Applicable+national+standards

====The National Science Education Standards were developed by the National Research Council in 1996 to provide criteria that measures the quality of science education. The following science education content standards for grades 9-12 apply to this TIP:====
 * ====Unifying Concepts and Processes====
 * ====Systems, Order and Organization====
 * ====Evidence, Models and Explanation====
 * ====Standard A: Science as Inquiry====
 * ====Understandings about Scientific Inquiry====
 * ====Standard C: Life Science====
 * ====The Interdependence of Organisms====
 * ====The Behavior of Organisms====
 * ====Standard E: Science and Technology====
 * ====Understandings about Science and Technology====
 * ====Standard F: Science in Personal and Social Perspectives====
 * ====Natural Resources====
 * ====Environmental Quality====
 * ====Natural and Human Induced Hazards====
 * ====Science and Technology in Local, National, and Global Challenges====
 * ====History and Nature of Science====
 * ====Science as a Human Endeavor====