Standards Addressed
Science English History Educational
Technology Arts Education
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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 |
The characteristics of organisms |
Lesson
2
|
| |
Life cycles
of organisms |
Lesson
2
|
| |
Reproduction
and heredity |
Lesson
2
|
| |
Populations
and ecosystems |
Lesson
1
|
| |
Molecular
basis of heredity |
Lesson
2
|
| |
Biological
evolution |
Lesson
2
|
| |
Diversity
and adaptations of organisms |
Lesson
1 Extension - Science and Social Studies
|
| Science
& Technology |
Understanding
about science and technology |
Lesson
2
|
| Science
in Personal and Social Perspective |
Characteristics
and changes in populations |
Lesson
2
|
| |
Science
and technology in society |
Lesson
2
|
| |
Science
and technology in local, national, and global challenges |
Lesson 2 |
History
and Nature of
Science |
Science
as a human endeavor |
Lesson 2 |
| |
Historical
perspectives |
Lesson 2 |
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
|
| 1.
Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and
use different
writing process elements appropriately
to communicate with different audiences for a variety of
purposes |
Lesson
1
|
| 5.
Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and
use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate
with different audiences for a variety of purposes. |
Lesson
1 |
| 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
1 |
| 8.
Students use a variety of technological and information resources
(e.g., libraries, databases, computer networks, video) to gather
and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge. |
Lesson
1 |
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
Analysis and Interpretation |
Formulate
questions to focus their inquiry or analysis |
Lesson
1
|
| Historical
Research Capabilities |
Formulate
historical questions |
Lesson1
|
| |
Obtain historical
data |
Lesson
1
Lesson 2 |
| |
Interrogate
historical data |
Lesson
1
Lesson
2 |
| |
Marshall
needed knowledge of the time and place, and construct a story,
explanation, or historical narrative |
Lesson
1
Lesson
2 |
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 Peoples of Many Cultures Around the World |
Major discoveries in Science and Technology, their social and economic effects, and the scientists and inventors responsible for them |
Lesson
2
|
Educational
Technology
Educational Technology Standards were developed by the International
Society for Technology in Education. Click
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
|
| Technology
Research Tools |
Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources |
Lesson
1
|
Arts
Education
The Arts Education Standards were developed by the Consortium of National Arts
Education Associations. Click
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
|
| Visual
Arts |
Using and
applying media, techniques, and processes |
Lesson
1- Art Extension
|
