The Why Files

The Science Behind The News

Friday, 10 March, 2017
Thank you! We had a blast.
Teaching

Main menu

Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • Home
  • Archives
    • Arts & Humanities
    • Biology
    • Earth & Space
    • Environment
    • Health
    • Physical Science
    • Social Science
    • Technology
  • Book Reviews
  • Cool Science Images
  • Teaching
    • Science Standards: Grades 5-8
    • Science Standards: Grades 9-12
    • Classroom Activities
  • About
    • Mailing List
    • Talk to Us
    • About Us

Science Standards: Grades 5-8

National Science Education Standards: Grades 5-8

Find Why Files stories supporting these Standards:

Science as Inquiry

  • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
  • Understanding about scientific inquiry

Physical Science

  • Motions and forces
  • Properties in matter
  • Transfer of energy

Life science

  • Diversity and adaptations of organisms
  • Populations and ecosystems
  • Regulation and behavior
  • Reproduction and heredity
  • Structure and function in living systems

Earth and Space Science

  • Atmospheric science
  • Earth in the solar system
  • Earth's history
  • Structure of the earth system

Science and Technology

  • Abilities of technological design
  • Understandings about science and technology

Science in Personal and Social Perspectives

  • Environment
  • Natural hazards
  • Personal health
    • Body repair
    • Cancer
    • Disease and Treatment
    • Emotions
    • Food
    • Obesity
    • Other
  • Populations, resources, and environments
  • Risks and Benefits
  • Science and technology in society

History and Nature of Science

  • History of science
  • Nature of science
  • Science as a human endeavor
The Why Files: The Science Behind the News
©2017 University of Wisconsin Board of Regents