National Standards:

• Life Science
  1. Structure and function in living systems
  2. Regulation and behavior
• Science in Personal and Social Perspectives:
  1. Natural resources
  2. Environmental quality
• Science as Inquiry:
  1. Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry

State Standards:

• Student knows the structure and function of Earth systems and describes the components of the atmosphere, including oxygen, nitrogen and water vapor
• Student uses scientific inquiry methods during field and laboratory investigations
• Students collect data by observing and measuring
• Students analyze and interpret information to construct reasonable explanation from direct and indirect evidence