Field Trips to the Academy

The grids below provide overviews of which educational standards our Discovery Lessons either meet or exceed; a visit to our upcoming special exhibit, “George Washington Carver,” also addresses these educational standards. Use the links below to jump to the corresponding standards. (The paw print indicates that live animals are used in the lesson.):

National Benchmarks for Science Literacy
New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards for Science
New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards for Language Arts, Mathematics, and Social Studies
Pennsylvania Science Standards on Science and Technology
Pennsylvania Science Standards on Environment and Ecology
Pennsylvania Standards on Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening
Pennsylvania Standards on Mathematics + Geography + History
Philadelphia Core Curriculum Grade Level

National Benchmarks for Science Literacy
		1	3	4	5	6	7	8	11
		1	3	4	5	6	7	8	11
Grades Pre-K–2
	Animal Habitats				X
	Animal Senses	X			X	X
	Bugs to Butterflies				X
	Fur, Feathers, and Scales	X			X
	Meet the Dinosaurs	X			X
Grades 3–6
	Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling	X			X
	Deciphering Dinosaurs	X			X
	Extreme Environments				X
	Geology Really Rocks			X				X	X
	Science Detectives	X
Grades 7–9
	Design Your Own Experiment	X
	The Ultimate Warm-Up	X			X		X		X
Grades 10–12
	Keys, Trees, and Clades	X				X			X
	Seeing Eye to Eye

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New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards for Science
		5.1	5.2	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.7	5.8	5.10
		5.1	5.2	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.7	5.8	5.10
Grades Pre-K–2
	Animal Habitats	X				X			X
	Animal Senses	X				X			X
	Bugs to Butterflies	X				X			X
	Fur, Feathers, and Scales	X				X			X
	Meet the Dinosaurs	X				X		X
Grades 3–6
	Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling	X				X			X
	Deciphering Dinosaurs	X				X		X
	Extreme Environments	X				X			X
	Geology Really Rocks	X						X
	Science Detectives	X			X	X
Grades 7–9
	Design Your Own Experiment	X			X	X
	The Ultimate Warm-Up	X	X	X		X		X	X
Grades 10–12
	Keys, Trees, and Clades	X				X
	Seeing Eye to Eye	X		X		X	X
George Washington Carver
	Exhibit only (no Discovery Lesson)	X	X		X	X
	Soil—It's alive! (grades K-2)
	Plants and Pigments (grades 3-6)

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New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards
for Language Arts, Mathematics, and Social Studies
		3.1	3.3	3.4	4.2	4.4	6.2	6.4	6.6
		3.1	3.3	3.4	4.2	4.4	6.2	6.4	6.6
Grades Pre-K–2
	Animal Habitats		X	X					X
	Animal Senses		X	X
	Bugs to Butterflies		X	X
	Fur, Feathers, and Scales		X	X
	Meet the Dinosaurs		X	X
Grades 3–6
	Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling		X	X
	Deciphering Dinosaurs		X	X
	Extreme Environments		X	X					X
	Geology Really Rocks		X	X
	Science Detectives	X	X	X
Grades 7–9
	Design Your Own Experiment	X	X	X
	The Ultimate Warm-Up	X	X	X					X
Grades 10–12
	Keys, Trees, and Clades	X	X	X	X	X
	Seeing Eye to Eye	X	X	X		X
George Washington Carver
	Exhibit only (no Discovery Lesson)	X		X			X	X	X
	Soil—It's alive! (grades K-2)
	Plants and Pigments (grades 3-6)

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Pennsylvania Science Standards on Science and Technology
		3.1	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.8
		3.1	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.8
Grades Pre-K–2
	Animal Habitats			X		X
	Animal Senses		X	X
	Bugs to Butterflies			X
	Fur, Feathers, and Scales		X	X
	Meet the Dinosaurs		X	X		X
Grades 3–6
	Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling
	Deciphering Dinosaurs	X	X	X		X
	Extreme Environments			X		X
	Geology Really Rocks					X
	Science Detectives		X	X
Grades 7–9
	Design Your Own Experiment		X				X
	The Ultimate Warm-Up	X	X			X
Grades 10–12
	Keys, Trees, and Clades	X	X	X		X
	Seeing Eye to Eye				X
George Washington Carver
	Exhibit only (no Discovery Lesson)	X	X				X
	Soil—It's alive! (grades K-2)		X	X		X
	Plants and Pigments (grades 3-6)		X	X			X

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Pennsylvania Science Standards on Environment and Ecology
		4.2	4.3	4.4	4.6	4.7	4.8
		4.2	4.3	4.4	4.6	4.7	4.8
Grades Pre-K–2
	Animal Habitats		X		X	X
	Animal Senses					X
	Bugs to Butterflies				X
	Fur, Feathers, and Scales					X
	Meet the Dinosaurs					X
Grades 3–6
	Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling				X	X
	Deciphering Dinosaurs				X	X
	Extreme Environments		X		X	X
	Geology Really Rocks	X
	Science Detectives				X
Grades 7–9
	Design Your Own Experiment				X
	The Ultimate Warm-Up	X	X			X	X
Grades 10–12
	Keys, Trees, and Clades				X	X
	Seeing Eye to Eye
George Washington Carver
	Exhibit only (no Discovery Lesson)			X
	Soil—It's alive! (grades K-2)		X		X
	Plants and Pigments (grades 3-6)		X	X

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Pennsylvania Standards on Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening
		1.1	1.2	1.4	1.6
		1.1	1.2	1.4	1.6
Grades Pre-K–2
	Animal Habitats				X
	Animal Senses				X
	Bugs to Butterflies	X			X
	Fur, Feathers, and Scales				X
	Meet the Dinosaurs				X
Grades 3–6
	Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling				X
	Deciphering Dinosaurs				X
	Extreme Environments				X
	Geology Really Rocks				X
	Science Detectives	X		X	X
Grades 7–9
	Design Your Own Experiment	X		X	X
	The Ultimate Warm-Up	X	X	X	X
Grades 10–12
	Keys, Trees, and Clades				X
	Seeing Eye to Eye	X	X		X
George Washington Carver
	Exhibit only (no Discovery Lesson)	X	X
	Soil—It's alive! (grades K-2)				X
	Plants and Pigments (grades 3-6)				X

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Pennsylvania Standards on Mathematics, Geography, and History
		2.3	2.4	2.5	2.6	2.7	7.2	7.3	7.4	8.1	8.3
		2.3	2.4	2.5	2.6	2.7	7.2	7.3	7.4	8.1	8.3
Grades Pre-K–2
	Animal Habitats
	Animal Senses
	Bugs to Butterflies
	Fur, Feathers, and Scales
	Meet the Dinosaurs	X
Grades 3–6
	Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling
	Deciphering Dinosaurs
	Extreme Environments
	Geology Really Rocks
	Science Detectives
Grades 7–9
	Design Your Own Experiment	X		X	X
	The Ultimate Warm-Up	X	X	X	X	X	X		X
Grades 10–12
	Keys, Trees, and Clades
	Seeing Eye to Eye
George Washington Carver
	Exhibit only (no Discovery Lesson)							X		X	X
	Soil—It's alive! (grades K-2)
	Plants and Pigments (grades 3-6)

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Philadelphia Core Curriculum Grade Levels
		K	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	H.S. P.Sci.	H.S. Biol.	H.S. Phys.
		K	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	H.S. P.Sci.	H.S. Biol.	H.S. Phys.
Grades Pre-K to 2
	Animal Habitats	X	X
	Animal Senses	X
	Bugs to Butterflies	X	X	X
	Fur, Feathers, and Scales	X	X
	Meet the Dinosaurs	X	X	X
Grades 3–6
	Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling				X	X
	Deciphering Dinosaurs					X	X	X
	Extreme Environments					X	X	X
	Geology Really Rocks				X	X		X
	Science Detectives					X	X	X
Grades 7–9
	Design Your Own Experiment					X	X	X
	The Ultimate Warm-Up							X	X	X
Grades 10–12
	Keys, Trees, and Clades								X	X	X	X
	Seeing Eye to Eye										X	X	X
George Washington Carver
	Soil—It's alive! (grades K-2)	X	X	X
	Plants and Pigments (grades 3-6)				X	X

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