Discovery Lessons and Educational Standards

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 live animals used indicates that live animals are used in the lesson.):

National Benchmarks for Science Literacy
1 3 4 5 6 7 8 11
1 3 4 5 6 7 8 11
Grades Pre-K2
Animal Habitats live animals used X
Animal Senses live animals used X X X
Bugs to Butterflies live animals used X
Fur, Feathers, and Scales live animals used X X
Meet the Dinosaurs X X
Grades 36
Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling X X
Deciphering Dinosaurs X X
Extreme Environments live animals used X
Geology Really Rocks X X X
Science Detectives live animals used X
Grades 79
Design Your Own Experiment live animals used X
The Ultimate Warm-Up X X X X
Grades 1012
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 live animals used X X X
Animal Senses live animals used X X X
Bugs to Butterflies live animals used X X X
Fur, Feathers, and Scales live animals used X X X
Meet the Dinosaurs X X   X
Grades 36
Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling X X X
Deciphering Dinosaurs X X   X
Extreme Environments live animals used X X X
Geology Really Rocks X   X
Science Detectives live animals used X X X
Grades 79
Design Your Own Experiment live animals used X X X
The Ultimate Warm-Up X X X X   X X
Grades 1012
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! live animals used (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 live animals used X X X
Animal Senses live animals used X X
Bugs to Butterflies live animals used X X
Fur, Feathers, and Scales live animals used X X
Meet the Dinosaurs X X
Grades 36
Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling X X
Deciphering Dinosaurs X X
Extreme Environments live animals used X X X
Geology Really Rocks X X
Science Detectives live animals used X X X
Grades 79
Design Your Own Experiment live animals used X X X
The Ultimate Warm-Up X X X X
Grades 1012
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! live animals used (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-K2
Animal Habitats live animals used X X
Animal Senses live animals used X X
Bugs to Butterflies live animals used X
Fur, Feathers, and Scales live animals used X X
Meet the Dinosaurs X X X
Grades 36
Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling
Deciphering Dinosaurs X X X X
Extreme Environments live animals used X X
Geology Really Rocks X
Science Detectives live animals used X X
Grades 79
Design Your Own Experiment live animals used X X
The Ultimate Warm-Up X X X
Grades 1012
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! live animals used (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-K2
Animal Habitats live animals used X X X
Animal Senses live animals used X
Bugs to Butterflies live animals used X
Fur, Feathers, and Scales live animals used X
Meet the Dinosaurs X
Grades 36
Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling X X
Deciphering Dinosaurs X X
Extreme Environments live animals used X X X
Geology Really Rocks X
Science Detectives live animals used X
Grades 79
Design Your Own Experiment live animals used X
The Ultimate Warm-Up X X X X
Grades 1012
Keys, Trees, and Clades X X
Seeing Eye to Eye
George Washington Carver
Exhibit only (no Discovery Lesson) X
Soil—It's alive! live animals used (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-K2
Animal Habitats live animals used X
Animal Senses live animals used X
Bugs to Butterflies live animals used X X
Fur, Feathers, and Scales live animals used X
Meet the Dinosaurs X
Grades 36
Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling X
Deciphering Dinosaurs X
Extreme Environments live animals used X
Geology Really Rocks X
Science Detectives live animals used X X X
Grades 79
Design Your Own Experiment live animals used X X X
The Ultimate Warm-Up X X X X
Grades 1012
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! live animals used (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-K2
Animal Habitats live animals used
Animal Senses live animals used
Bugs to Butterflies live animals used
Fur, Feathers, and Scales live animals used
Meet the Dinosaurs X
Grades 36
Butterflies: From Delicate to Dazzling
Deciphering Dinosaurs
Extreme Environments live animals used
Geology Really Rocks
Science Detectives live animals used
Grades 79
Design Your Own Experiment live animals used X X X
The Ultimate Warm-Up X X X X X X X
Grades 1012
Keys, Trees, and Clades
Seeing Eye to Eye
George Washington Carver
Exhibit only
(no Discovery Lesson)
X X X
Soil—It's alive! live animals used (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 live animals used X X
Animal Senses live animals used X
Bugs to Butterflies live animals used X X X
Fur, Feathers, and Scales live animals used 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 live animals used X X X
Geology Really Rocks X X X
Science Detectives live animals used X X X
Grades 7–9
Design Your Own Experiment live animals used 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! live animals used
(grades K-2)
X X X
Plants and Pigments
(grades 3-6)
X X

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