visit
here for a full copy of the standards and more details on grade
level applications.
Students should
develop understanding and abilities related to:
Category
|
Standard
|
Lesson
Application
|
| History
of the Students' Own State or Region |
The people,
events, problems, and ideas that created the history of their
state |
Lesson
2 - History Extension
|
