National Standards

These National Education Standards are correlated to the National Inquirer monograph series, “Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire.” http://www.naturalinquirer.org/modules.php?name=NaturalInquirer&op=download&issue_id=76&type=pdf_eng For more detailed correlations of this Natural Inquirer Monograph to National Education Standards, visit the Natural Inquirer website (http://www.naturalinquirer.org).

National Science Education Standards Addressed in the Article

• Abilities Necessary to Do Scientific Inquiry
• Understandings About Scientific Inquiry
• Populations and Ecosystems
• Understandings About Science and Technology
• Natural Hazards
• Science and Technology in Society
• Science as a Human Endeavor
• Nature of Science
• History of Science

Social Studies Education Standards Addressed in the Article

• Culture
• Time, Continuity, and Change
• People, Places, and Environments
• Individuals, Groups, and Institutions
• Power, Authority, and Governance
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Global Connections

Common Core Education Standards Addressed in This Article

• Key Ideas and Details
       CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.1
       CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.2
       CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.3
• Craft and Structure
       CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.4
       CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.5
       CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.6
• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
       CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.7
       CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.8
       CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.9

Next Generation Science Standards Addressed in the Article

• Science and Engineering Practices
       Asking Questions and Defining Problems
       Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
       Analyzing and Interpreting Data
       Developing and Using Models
       Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
       Engaging in Argument from Evidence
       Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking
       Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information
• Disciplinary Core Ideas
  Life Science: LS1.A Structure and Function; LS2.A Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems; LS2.B Cycle of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems; LS2.C Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience; LS4.C Adaptation; LS4.D Biodiversity and Humans
  Earth and Space Science: ESS2.A Earth’s Materials and Systems; ESS2.D Weather and Climate; ESS3.A Natural Resources; ESS3.B Natural Hazards; ESS3.C Human Impacts on Earth Systems; ESS3.D Global Climate Change
• Crosscutting Concepts
       Patterns
       Cause and Effect: Mechanism and Prediction
       Scale, Proportion, and Quantity
       Systems and Systems Models
       Structure and Function
       Stability and Change
       Connections to Nature of Science
       Connection to Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science