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National Science Education Standards

Grades K–4
Science and Technology – Content Standard E
Understanding About Science and Technology

• People have always had questions about their world. Science is one way of answering questions and explaining the natural world.
  

Grades 5–8
Science and Technology – Content Standard D
Earth in the Solar System

• Earth is the third planet from the Sun in a system that includes the Moon, the Sun, eight other planets and their moons, and smaller objects, such as asteroid and comets.
  

Grades 5–8
Language Arts Focus

• Practice listening to and understanding nonfiction text.
• Understand scientific terms and descriptive scientific language.
• Children use a variety of information resources to gather and synthesize information.