Nature of Science

NGSS Nature of Science Standards with Correlations to All Other Parts of NGSS, Including Discipline Specific Standards by Subject

Click on the NGSS Nature of Science thread to see all standards within that thread. Click on a particular standard to see correlations to Science and Engineering Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and both Performance Expectations and Disciplinary Core Ideas by subject (Biology, Chemistry, Physics). PDF versions of these standards correlations are also available below.

NGSS Nature of Science Standards with Related NGSS Science and Engineering Practices and Crosscutting Concepts (PDF)

NGSS Nature of Science Standards with Related NGSS Performance Expectations and Disciplinary Core Ideas by Subject (PDF)

Scientific Investigations Use a Variety of Methods

Scientific Knowledge is Based on Empirical Evidence

Scientific Knowledge is Open to Revision in Light of New Evidence

Science Models, Laws, Mechanisms, and Theories Explain Natural Phenomena

Science is a Way of Knowing

Scientific Knowledge Assumes an Order and Consistency in Natural Systems

Science is a Human Endeavor

Science Addresses Questions About the Natural and Material World