Field Trips to the Academy
The grids below provide overviews of which educational standards our Discovery Lessons either meet or exceed. Use the links below to jump to the corresponding standards. (The paw print
indicates that live animals are used in the lesson.):
- Pennsylvania Standards for PreK and K
- Pennsylvania State Standards on Science and Technology
- Pennsylvania State Standards on Environment and Ecology
- Pennsylvania State on Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening
- Pennsylvania State on Mathematics
- Philadelphia Core Curriculum Grade Level
- New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards for Scientific Process, Physical Science, and Life Science
- New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards for Earth Systems Science
| 3.1a | 3.1b | 3.1c | 3.3A | 4.1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades Pre-K–2 | |||||||
| Animal Habitats |
X | X | X | ||||
| Animal Senses |
X | ||||||
| Bugs to Butterflies |
X | X | X | ||||
| Fur, Feathers, and Scales |
X | X | |||||
| Meet the Dinosaurs | X | X | X | ||||
| Soil—It's Alive |
X | X | X | ||||
Download information on Pennsylvania State Standards for Discovery Lessons.
| 3.1A | 3.1B | 3.1C | 3.2A | 3.2B | 3.3A | 3.4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1A | 3.1B | 3.1C | 3.2A | 3.2B | 3.3A | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | |||||
| Soil—It's Alive |
X | X | ||||||
| Grades 3–6 | ||||||||
| Ancient Adaptations | X | X | X | |||||
| Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling | X | X | ||||||
| Extreme Environments |
X | X | ||||||
| Geology Really Rocks | X | |||||||
| Plants and Pigments | X | X | ||||||
| Science Detectives |
X | |||||||
| Grades 7–9 | ||||||||
| Design Your Own Experiment |
X | |||||||
| Keys, Trees, and Clades | X | X | X | |||||
| Grades 10–12 | ||||||||
| Seeing Eye to Eye | X | X | X | X | ||||
Download information on Pennsylvania State Standards for Discovery Lessons.
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 | ||
| Grades Pre-K–2 | ||||
| Animal Habitats |
X | |||
| Animal Senses |
X | |||
| Bugs to Butterflies |
X | |||
| Fur, Feathers, and Scales |
X | |||
| Meet the Dinosaurs | X | |||
| Soil—It's Alive |
X | X | ||
| Grades 3–6 | ||||
| Ancient Adaptations | X | |||
| Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling | X | |||
| Extreme Environments |
X | |||
| Geology Really Rocks | X | |||
| Plants and Pigments | X | X | ||
| Science Detectives |
X | |||
| Grades 7–9 | ||||
| Design Your Own Experiment |
X | |||
| Keys, Trees, and Clades | X | |||
| Grades 10–12 | ||||
| Seeing Eye to Eye | X | |||
Download information on Pennsylvania State Standards for Discovery Lessons.
| 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | 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 | |||
| Soil—It's Alive |
X | |||
| Grades 3–6 | ||||
| Ancient Adaptations | X | |||
| Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling | X | |||
| Extreme Environments |
X | |||
| Geology Really Rocks | X | |||
| Plants and Pigments | X | |||
| Science Detectives |
X | X | X | |
| Grades 7–9 | ||||
| Design Your Own Experiment |
X | X | X | |
| Keys, Trees, and Clades | X | X | ||
| Grades 10–12 | ||||
| Seeing Eye to Eye | X | |||
Download information on Pennsylvania State Standards for Discovery Lessons.
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | ||
| Grades Pre-K–2 | ||||||
| Animal Habitats |
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| Animal Senses |
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| Bugs to Butterflies |
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| Fur, Feathers, and Scales |
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| Meet the Dinosaurs | X | |||||
| Soil—It's Alive |
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| Grades 3–6 | ||||||
| Ancient Adaptations | ||||||
| Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling | ||||||
| Extreme Environments |
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| Geology Really Rocks | ||||||
| Plants and Pigments | ||||||
| Science Detectives |
X | X | ||||
| Grades 7–9 | ||||||
| Design Your Own Experiment |
X | X | X | |||
| Keys, Trees, and Clades | X | X | X | |||
| Grades 10–12 | ||||||
| Seeing Eye to Eye | X | |||||
Download information on Pennsylvania State Standards for Discovery Lessons.
| K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | H.S. P.Sci. |
H.S. Biol. |
H.S. Phys. |
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| K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | H.S. P.Sci. |
H.S. Biol. |
H.S. Phys. |
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| Grades Pre-K to 2 | |||||||||||||
| Animal Habitats |
X | X | |||||||||||
| Animal Senses |
X | X | |||||||||||
| Bugs to Butterflies |
X | X | X | ||||||||||
| Fur, Feathers, and Scales |
X | X | |||||||||||
| Meet the Dinosaurs | X | X | X | ||||||||||
| Soil—It's Alive |
X | X | X | ||||||||||
| Grades 3–6 | |||||||||||||
| Ancient Adaptations | X | X | X | ||||||||||
| Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling | X | X | |||||||||||
| Extreme Environments |
X | X | X | ||||||||||
| Geology Really Rocks | X | X | X | ||||||||||
| Plants and Pigments | X | X | |||||||||||
| Science Detectives |
X | X | X | ||||||||||
| Grades 7–9 | |||||||||||||
| Design Your Own Experiment |
X | X | |||||||||||
| Keys, Trees, and Clades | X | ||||||||||||
| Grades 10–12 | |||||||||||||
| Seeing Eye to Eye | X | X | X | ||||||||||
Download information on Philadelphia Core Curriculum for Discovery Lessons.
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3A | 5.3B | 5.3C | 5.3D | 5.3E | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3A | 5.3B | 5.3C | 5.3D | 5.3E | ||||
| Grades Pre-K–2 | ||||||||||
| Animal Habitats |
X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Animal Senses |
X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Bugs to Butterflies |
X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Fur, Feathers, and Scales |
X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Meet the Dinosaurs | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Soil—It's Alive |
X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Grades 3–6 | ||||||||||
| Ancient Adaptations | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Extreme Environments |
X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Geology Really Rocks | X | |||||||||
| Plants and Pigments | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Science Detectives |
X | X | ||||||||
| Grades 7–9 | ||||||||||
| Design Your Own Experiment |
X | X | ||||||||
| Keys, Trees, and Clades | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Grades 10–12 | ||||||||||
| Seeing Eye to Eye | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
Download information on New Jersey Core Curriculum for Discovery Lessons.
| 5.4B | 5.4C | 5.4E | 5.4G | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.4B | 5.4C | 5.4E | 5.4G | ||
| Grades Pre-K–2 | |||||
| Animal Habitats |
X | ||||
| Animal Senses |
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| Bugs to Butterflies |
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| Fur, Feathers, and Scales |
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| Meet the Dinosaurs | X | ||||
| Soil—It's Alive |
X | ||||
| Grades 3–6 | |||||
| Ancient Adaptations | X | ||||
| Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling | |||||
| Extreme Environments |
X | ||||
| Geology Really Rocks | X | X | |||
| Plants and Pigments | X | ||||
| Science Detectives |
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| Grades 7–9 | |||||
| Design Your Own Experiment |
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| Keys, Trees, and Clades | X | ||||
| Grades 10–12 | |||||
| Seeing Eye to Eye | |||||
Download information on New Jersey Core Curriculum for Discovery Lessons.
