National Standards:

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

State Standards:

• Student describes and compares the life cycle of a plant
• Student uses scientific inquiry methods during field and laboratory investigations
• Student uses critical thinking and scientific problem solving to make informed decisions
• Students analyze and interpret information to construct reasonable explanation from direct and indirect evidence