Resource Detail: Journal Article

This resource has 5 correlations with the National Standards.  
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• Life Science
  • The cell
    • Every cell is surrounded by a membrane that separates it from the outside world. (9-12)
    • Inside the cell is a concentrated mixture of thousands of different molecules which form a variety of specialized structures that carry out such cell functions as energy production, transport of molecules, waste disposal, synthesis of new molecules, and the storage of genetic material. (9-12)

• Science as Inquiry
  • Understandings about scientific inquiry
    • Scientists develop explanations using observations (evidence) and what they already know about the world (scientific knowledge). Good explanations are based on evidence from investigations. (K-4)

• Teaching Standards
  • Teachers of science guide and facilitate learning. In doing this, teachers
    • Orchestrate discourse among students about scientific ideas.
  • Teachers of science develop communities of science learners that reflect the intellectual rigor of scientific inquiry.
    • Model and emphasize the skills, attitudes, and values of scientific inquiry.