Relationship to the National Science Education Standards
This mission aligns with several standards identified in the NSES: unifying concepts and processes, life science content standards, and standards for science as inquiry. The charts on the next page identify how the mission aligns with each of these standards.
| Levels K–4 | How Mission Is Aligned |
|---|---|
| Systems, order, and organization | The mission introduces students to the idea that the brain is one system that is part of a larger system–the human body–and that both systems work together to enable people to function. |
| Levels K–4 | How Mission Is Aligned |
|---|---|
| Characteristics of organisms | This mission introduces students to the concept that all animals have some kind of brain and that there are similarities and differences among the brains of different organisms. |
| Levels K–4 | How Mission Is Aligned |
|---|---|
| Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry | Students go through the steps of scientific inquiry: observing, making predictions, completing an investigation to test their predictions, and drawing conclusions. |
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