Science Activities for 9-12
Connections to National Science Education Standards
The activities featured in the 9-12 Think Like an Egyptian activities support the National Science Education Standards. In particular, the activities meet the following objectives.
- Content Standard A: Science as Inquiry
Activities meet this standard when students identify testable questions and understand that mathematics is essential in scientific inquiry. - Content Standard B: Physical Science
Activities meet this standard in part when students recognize the different physical properties of compounds and that chemical reactions occur all around us. - Content Standard C: Life Science
Activities meet this standard in part when students learn that most cell functions involve chemical reactions. - Content Standard E: Science and Technology
Activities meet this standard in part when students understand that scientists in different disciplines ask different questions, use different methods of investigation, and accept different types of evidence to support their explanations. - Content Standard F: Science in Personal and Social Perspective
Activities meet this standard in part when students see that many diseases can be prevented, controlled, or cured and that human populations use resources in the environment in order to maintain and improve their existence. - Content Standard G: History and Nature of Science
Activities meet this standard in part when students learn that scientists are influenced by societal, cultural, and personal beliefs and ways of viewing the world and that diverse cultures have contributed scientific knowledge and technologic inventions.