Ohio Standards, Benchmarks, and Indicators

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*Grades 6-8*
Standard	Benchmark	January - Set A	February - Set B	March - Set C	April – Set D	May – Set E
Earth and Space Sciences	A	*Earth’s Rotation and Revolution*		*Gravity Games* 8
	B		*Tight-Rope to the Stars* 8
	C			*Every Drop Counts* 7 *Contaminant Cycling Through Earth Systems* 7		*Every Drop Counts – A Study of Cycles* 7 *Contaminant Cycling Through Earth Systems* 7 *What’s Up? Clouds and Your Weather* 7 *Weather or Not* 7 *Wild Weather and the Water Cycle* 7
	D		*Science Rocks* 6		*Mineral Match Up* 6
	E		*Mountains of Work* 8			*Living Things Share Certain Characteristics and are Distinctly Different In Other Ways* 7 *Heat Up the Floating Plates* 8
Life Sciences	A					*What’s that? Diversity Among Organisms* 7
	B		*Asexual Reproduction* 6
	C		*Symbiotic Relationships* 7
	D		*The Long and Short Story of Succession* 7

Physical Sciences	A				*Mad Science Lab* 6
	B				*Is The Force With You?* 8
	C				*Blackout-Looking for Alternative Ways to Generate Electricity* 6
	D		*Energy Chains 7	*Waves 8
Science and Technology	A					*Science and Technology Make the World Go Around* 8
	B				*Constraints vs. Creativity* 6	*Products to Solve Problems* 8
Scientific Inquiry	A	*Variables and Controls in an Investigation* 7 *Safety, Tools and Scientific Investigation* 6	*Energy Chains 7	*Waves* 8
	B			*Generating Alternative Hypotheses* 7 *Waves 8		*Observe, Then Infer* 6 *What’s Up? Clouds and Your Weather* 7
Scientific Ways of Knowing	A				*Describing Variability of Organisms* 8
	B					*Beach Party* 7
	C					*Have You Got A Clue?* 7

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*Grades 9-10*
Standard	Benchmark	January - Set A	February - Set B	March - Set C	April – Set D	May – Set E
Earth and Space Sciences	A				*Exploring Big Bang Evidence* 9
	B		*Patterns Within Earth’s Systems* 10	*What’s the Connection?* 9
	C	Geologic Time Measurement Bacteria Change Earth’s Atmosphere 10			*Meteors and Earth Changing Force* 9
	D				*Nitrogen, Farms, Fish, Bears and Salmon* 10
	E				*Heat and Density* 9
	F				*Warming Things Up: A Global Warming Causes and Effects* 10 *Global Warming* 10 *Six Billion and Counting* 10
Life Sciences	A				*The Cell* 10
	B				*Cell Division and Differentiation* 10
	C		*DNA and Protein Synthesis* 10		*Mendelian and Non-Mendelian Heredity* 10 *DNA and Protein Synthesis* 10
	D				*Energy Extravaganza* 10

	E	*Unity and Diversity* 10 *Survival!* 10 *Diversity and Adaptation* 10
	F		*Adopt and Ecosystem Project* 10
	G		*Carrying Capacity* 10
	H	*Fancy Fish: Gene Frequency* 10 *Critical Analysis of Evolution* 10 *Scientists, Wolves and the United States Government* 10
	I	*Mechanisms of Evolution* 10 *The Time is Right* 10
	J	*Science and Understanding* 10 *The Cutting Edge* 10
Physical Sciences	A		*It’s the Law, Periodically* 9 *Ion Formation* 9
	B		*Balancing Chemical Equations* 9 *The Acid Test* 9
	C		*The Pure, The Mixture, The Unknown* 9

	D			*Friction, Friend or Foe?* 9	*Balanced and Unbalanced Forces* 9 *Go with the Force* 9 *Friction: Friend or Foe?* 9
	E		*Up and Down Designs* 9
	F				*What’s Going on With the Temperature?* 9 *Energy Tracer* 9
	G				*The Electromagnetic Spectrum* 9
	H	*A Science Vacation* 9	*Historical Development of a Scientific Idea* 9
Science and Technology	A	*Scientific Problems and Their Solutions* 9 *Safety First: Evaluating and Designing Laboratory Space* 9 *Get it Right on Paper First!* 10
	B				*To Zap or Not to Zap: That is the Question* 9 *The Greatest Invention in History* 10
Scientific Inquiry	A	*Observations and Inferences* 9 *Growing Evidence* 10 *Mathematical Models of Inquiry* 10			*Full of Hot Air* 9
Scientific Ways of Knowing	A	*Looking at Data* 10 *A Springboard of Ideas* 10		*Innovators Card Game* 9
	B				*The First Challenger: Trolling for Science* 9 *Changing Scientific Knowledge-Scientific Inquiry* 9
	C	*Designing, Analyzing and Repeating Scientific Investigations* 9 *Would You Consent?* 10			*Animal Rules* 10 *Scientific Integrity* 10
	D				*Scientists and Their Work* 9 *Do We Have To Know This?* 10 *Science in the Field* 10

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*Pre-K-2*
Standard	Benchmark	January Set - A	February - Set B	March - Set C	April – Set D	May – Set E
Earth and Space Sciences	A					*Changes in Our Sky* 2
	B				*Now You See It, Now You Don’t* 1
	C		*Changes* K
	D					*Trees and Their Uses* 1
Life Sciences	A			*Characteristics and Structure of Life* 1		*Wetland Life* 2
	B		*Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall, Ohio Animals Adapt to All* 2			*Plants and Animals Around the Year* 2 *Ohio Waters* 2 *Ohio Grasslands* 2 *Life in the Woodlands* 2
	C					*Being Alike Is Also Really Being Different* K
Physical Sciences	A				*What Can we Do to Change This Material?* 1	*Everything Has Parts* PK
	B		*Causes and Effects of Motion* 1
	C	*Properties of Sound* 2
Science and Technology	A		*What Else Can We Do With This?* PK			*Wetland Life* 2 *Ohio Grasslands* 2
	B		*See It, Draw It, Hear It* 2
Scientific Inquiry	A	*I Can Ask Questions* 2
	B			*Science Safety Procedures* 1		*Looking All Around Me* PK *Plants and Animals Around the Year* 2 *Ohio Waters* 2 *Wetland Life* 2
	C		*Scientific Investigations* 2			*Ohio Grasslands* 2 *Life in the Woodlands* 2
Scientific Ways of Knowing	A	*Third Time’s A Charm* 1			*Science All Around Us* K
	B		*Trash, Landfills, and Recycling, Oh My!* 2
	C		*Let’s Work Together* 2

*Grades 3-5*
Standard	Benchmark	January - Set A	February - Set B	March - Set C	April – Set D	May – Set E
Earth and Space Sciences	A	*The World Turns* 5
	B					*Shaping Spaces* 4
	C		*Properties of Soil* 3			*Make It Last* 5 *Non-renewable Resources* 5
	D					*Clouds and Weather* 4
Life Sciences	A		*From Seed to Shining Seed* 4
	B		*Food Webs and Food Chains* 5
	C				*Survival Environment* 5 *It’s Beneficial Sometimes* 3 *Neighborhood Ecosystems* 5
Physical Sciences	A		*Physical Properties and Changes* 4
	B					*This or That* 4
	C		*On the Trail* 3
	D			*Ouch! That Spoon Is Hot!* 5
	E			*How Electric Current Produces Energy* 5
	F			*Properties of Sound Energy* 5
Science and Technology	A					*Technology: Past Present and Beyond* 5
	B	*A New Place for Polar Bear* 3 *I’m Out of Paper, HELP!* 5
Scientific Inquiry	A		*Tools of the Trade* 4
	B	*Ramp ‘n Roll* 3			*Integrating Science and Math to Analyze Data* 3
	C	*Science Safety is Elementary* 3 *Investigation Safety* 5				*Student Scientist* 4 *We are Scientists* 5
Scientific Ways of Knowing	A			*Is That a Fact?* 4
	B	*Can We Investigate? Yes, We Can* 3 *Models* 5				*Close the Door, You’re Letting the Cold Out* 5 *Questions and Answers* 5
	C				*Temperature vs. Hours of Daylight* 4
	D					*Men and Women Scientists* 3

*Grades 11-12*
Standard	Benchmark	January – Set A	February – Set B	March – Set C	April – Set D	May – Set E
Earth and Space Sciences	A					*Explorations in Space* 12
	B		*The Effects of Various Gases and Particulates in the Atmosphere* 11
	C		*Ins and Outs of Global Cycles* 11			*The Effect of Wastes on Our Earth* 11
	D					*Flight’s Contributions to the Study of Earth and Space Sciences* 11
Life Sciences	A			*Homeostasis in Systems* 11		*Relating Structure to Function in Cells* 12
	B					*Population Limiting Factors-Boom or Bust* 11
	C					*Its All In the Genes* 12
	D		*Radioactive Decay* 11
	E		*Zebra Mussels and the Lake Erie Ecosystem* 11
	F			*Waste Not, Want Not* 11
	G					*The History of Germ Theory* 12
Physical Sciences	A					*Oh, My! What a Family Tree! A Lesson About Radioactive Isotopes* 11
	B			*Just an Average Atom* 12

	C		*Energy Levels and Electron Configurations* 12
	D			*You Got A Ticket for What? – A Lesson in Doppler Effect* 12
	E	*Introduction to Organic Chemistry* 11
Science and Technology	A	*The Pros and Cons of Fuels* 11 *Trade-in or Trade-off: Energy Alternatives* 11
Scientific Inquiry	A			*Populations Limiting Factors – Boom or Bust* 11
Scientific Ways of Knowing	A			*Solubility Rules and the Mystery Solutions* 11
	B	*Can You Detect Bias?* 11		*Can You Detect Bias?* 11
	C	*So Much More Than a Job* 11		*Water, Water Everywhere-An Exploration of Science and Technology in Environmental Careers* 11