Science as Inquiry

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

Physical Science

• Chemical reactions
• Conservation of energy and increase in disorder
• Interactions of energy and matter
• Motions and forces
• Structure of atoms
• Structures and properties of matter

Life Science

• Behavior of organisms
• Biological Evolution
• Cell
• Interdependence of organisms
• Matter, energy, and organization in living systems
• Molecular basis of heredity
• Understandings about science and technology

Earth and Space Science

• Energy in the earth system
• Geochemical cycles
• Origin and evolution of the earth system
• Origin and evolution of the universe

Science and Technology

• Abilities of technological design
• Understandings about science and technology

Science in Personal and Social Perspectives

• Natural resource
  • Animals
  • Environment
  • Environmental quality
• Personal and community health
  • Body Repair
  • Cancer
  • Disease and Treatment
  • Emotions
  • Food
  • Obesity
  • Other
  • Population growth

Natural and human-induced hazards

• Human
• Natural
• Science and technology in local, national, and global challenges

History and Nature of Science

• Historical perspectives
• Nature of scientific knowledge
• Science as a human endeavor