Cosmic Times Lesson Plans
National Science Educational Standards
Below is a table showing the National Science Education Standards met by the Cosmic Times lesson plans. The National Language Arts and Social Studies/World History Standards are shown here.
The numbers in the table below refer to the following National Science Education Standards as follows:
- National Science Standards for Grades 5-8
- NS.5-8.1 – Science as Inquiry
- NS.5-8.2 – Physical Science
- NS.5-8.4 – Earth and Space Science
- NS.5-8.5 – Science and Technology
- NS.5-8.7 – History and Nature of Science
- National Science Standards for Grades 9-12
- NS.9-12.1 – Science as Inquiry
- NS.9-12.2 – Physical Science
- NS.9-12.4 – Earth and Space Science
- NS.9-12.5 – Science and Technology
- NS.9-12.7 – History and Nature of Science
National Science Standards
| 1919 Lesson Plans | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Science Standards for Grades 5-8 | National Science Standards for Grades 9-12 | |||||||||
| NS.5-8.1 | NS.5-8.2 | NS.5-8.4 | NS.5-8.5 | NS.5-8.7 | NS.9-12.1 | NS.9-12.2 | NS.9-12.4 | NS.9-12.5 | NS.9-12.7 | |
| Einstein and His Times | ||||||||||
| Eclipses and Moon Phases | X | X | ||||||||
| Two Versions of Gravity: Newton and Einstein | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Einstein's Gravity | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| 1929 Lesson Plans | ||||||||||
| National Science Standards for Grades 5-8 | National Science Standards for Grades 9-12 | |||||||||
| NS.5-8.1 | NS.5-8.2 | NS.5-8.4 | NS.5-8.5 | NS.5-8.7 | NS.9-12.1 | NS.9-12.2 | NS.9-12.4 | NS.9-12.5 | NS.9-12.7 | |
| Discovering the Milky Way | X | X | X | |||||||
| Just How Far is that Star? | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Cosmic CSI | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Determining the Universe | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Unsung Heroes of Science | X | X | ||||||||
| 1955 Lesson Plans | ||||||||||
| National Science Standards for Grades 5-8 | National Science Standards for Grades 9-12 | |||||||||
| NS.5-8.1 | NS.5-8.2 | NS.5-8.4 | NS.5-8.5 | NS.5-8.7 | NS.9-12.1 | NS.9-12.2 | NS.9-12.4 | NS.9-12.5 | NS.9-12.7 | |
| The Evidence is Clear | X | X | X | |||||||
| Cosmic Jeopardy | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Big Bang Science Fiction | X | X | X | |||||||
| Discovering 'Yardsticks' are 'Metersticks' | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Hubble's Law Mis-calibration Extension | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| 1965 Lesson Plans | ||||||||||
| National Science Standards for Grades 5-8 | National Science Standards for Grades 9-12 | |||||||||
| NS.5-8.1 | NS.5-8.2 | NS.5-8.4 | NS.5-8.5 | NS.5-8.7 | NS.9-12.1 | NS.9-12.2 | NS.9-12.4 | NS.9-12.5 | NS.9-12.7 | |
| Reading Strategies | X | X | ||||||||
| Cosmic Microwave Background | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Tornadoes and Galaxies | X | X | X | |||||||
| What's the Matter? | X | X | ||||||||
| 1993 Lesson Plans | ||||||||||
| National Science Standards for Grades 5-8 | National Science Standards for Grades 9-12 | |||||||||
| NS.5-8.1 | NS.5-8.2 | NS.5-8.4 | NS.5-8.5 | NS.5-8.7 | NS.9-12.1 | NS.9-12.2 | NS.9-12.4 | NS.9-12.5 | NS.9-12.7 | |
| Raisin Bread Universe | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| What's the Problem with Isotropy | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Gravitational Waves | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Melting Ice | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Dark Matter NASA Conference | X | X | X | |||||||
| 2006 Lesson Plans | ||||||||||
| National Science Standards for Grades 5-8 | National Science Standards for Grades 9-12 | |||||||||
| NS.5-8.1 | NS.5-8.2 | NS.5-8.4 | NS.5-8.5 | NS.5-8.7 | NS.9-12.1 | NS.9-12.2 | NS.9-12.4 | NS.9-12.5 | NS.9-12.7 | |
| Measuring Dark Energy | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Tools of the Trade | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Cosmic Times 2019 | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Things Are Not What They Seem | X | X | X | |||||||
| Century Timeline | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
