Jersey Core Curriculum
Content Standards for Science
has detailed information for each standard:
5.1 Science Practices
Science is both a body of knowledge and an evidence-based, model-building
enterprise that continually extends, refines, and revises knowledge. The
four Science Practices strands encompass the knowledge and reasoning skills
that students must acquire to be proficient in science.
5.2 Physical Science
Physical science principles, including fundamental ideas about matter,
energy, and motion, are powerful conceptual tools for making sense of
phenomena in physical, living, and Earth systems science.
5.3 Life Science
Life science principles are powerful conceptual tools for making sense of
the complexity, diversity, and interconnectedness of life on Earth. Order in
natural systems arises in accordance with rules that govern the physical
world, and the order of natural systems can be modeled and predicted through
the use of mathematics.
5.4 Earth Systems