Choosing & using 'Green-Down Protocol'

National Science Education Standards (NSES):
- K-4:
  - Unifying concepts and processes:
    - Change, constancy, and measurement
    - Evidence, models, and explanation
    - Systems, order, and organization
  - A - Science as inquiry:
    - Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
    - Understanding about scientific inquiry
  - B - Physical science:
    - Light, heat, electricity, and magnetism
  - C - Life science:
    - Characteristics of organisms
    - Life cycles of organisms
    - Organisms and environments
  - D - Earth and space science:
    - Changes in earth and sky
- 5-8:
  - Unifying concepts and processes:
    - Change, constancy, and measurement
    - Evidence, models, and explanation
    - Systems, order, and organization
  - A - Science as inquiry:
    - Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
  - B - Physical science:
    - Properties and changes of properties in matter
    - Transfer of energy
  - C - Life science:
    - Regulation and behavior
- 9-12:
  - Unifying concepts and processes:
    - Change, constancy, and measurement
    - Evidence, models, and explanation
    - Systems, order, and organization
  - A - Science as inquiry:
    - Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
  - C - Life science:
    - Biological evolution
National Geography Standards:
- The uses of geography:
  - How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future


Educational Standards associated with Green-Down Protocol	Comment on this resource
National Science Education Standards (NSES): K-4: Unifying concepts and processes: Change, constancy, and measurement Evidence, models, and explanation Systems, order, and organization A - Science as inquiry: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry Understanding about scientific inquiry B - Physical science: Light, heat, electricity, and magnetism C - Life science: Characteristics of organisms Life cycles of organisms Organisms and environments D - Earth and space science: Changes in earth and sky 5-8: Unifying concepts and processes: Change, constancy, and measurement Evidence, models, and explanation Systems, order, and organization A - Science as inquiry: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry B - Physical science: Properties and changes of properties in matter Transfer of energy C - Life science: Regulation and behavior 9-12: Unifying concepts and processes: Change, constancy, and measurement Evidence, models, and explanation Systems, order, and organization A - Science as inquiry: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry C - Life science: Biological evolution National Geography Standards: The uses of geography: How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future