Educational Standards for Discovery Lessons

The grids below provide overviews of which educational standards our Discovery Lessons either meet or exceed. Use the links below to jump to the corresponding standards. (The paw print  indicates that live animals are used in the lesson.):

• Pennsylvania Standards for Pre-K—2
• Pennsylvania State Standards on Science and Technology
• Pennsylvania State Standards on Environment and Ecology
• Pennsylvania State on Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening
• Pennsylvania State on Mathematics
• Philadelphia Core Curriculum Grade Level
• New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards for Scientific Process, Physical Science, and Life Science
• New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards for Earth Systems Science

Pennsylvania State Standards for Pre-K–2

		3.1a	3.1b	3.1c	3.3A		4.1
Grades Pre-K–2
	Animal Habitats	X			X		X
	Animal Senses	X
	Bugs to Butterflies	X	X				X
	Fur, Feathers, and Scales	X			X
	Meet the Dinosaurs	X		X			X
	Soil—It's Alive	X			X		X

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Pennsylvania State Standards for Science, Technology, and Engineering

		3.1A	3.1B	3.1C	3.2A	3.2B	3.3A	3.4
		3.1A	3.1B	3.1C	3.2A	3.2B	3.3A	3.4
Grades Pre-K–2
	Animal Habitats	X		X
	Animal Senses	X		X
	Bugs to Butterflies	X
	Fur, Feathers, and Scales	X		X
	Meet the Dinosaurs	X		X			X
	Soil—It's Alive	X					X
Grades 3–6
	Ancient Adaptations	X		X			X
	Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling	X		X
	Extreme Environments	X		X
	Geology Really Rocks						X
	Plants and Pigments	X			X
	Science Detectives	X
Grades 7–9
	Design Your Own Experiment	X
	Keys, Trees, and Clades	X	X	X
Grades 10–12
	Seeing Eye to Eye	X		X		X		X

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Pennsylvania State Standards for Environment and Ecology

		4.1	4.3	4.4
		4.1	4.3	4.4
Grades Pre-K–2
	Animal Habitats	X
	Animal Senses	X
	Bugs to Butterflies	X
	Fur, Feathers, and Scales	X
	Meet the Dinosaurs	X
	Soil—It's Alive	X		X
Grades 3–6
	Ancient Adaptations	X
	Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling	X
	Extreme Environments	X
	Geology Really Rocks		X
	Plants and Pigments	X		X
	Science Detectives	X
Grades 7–9
	Design Your Own Experiment	X
	Keys, Trees, and Clades	X
Grades 10–12
	Seeing Eye to Eye	X

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Pennsylvania Standards for Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening

		1.1	1.4	1.6
		1.1	1.4	1.6
Grades Pre-K–2
	Animal Habitats			X
	Animal Senses			X
	Bugs to Butterflies	X		X
	Fur, Feathers, and Scales			X
	Meet the Dinosaurs			X
	Soil—It's Alive			X
Grades 3–6
	Ancient Adaptations			X
	Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling			X
	Extreme Environments			X
	Geology Really Rocks			X
	Plants and Pigments			X
	Science Detectives	X	X	X
Grades 7–9
	Design Your Own Experiment	X	X	X
	Keys, Trees, and Clades		X	X
Grades 10–12
	Seeing Eye to Eye			X

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Pennsylvania Standards for Mathematics

		2.3	2.4	2.5	2.6	2.7
		2.3	2.4	2.5	2.6	2.7
Grades Pre-K–2
	Animal Habitats
	Animal Senses
	Bugs to Butterflies
	Fur, Feathers, and Scales
	Meet the Dinosaurs	X
	Soil—It's Alive
Grades 3–6
	Ancient Adaptations
	Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling
	Extreme Environments
	Geology Really Rocks
	Plants and Pigments
	Science Detectives	X		X
Grades 7–9
	Design Your Own Experiment	X		X	X
	Keys, Trees, and Clades		X	X		X
Grades 10–12
	Seeing Eye to Eye	X

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Philadelphia Core Curriculum Grade Levels

		K	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	H.S. P.Sci.	H.S. Biol.	H.S. Phys.
		K	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	H.S. P.Sci.	H.S. Biol.	H.S. Phys.
Grades Pre-K to 2
	Animal Habitats	X	X
	Animal Senses	X	X
	Bugs to Butterflies	X	X	X
	Fur, Feathers, and Scales	X	X
	Meet the Dinosaurs	X	X	X
	Soil—It's Alive	X	X	X
Grades 3–6
	Ancient Adaptations					X	X	X
	Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling				X	X
	Extreme Environments					X	X	X
	Geology Really Rocks				X	X		X
	Plants and Pigments				X	X
	Science Detectives					X	X	X
Grades 7–9
	Design Your Own Experiment								X		X
	Keys, Trees, and Clades											X
Grades 10–12
	Seeing Eye to Eye										X	X	X

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New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards for
Scientific Process, Physical Science, and Life Science

		5.1		5.2		5.3A	5.3B	5.3C	5.3D	5.3E
		5.1		5.2		5.3A	5.3B	5.3C	5.3D	5.3E
Grades Pre-K–2
	Animal Habitats	X				X	X	X		X
	Animal Senses	X				X	X	X		X
	Bugs to Butterflies	X				X	X	X	X
	Fur, Feathers, and Scales	X				X	X	X	X	X
	Meet the Dinosaurs	X				X	X	X
	Soil—It's Alive	X				X	X	X
Grades 3–6
	Ancient Adaptations	X				X	X	X
	Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling	X				X	X	X	X	X
	Extreme Environments	X				X	X	X		X
	Geology Really Rocks	X
	Plants and Pigments	X				X	X	X
	Science Detectives	X						X
Grades 7–9
	Design Your Own Experiment	X						X
	Keys, Trees, and Clades	X				X	X	X	X	X
Grades 10–12
	Seeing Eye to Eye	X		X		X	X	X

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New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards for Earth Systems Science

		5.4B	5.4C	5.4E	5.4G
		5.4B	5.4C	5.4E	5.4G
Grades Pre-K–2
	Animal Habitats				X
	Animal Senses
	Bugs to Butterflies
	Fur, Feathers, and Scales
	Meet the Dinosaurs	X
	Soil—It's Alive		X
Grades 3–6
	Ancient Adaptations	X
	Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling
	Extreme Environments				X
	Geology Really Rocks	X	X
	Plants and Pigments			X
	Science Detectives
Grades 7–9
	Design Your Own Experiment
	Keys, Trees, and Clades	X
Grades 10–12
	Seeing Eye to Eye

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