National Science Education Standards (Grades 9-12)		Section 1: Scout it Out	Section 2: Score Your Species	Section 3: Map It!	Section 4: Protect Your Species
Life Science	The cell
	Molecular basis of heredity
	Biological evolution
	Interdependence of organisms	X	X	X	X
	Matter, energy, and organization in living systems	X	X	X	X
	Behavior of organisms	X	X	X	X
Science as Inquiry	Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry	X	X	X	X
	Understandings about scientific inquiry	X	X	X	X
History and Nature of Science	Science as a human endeavor	X	X	X	X
	Nature of scientific knowledge	X	X	X	X
	Historical perspectives	X		X
Science in Personal and Social Perspectives	Personal and community health		X	X
	Population growth	X	X
	Natural resources	X	X	X	X
	Environmental quality	X	X	X	X
	Natural and human-induced hazards	X	X	X	X
	Science and technology in local, national, and global challenges	X	X	X	X
Science and Technology	Abilities of technological design
	Understandings about science and technology	X	X	X	X
Unifying Concepts and Processes	Systems, order, and organization	X	X	X	X
	Evidence, models, and explanation	X	X	X	X
	Change, constancy, and measurement	X	X	X	X
	Evolution and equilibrium	X	X	X	X
	Form and function	X	X	X