Science Standards
Getting Into the Fossil Record meets the following standards for grades 5-8
and 9-12.
National Standards Grades 5-8
Content Standard C Life Science: Diversity and Adaptations of Organisms.
Fossils indicate that many organisms that lived long ago are extinct.
Extinction of species is common; most of the species that have lived on the earth
no longer exist.
Content Standard D Earth and Space Science: Earth's History
Fossils provide important evidence of how life and environmental
conditions have changed.
National Standards Grades 9-12
Content Standard C Life Science: Biological Evolution
The great diversity of organisms is the result of more than 3.5
billion years of evolution that has filled every available niche with life forms.
You may want to look at the entire National Science Education Standards.
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