Science Teaching Standards:

• planning inquiry-based science programs
• guiding and facilitating student learning
• assessment

Assessment Standards:

• consistency of assessments with decisions they are designed to inform
• assessment of achievement and opportunity to learn science
• match between quality of data and consequences of action taken on basis of data
• fairness of assessment practices
• soundness of inferences made from assessments

• focus on performance, portfolio, interviews, investigative reports and essay assessments
• assessments should be developmentally appropriate, set in familiar contexts, and free from bias

(Note: The preceding information is to guide the teachers in designing their activities. There is no reason to include it in the web page. Anyone conversant with the NSES will recognize that the pedagogy and assessment practices are in line with the standards.)

Science Content Standards: (The web page and the activities we have been discussing will address some or all of the following content standards, depending on the activity. Choose the ones that are appropriate.)

Unifying Concepts and Processes in Science

• developing student abilities and understanding
• developing explanations based on scientific information and evidence
• interpreting data
• variables have an effect on an outcome
• recognizing the relationship between explanation and evidence

Life Science Content Standard C (Grades 5-8)

• Structure and Function in Living Systems
• Reproduction and Heredity
• Populations and Ecosystems
• Diversity and Adaptations of Organisms

Science and Technology Content Standard E

• Abilities of Technological Design

Life Science Content Standard C (Grades 9-12)

• The Cell
• Molecular Basis of Heredity
• Interdependence of Organisms
• Behavior of Organisms
• Matter, Energy, and Organization in Living Systems

Science and Technology Content Standard E

• Choosing between Alternative Solutions
• Communicating Problems
• Processing and Solving Problems

Life Science Content Standard F (Grades 9-12)

• Personal and Community
• Health
• Population Growth
• Environmental Quality
• Natural and Human-Induced Hazards
• Science and Technology in Local, National, and Global Challenges

Science in Personal and Social Perspectives Content Standard F

• Personal Health
• Populations, Resources, and Environments
• Natural Hazards
• Risks and Benefits
• Science and Technology in Society

History and Nature of Science Content Standard G

• Science as a Human Endeavor
• Nature of Science
• History of Science
• Historical Perspectives