K-12 Science Education Standards

1. Scientific and Engineering Practices

1. EP1 - Asking questions (science) and defining problems (engineering)
2. EP2 - Developing and using models
3. EP 3 - Planning and carrying out investigations
4. EP 4 - Analyzing and interpreting data
5. EP 5 - Using mathematics and computational thinking
6. EP 6 - Construting explanations (science) and designing solutions (engineering)
7. EP 7 - Engaging in argument from evidence
8. EP 8 - Obtaining, evaluation, and communicating information

2. Crosscutting Concepts

1. CC1 - Patterns
2. CC2 - Cause and effect: Mechanism and explanation
3. CC3 - Scale, proportion, and quantity
4. CC4 - Systems and system models
5. CC5 - Energy and matter: Flows, cycles, and conservation
6. 6 - Structure and functions
7. CC7 - Stability and change

3. Disciplinary Core Ideas

Physical science

1. P21 - Matter and its interactions
2. PS2 - Motion and stability: Forces and interactions
3. PS3 - Energy
4. PS4 - Waves and their applications in technologies for information transfer

Life Science

1. LS1 - From molecules to organisms: Structures and processes
2. LS2 - Ecosystems: Interactions, energy, and dynamics
3. L23 - Heredity: Inheritance and variation of traits
4. L24 - Biological evolution: Unity and diversity

Earth's systems

1. ESS1 - Earth's place in the universe
2. ESS2 - Earth and Space Sciences
3. ESS3 - Earth's system
4. Earth and human activity

Engineering, technology, & the Applications of Science

1. ETS1 - Engineering design
2. ETSS2 - Links among engineering, technology, science, and society