US National Education Standards

Lesson plans are aligned with US National Education Standards. Use the chart below to easily see which education requirements our lessons fulfill by grade level.

Elementary
	Fish, Fossils and Fuels	It’s a Gas: What is natural gas?	Seeping Stones: What are oil traps?	Give It a Lift: How do we get the oil out?	Tower of Power
Earth/Space Science (Grades K-4)	X
Science in Personal and Social Perspectives (Grades K-4)	X				X
Life Science (Grades K-4)		X
Physical Science (Grades K-4)			X	X
Earth/Space Science Content Standards (Grade 3)			X
Physical Science Content Standards (Grade 3)					X
Process Standards (Grades 3-6)		X	X	X	X
Physical Science Content Standards (Grade 4)				X
Earth/Space Science Content Standards (Grade 4)		X
Life Science Content Standards (Grade 5)		X
Physical Science Content Standards (Grades 5-6)			X
Physical Science Content Standards (Grade 6)		X
Intermediate
	Formation of Oil	Reservoirs and Production	Pump It Up	Products from Petroleum	Name that Tune
NS.5-8.1: Science As Inquiry Students should develop Abilities necessary to do science Understanding of science inquiry		X	X	X	X
NS.5-8.2: Physical Science Properties and changes in properties of matter Motions and Forces Transfer of Energy	X	X	X	X	X
NS.5-8.4: Earth and Space Science Structure of the earth system Earth’s history Earth in the solar system	X	X			X
NS.5-8.5: Science and Technology Abilities of technological Understanding about science and technology		X	X	X	X
NS.5-8.6: Personal and Social Perspectives Personal health Populations, resources, and environments Natural hazards Risks and benefits Science and technology in society	X		x	X	X
NS.5-8.7: History and Nature of Science Science as a human endeavor Nature of science History of science	X	X	X	X
Math Topics		X
Secondary
	The Petroleum Value Chain		The History of Oil	Oil and the Environment
Science as Inquiry: Content Standard A Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry Understandings about scientific inquiry	X		X	X
Earth and Space Science: Content Standard D Structure of the Earth system	X		X	X
Science and Technology: Content Standard E Abilities of technological design Understandings about science and technology	X		X	X
Social Perspectives: Content Standard F Risks and benefits Science and technology in society	X		X	X
History and Nature of Science: Content Standard G Science as a human endeavor Nature of science History of science	X		X	X
Reading topics	X

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