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Lesson Title Grade Benchmark
A Matter of Pattern K-2  9B Symbolic Relationships
A Matter of State 6-8  4D The Structure of Matter
A Mendel Seminar 9-12  12D Communication Skills
A Taste of Exploratopia 3-5  1C The Scientific Enterprise
Abrupt Climate Change 9-12  1A The Scientific World View
Acid Stomach 9-12  8F Health Technology
Adolescent Sleep 9-12  12D Communication Skills
African Americans in Science 6-8  1C The Scientific Enterprise
Alcohol’s Effect on the Mind and... 6-8  6E Physical Health
An Egg Is Quiet K-2  1B Scientific Inquiry
An Introduction to Remote Sensing 6-8  9E Reasoning
Animal Adaptations 3-5  5D Interdependence of Life
Animal Communication 6-8  6D Learning
Animal Diversity K-2  5A Diversity of Life
Anthrax Attacks 6-8  6E Physical Health
Antibiotic Attack 3-5  11A Systems
Artifacts 1: What Can We Learn From... 3-5  6A Human Identity
Artifacts 2: Artifacts in Context 3-5  6A Human Identity
Asthma and Allergies 6-8  6E Physical Health
Bag the Beans 3-5  12B Computation and Estimation
Baseball Stats 6-8  9D Uncertainty
Behind the Mission to Mercury 9-12  7D Social Tradeoffs
Bell Curve 3-5  9D Uncertainty
Belonging to a Group 9-12  7B Group Behavior
Bias Sampling 3-5  9D Uncertainty
Biological Clocks 3-5  11C Constancy and Change
Bird Beaks 3-5  5F Evolution of Life
Bird Populations 9-12  1B Scientific Inquiry
Birds of Prey 6-8  5D Interdependence of Life
Black Holes 9-12  4A The Universe
Bottled Model Lungs 3-5  11B Models
Break It Down! 3-5  11A Systems
Brine Shrimp 1: Hatching Brine Shrimp 6-8  5D Interdependence of Life
Brine Shrimp 2: Brine Shrimp Survival 6-8  5D Interdependence of Life
Build a Better Pencil K-2  3B Design and Systems
Build an Electromagnet 6-8  4G Forces of Nature
Building a Water Clock 6-8  11C Constancy and Change
Buoyant Boats 3-5  3C Issues in Technology
Burrowing Owls 9-12  5D Interdependence of Life
Cancer Risks 9-12  5C Cells
Carbon: Structure Matters 9-12  4D The Structure of Matter
Cells 1: Make a Model Cell 6-8  11B Models
Cells 2: The Cell as a System 6-8  11A Systems
Changing Cicada K-2  5B Heredity
Changing World 1: Endocrine Disruptors 9-12  11C Constancy and Change
Chemical Engineers and the Things... 6-8  3A Technology and Science
Chemistry of Petroleum 9-12  8B Materials and Manufacturing
Chemistry of Petroleum 1: What Are... 9-12  4D The Structure of Matter
Chemistry of Petroleum 2: What... 9-12  4E Energy Transformations
Chemistry of Petroleum 3:... 9-12  8B Materials and Manufacturing
Cicada Invasion 3-5  5D Interdependence of Life
Classification 1: Classification Scheme 3-5  5A Diversity of Life
Classification 2: A Touch of Class 3-5  5A Diversity of Life
Classify That! 6-8  5A Diversity of Life
Collapse 1: Why Civilizations Fall 6-8  7C Social Change
Collapse 2: Interpreting the Evidence 6-8  12A Values and Attitudes
Color Burst 3-5  1C The Scientific Enterprise
Combustion 6-8  4E Energy Transformations
Communications Technologies 9-12  8D Communication
Comparing Species through the Fossil... 9-12  5F Evolution of Life
Comparing Theories: Lamarck and... 9-12  10H Explaining the Diversity of Life
Converting Energy 6-8  8C Energy Sources and Use
Cooler in the Shadows K-2  11C Constancy and Change
Coping with Changes 6-8  11A Systems
Cracking the Genetic Code 9-12  5A Diversity of Life
Creating Classroom Rules K-2  7A Cultural Effects on Behavior
Crops 1: Where Does Food Come From? K-2  8A Agriculture
Crops 2: What Plants Need to Grow K-2  8A Agriculture
Cycle of Life 1: Food Chain 3-5  5E Flow of Matter and Energy
Cycle of Life 2: Food Webs 3-5  5D Interdependence of Life
Cylinders and Scale 3-5  11D Scale
Dangers of Radiation Exposure 9-12  10G Splitting the Atom
Defining Drought 9-12  5E Flow of Matter and Energy
Designing a Space Station 9-12  3C Issues in Technology
Dinosaur Eggs Discovered!... 6-8  5F Evolution of Life
Dinosaurs 1: Where Are the Dinosaurs? K-2  5F Evolution of Life
Dinosaurs 2: What Were Dinosaurs Like? K-2  5F Evolution of Life
DNA Chips 9-12  5C Cells
Does Soap Float? 3-5  4D The Structure of Matter
Earth Movers 9-12  4C Processes that Shape the Earth
Earthquakes 6-8  4C Processes that Shape the Earth
Ecosystem Services - Water... 6-8  11A Systems
El Niño 6-8  4B The Earth
Endangered Languages 6-8  7C Social Change
Endangered Species 1: Why Are... 6-8  4C Processes that Shape the Earth
Endangered Species 2: Working to Save... 6-8  7E Political and Economic Systems
Energy for You 6-8  8C Energy Sources and Use
Energy Sources and Use 3-5  8C Energy Sources and Use
Energy: The U.S. in Crisis? 9-12  8C Energy Sources and Use
Engineering Solutions 3-5  3C Issues in Technology
Environment, Technology, and Culture... 6-8  7A Cultural Effects on Behavior
Epidemiology 1: What’s My Hypothesis? 6-8  12A Values and Attitudes
Erupting Volcanoes! K-2  11B Models
Estimation and Measurement K-2  12B Computation and Estimation
Ethics and Reproductive Issues: The... 9-12  6B Human Development
Evaluating Mathematical Models 9-12  8E Information Processing
Exploring Human History 9-12  7A Cultural Effects on Behavior
Exploring Learned and Innate... 6-8  6D Learning
Exploring Magnetic Fields 6-8  4G Forces of Nature
Exploring Parts and Wholes K-2  11A Systems
Exploring Pendulums 6-8  4G Forces of Nature
Exploring the Solar System 6-8  4A The Universe
Extending Human Ability Through... 6-8  6A Human Identity
Extracting DNA 9-12  5B Heredity
Falling 3-5  4G Forces of Nature
Farming 1: Farm Machines K-2  8A Agriculture
Farming 2: Packaging and Transport K-2  8A Agriculture
Finding Satisfactory Solutions 6-8  2C Mathematical Inquiry
First Class First? Using Data to... 9-12  12D Communication Skills
Food Preservation 3-5  8A Agriculture
Food Pyramid 6-8  12D Communication Skills
Food Webs in the Bay 6-8  5D Interdependence of Life
Fossils 1: Fossils and Dinosaurs 3-5  5F Evolution of Life
Fossils 2: Uncovering the Facts 3-5  5F Evolution of Life
Fossils and Geologic Time 9-12  10D Extending Time
Foucault's Pendulum 9-12  4G Forces of Nature
Frosty the Snowman Meets His Demise:... 9-12  4D The Structure of Matter
Garbage 1: The Roots of Trash 3-5  8B Materials and Manufacturing
Garbage 2: Recycling 3-5  8B Materials and Manufacturing
Gene Puzzles 6-8  5B Heredity
Genes, Environments, and Behavior 1 9-12  6D Learning
Genes, Environments, and Behavior 2 9-12  6D Learning
GeoHunter 6-8  12A Values and Attitudes
Germs and the Body 3-5  6E Physical Health
Global Breakfast 3-5  7G Global Interdependence
Gravity Launch 3-5  4G Forces of Nature
Great Rivers 1: The Nature of Great... 6-8  11A Systems
Great Rivers 2: The Ups and Downs of... 6-8  11A Systems
Great Rivers 3: Great Rivers, Great... 6-8  11A Systems
Green Roof Design 9-12  8C Energy Sources and Use
Group Rules and Expectations 3-5  7B Group Behavior
Groups We Belong To K-2  7B Group Behavior
Growth Stages 1: Infancy and Early... 3-5  6B Human Development
Growth Stages 2: Middle Childhood and... 3-5  6B Human Development
Harnessing Solar Energy 6-8  8C Energy Sources and Use
Hatching Chickens K-2  1C The Scientific Enterprise
Healthy Eating K-2  6E Physical Health
Heart 1: Transplant 9-12  6E Physical Health
Heart 2: Changing Lifestyles and... 9-12  6E Physical Health
Hollywood Dinosaurs 6-8  1B Scientific Inquiry
Hot and Cold Colors 3-5  4D The Structure of Matter
How a Blue Crab Changes as It Grows 3-5  5E Flow of Matter and Energy
How Old Are the Stars? 9-12  4A The Universe
How Sedimentary Rocks are Formed 6-8  4C Processes that Shape the Earth
How We Know What We Know about Our... 6-8  11B Models
Hurricanes 1: The Science of... 3-5  4F Motion
Hurricanes 2: Tracking Hurricanes 3-5  3A Technology and Science
Images of Science 3-5  1C The Scientific Enterprise
Immigration 9-12  7G Global Interdependence
Influencing Cultures 9-12  7C Social Change
Insect Models K-2  11B Models
Introducing Biodiversity 3-5  5E Flow of Matter and Energy
Introduction to Natural Selection 9-12  5F Evolution of Life
Inventions 1: Edison and the Light... K-2  3C Issues in Technology
Inventions 2: The Impact K-2  3C Issues in Technology
Inventions of Necessity: Synthetic... 9-12  8B Materials and Manufacturing
Inventors and Innovators 6-8  1C The Scientific Enterprise
Investigating Local Ecosystems K-2  5D Interdependence of Life
Isotopes of Pennies 9-12  4D The Structure of Matter
It Counts K-2  2C Mathematical Inquiry
It's a Crash Test, Dummy 6-8  3A Technology and Science
It’s Gravity 9-12  10B Uniting the Heavens and Earth
Just Turn It Off K-2  8C Energy Sources and Use
Lasers Saving Sight 9-12  1C The Scientific Enterprise
Learn to Think Like an Archaeologist 6-8  1B Scientific Inquiry
Leonardo's Machines 6-8  11A Systems
Light 1: Making Light of Science 6-8  4F Motion
Light 2: The Lighter Side of Color 6-8  4F Motion
Light 3: All Those Seeing Color, Say... 6-8  6C Basic Functions
Look At Those Leaves! K-2  12D Communication Skills
Looking into Space 6-8  3A Technology and Science
Lunar Cycle K-2  9B Symbolic Relationships
Lying 6-8  7A Cultural Effects on Behavior
Magnets 1: Magnetic Pick-ups 3-5  4G Forces of Nature
Magnets 2: How Strong is Your Magnet... 3-5  4G Forces of Nature
Magnify It! K-2  3A Technology and Science
Make a Mission 6-8  3B Design and Systems
Making Good Decisions K-2  7D Social Tradeoffs
Making Objects Move K-2  12C Manipulation and Observation
Mammoth Extinction 9-12  5F Evolution of Life
Managing the Everglades Ecosystem 9-12  5D Interdependence of Life
Marble Mania 3-5  9D Uncertainty
Marine Sanctuaries 6-8  7G Global Interdependence
Materials 1: Materials and Manufacturing K-2  8B Materials and Manufacturing
Materials 2: Recycled Materials K-2  8B Materials and Manufacturing
Mathematical Proofs 9-12  9C Shapes
Measuring Cloud Coverage 3-5  12B Computation and Estimation
Measuring Shadows 6-8  11C Constancy and Change
Mental Health 1: Human Behavior 9-12  6F Mental Health
Mental Health 2: Bedlam 9-12  6F Mental Health
Mental Health 3: Mental Health... 9-12  6F Mental Health
Mercury 6-8  4A The Universe
Microbes 1: What's Bugging You? 6-8  8F Health Technology
Microbes 2: Louis Pasteur—a Microbe... 6-8  10I Discovering Germs
Mitosis 6-8  5C Cells
Model Volcanoes 3-5  12D Communication Skills
Models of the Water Cycle 6-8  11B Models
Modern Technology and Farming 3-5  8A Agriculture
Move it! With Simple Machines 3-5  6A Human Identity
My Angle on Cooling: Effects of... 6-8  12C Manipulation and Observation
My Body Helps Me Get Food K-2  6C Basic Functions
My School as a System 6-8  11A Systems
My Senses Tell Me... K-2  6D Learning
Nature and Nurture 3-5  5B Heredity
Nearsightedness 6-8  1A The Scientific World View
Novice Drivers 9-12  7D Social Tradeoffs
Nowhere to Hide 6-8  5F Evolution of Life
Nutrition 1: Food and the Digestive... 3-5  6C Basic Functions
Nutrition 2: Good Food, Good Health 3-5  6E Physical Health
Nutrition 3: Got Broccoli? 3-5  6C Basic Functions
Obesity 6-8  6E Physical Health
Oceans 6-8  4B The Earth
Opinion Surveys 9-12  12D Communication Skills
Organization 1: Look at What I... K-2  8E Information Processing
Organization 2: My Computer Folder K-2  8E Information Processing
Orphan Trains 6-8  7D Social Tradeoffs
Owls: Top of a Food Chain 6-8  5E Flow of Matter and Energy
Paper Production 3-5  8B Materials and Manufacturing
Passenger Pigeons: Nomads Lost 6-8  5F Evolution of Life
Patterns of Communication 3-5  8D Communication
Periodical Cicada Survival 6-8  5D Interdependence of Life
Pets: Oh Behave 6-8  6D Learning
Physical Health K-2  6E Physical Health
Plants 1: Plant Parents 6-8  5B Heredity
Plants 2: Plant Propagation 6-8  8A Agriculture
Plasmolysis in Elodea Plant Cells 9-12  5C Cells
Polymers and People 9-12  3A Technology and Science
Pond 1: Pond Life 3-5  5D Interdependence of Life
Pond 2: Life in a Drop of Pond... 3-5  5C Cells
Population Dynamics 9-12  11C Constancy and Change
Pottery 1: Pottery Quest 6-8  3C Issues in Technology
Pottery 2: Pots and People 6-8  3C Issues in Technology
Power Play 6-8  4E Energy Transformations
Power Up! 3-5  8C Energy Sources and Use
Preserving Health Through Biological... 9-12  12D Communication Skills
Properties of Air 3-5  4B The Earth
Putting It All Together K-2  8B Materials and Manufacturing
Putting the Ice in Hockey 6-8  4D The Structure of Matter
Radioactive Decay: A Sweet... 9-12  4D The Structure of Matter
Ramps 1: Let it Roll! K-2  12C Manipulation and Observation
Ramps 2: Ramp Builder K-2  12C Manipulation and Observation
Reaction Time 1: How Fast Are You? 3-5  6D Learning
Reaction Time 2: Zap! 3-5  6D Learning
Ready, Set, Let's Dough! It's a Matter... K-2  11A Systems
Remote Sensing 9-12  3A Technology and Science
Renewable Energy Sources 6-8  8C Energy Sources and Use
Risks and Benefits 9-12  7D Social Tradeoffs
Rock Hunters K-2  12D Communication Skills
Rocket Launch 9-12  3B Design and Systems
Salt: Up Close and Personal 3-5  12C Manipulation and Observation
Sampling Rocks K-2  9D Uncertainty
Sanitation and Human Health 6-8  8F Health Technology
Satellite Orbits 6-8  4G Forces of Nature
Science and Policy 9-12  12D Communication Skills
Science at the White House 6-8  3C Issues in Technology
Science Is a Breeze: Using Wind... 9-12  11A Systems
Searching for Oil: The Role of... 9-12  11B Models
Seeing Around Corners 3-5  3A Technology and Science
Seeing Eye to Eye with the Umpire 6-8  8B Materials and Manufacturing
Sensing Energy 3-5  1B Scientific Inquiry
Sensing the Invisible: The Herschel... 6-8  12C Manipulation and Observation
Shape Hunt K-2  2A Patterns and Relationships
Shapes at Work 3-5  2A Patterns and Relationships
Ships 1: Give Me a Tall Ship 6-8  3B Design and Systems
Ships 2: What Floats Your Boat? 6-8  3B Design and Systems
Ships 3: Grand Designs and Great... 6-8  3B Design and Systems
Sink It 3-5  1B Scientific Inquiry
Sink or Float? K-2  4D The Structure of Matter
Sisters & Brothers: Sibling... K-2  5A Diversity of Life
Sizing Up the Solar System 6-8  12B Computation and Estimation
Skin and Sports 6-8  6E Physical Health
Skin as an Organ 6-8  11A Systems
Skin Care: Acne 6-8  6E Physical Health
Skin: The Behavior and Health... 6-8  7D Social Tradeoffs
Skull Diversity 6-8  5A Diversity of Life
Sky 1: Objects in the Sky K-2  4A The Universe
Sky 2: Shadows K-2  11C Constancy and Change
Sky 3: Modeling Shadows K-2  11B Models
Sky 4: The Moon K-2  4A The Universe
Sky Watching 6-8  10A Displacing the Earth from the Center of the Universe
Snow Goggles 6-8  12C Manipulation and Observation
Social Class, Social Change, and... 9-12  7C Social Change
Social Trade-Offs 3-5  7D Social Tradeoffs
Soil Erosion 6-8  4C Processes that Shape the Earth
Sorting K-2  8E Information Processing
Spaceship Earth 6-8  11C Constancy and Change
Splitting the Atom 9-12  10G Splitting the Atom
Star Power! Discovering the Power of... 9-12  4E Energy Transformations
Star Search K-2  4A The Universe
Static Electricity 1: Introducing... 6-8  4D The Structure of Matter
Static Electricity 2: Introducing... 6-8  4G Forces of Nature
Static Electricity 3: More About... 6-8  4G Forces of Nature
Static Electricity 4: Static Electricity... 6-8  4G Forces of Nature
Steam Engines 6-8  10J Harnessing Power
Sun & Skin 9-12  8F Health Technology
Sunburn, Sunscreen, and Cancer 9-12  6E Physical Health
Sunspots 1: A Look at Sunspots 9-12  4A The Universe
Sunspots 2: Correlating Sunspots to... 9-12  4A The Universe
Sunspots 3: Tracking the Movement of... 9-12  4A The Universe
Systems 1: Simple Machines 3-5  11A Systems
Systems 2: Systems, Up, Up and Away! 3-5  3B Design and Systems
Systems of the Human Body 3-5  11A Systems
Taking Care of a Baby K-2  6B Human Development
Team Moon 6-8  3C Issues in Technology
Technological Advances in Health 9-12  3C Issues in Technology
Technology and Inequality 3-5  3C Issues in Technology
Technology and Oil 6-8  8C Energy Sources and Use
Technology: Past, Present, and... 3-5  3C Issues in Technology
Temperature Changes Everything 6-8  4D The Structure of Matter
The Acid Test 6-8  1B Scientific Inquiry
The Allergy Chronicles 9-12  6E Physical Health
The Beagle Brigade 6-8  6D Learning
The Bicycle as a System 6-8  11A Systems
The Busy Brain 3-5  6C Basic Functions
The Chemistry of Hair Care 9-12  8B Materials and Manufacturing
The Chernobyl Disaster 9-12  11C Constancy and Change
The Demographics of Mortality 9-12  12D Communication Skills
The Ecology of Your Skin 1: Bacteria... 9-12  5D Interdependence of Life
The Ecology of Your Skin 2: The... 9-12  5D Interdependence of Life
The Ecology of Your Skin 3: The Body... 9-12  5C Cells
The Fibonacci Sequence 6-8  2C Mathematical Inquiry
The Fish Trade 9-12  7G Global Interdependence
The Four Seasons 6-8  4B The Earth
The History of Evolutionary Theory 9-12  10H Explaining the Diversity of Life
The Illusion of Race 6-8  7B Group Behavior
The Laughing Brain 1: How We Laugh 9-12  6D Learning
The Laughing Brain 2: A Good Laugh 9-12  6F Mental Health
The Little Transistor That Could 6-8  3C Issues in Technology
The Mozart Effect 9-12  12A Values and Attitudes
The One in the Middle 6-8  9D Uncertainty
The Placebo Effect 9-12  12D Communication Skills
The Prometheus Project: The Science... 6-8  3C Issues in Technology
The Rise and Fall of the Mammoths 6-8  5F Evolution of Life
The Science of Mummies 9-12  3A Technology and Science
The Social Ramifications of Alcohol... 6-8  7D Social Tradeoffs
The Sun 6-8  4A The Universe
The Transfer of Energy 1:... 6-8  4E Energy Transformations
The Transfer of Energy 2:... 6-8  4E Energy Transformations
The Transfer of Energy 3: Rust... 6-8  4E Energy Transformations
The Warmth of the Sun K-2  4E Energy Transformations
The Water Cycle 3-5  4B The Earth
Thomas Edison for Kids 6-8  12C Manipulation and Observation
Tigerland and Other Unintended... 9-12  5E Flow of Matter and Energy
Too Bright at Night? 6-8  4B The Earth
Tools 3-5  6A Human Identity
Toxicology 1: Toxicology and Living... 9-12  5E Flow of Matter and Energy
Toxicology 2: Finding the Toxic Dose 9-12  12D Communication Skills
Toxicology 3: Toxicology and Human... 9-12  6E Physical Health
Transforming Energy 6-8  8C Energy Sources and Use
Tree Core Models 6-8  11B Models
True Green Kids: 100 Things You Can Do... 3-5  8B Materials and Manufacturing
Understanding Stereotypes 6-8  7B Group Behavior
Urban Ecosystems 1: Cities Are Urban... 6-8  11A Systems
Urban Ecosystems 2: Why Are There... 6-8  8A Agriculture
Urban Ecosystems 3: Cities as... 6-8  11A Systems
Urban Ecosystems 4: Metabolism of Urban... 6-8  11A Systems
Urban Ecosystems 5: In Defense of... 6-8  11A Systems
Values and Attitudes 3-5  12A Values and Attitudes
Variation in Human Skin Color 9-12  6A Human Identity
Viruses/Infectious Diseases: What’s... 6-8  6E Physical Health
Watch Your Thoughts! Diagnostic... 9-12  3A Technology and Science
Water 1: Water and Ice K-2  11C Constancy and Change
Water 2: Disappearing Water K-2  4B The Earth
Water 3: Melting and Freezing K-2  4D The Structure of Matter
Weather 1: Weather Patterns K-2  4B The Earth
Weather 2: What's the Season? K-2  4B The Earth
Welcome to Your Brain 9-12  6C Basic Functions
What Can Data Tell Us? 3-5  9D Uncertainty
What Can I Do? K-2  6F Mental Health
What Do Scientists Do? 6-8  1C The Scientific Enterprise
What Happens in the First Nine Months? 6-8  6B Human Development
What Parts Are There to a Plant? K-2  5A Diversity of Life
What's in a Graph? 6-8  12D Communication Skills
What's in a Shape? 3-5  2A Patterns and Relationships
What's Your Wingspan? 3-5  9C Shapes
When Things Start Heating Up 3-5  4E Energy Transformations
Where in the Wild? K-2  5D Interdependence of Life
Wildflower Garden 6-8  8A Agriculture
Women in Medicine: Past and Future 9-12  1C The Scientific Enterprise
Wonderful Waves K-2  11B Models
Word Connections 9-12  6D Learning
Yellowstone Wolves 6-8  5D Interdependence of Life
Yo-Yo Motion 3-5  4G Forces of Nature

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