Correlation between Idaho and National Science Education Standards
| Standard | National Code | Idaho Code |
| Unifying Concepts and Processes | UCP | 9-10.B1.___ |
| Systems, order, and organization | UCP 1 | 9-10.B1.1.___ |
| Evidence, models, and explanation | UCP 2 | 9-10.B1.2 |
| Change, constancy, and Measurement | UCP 3 | 9-10.B1.3 |
| Evolution and equilibrium | UCP 4 | 9-10.B1.4 |
| Form and Function | UCP 5 | 9-10.B1.5 |
| Science as Inquiry | SAI | |
| Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry | SAI 1 | 9-10.B 1.6 |
| Understandings necessary to do scientific inquiry | SAI 2 | 9-10.B 1.6 |
| Science and Technology | ST | |
| Abilities of technological design | ST 1 | 9-10. B 5.2 |
| Understandings about science and technology | ST 2 | 9-10.B 5.2 |
| Science in Personal and Social Perspectives | ||
| Personal Health | SPSP 1 | |
| Populations, resources, and environments | SPSP 2 | 9-10.B 5.1 & 5.3 |
| Natural Hazards | SPSP 3 | - |
| Risks and Benefits | SPSP 4 | - |
| Science and Technology in Society | SPSP 5 | - |
| History and Nature of Science | ||
| Science as a human endeavor | HNS 1 | |
| Nature of science | HNS 2 | |
| History of science | HNS 3 | |
| Physical Science | ||
| Properties and changes of properties in matter | PS 1 | 8-9.PS 2.4 |
| Characteristic properties | PS 1a | " |
| Chemical properties | PS 1b | " |
| Elements | PS 1c | " |
| Motion and forces | PS 2 | 8-9 PS 2.2 |
| Describing motion | PS 2a | 8-9 PS 2.2 |
| Inertia | PS 2b | 8-9 PS 2.2 |
| Combining forces, balancing forces | PS 2c | 8-9 PS 2.2 |
| Transfer of Energy | PS 3 | |
| Energy is a property of heat, light, electricity, motion | PS 3a | 8-9 PS 2.3 |
| Heat moves in predictable ways... | PS 3b | |
| Light interactions | PS 3c | |
| Electrical circuits | PS 3d | |
| Chemical and nuclear reactions | PS 3e | |
| Sun as an energy source | PS 3f | |
| Life Science | 9-10 B | |
| The Cell | ||
| Cells have particular structures... | 9-10 B 3.3.1 | |
| Cell functions involve chemical reactions... | 9-10 B 3.3.2 | |
| Cells store and use information to guide functions... | 9-10 B 3.3.2 | |
| Cell functions are regulated | 9-10 B 3.3.2 | |
| Plant cells contain chloroplasts and do photosynthesis | 9-10 B 3.2.3 | |
| Complex organisms contain many different specialized cell types | ||
| Molecular Basis of Heredity | ||
| Cell specialization information is carried in DNA | ||
| Most human cells contain 23 pairs of chromosomes | ||
| Changes in DNA occur spontaneously at low rates | ||
| Biological Evolution | ||
| Species evolve over time | 9-10 B 3.1.1 | |
| The diversity of organisms is the result of 3.5 By of evolution | 9-10 B 3.1.2 | |
| Natural selection and evolution explain the fossil record | ||
| All life is descended from common ancestors | ||
| Biological classification is based on relationships between organisms | ||
| Interdependence of Organisms | ||
| Some materials cycle through organisms and the biosphere | 9-10 B 3.2.1 | |
| Energy flows through ecosystems in one direction | 9-10 B 3.2.3 | |
| Organisms can compete, cooperate, or not interact. | ||
| A limited environment can only support limited life. | ||
| Human impacts on the biosphere. | ||
| Matter, Energy, and Organization in Living Systems | ||
| Matter tends to disorganized states, life requires energy to maintain | ||
| Energy for life comes primarily from the Sun | ||
| Chemical bonds of food contain energy | ||
| Organism complexity is required to sustain life | ||
| Distribution of a population follows availability of resources | ||
| Matter and energy are transformed as they flow through life. | 9-10 B 3.2.5 | |
| Behavior of Organisms | ||
| Multicellular animals have nervous systems capable of "behavior" | ||
| Behavior is response to stimuli | ||
| Behavior is an evolved trait | ||
| Human behavior is part biological | ||
| Earth and Space Science | ||
| Energy in the Earth System | 8-9 ES 4.2 | |
| Geochemical Cycles | 8-9 ES 4.2 | |
| Origin and evolution of the Earth system | 8-9 ES 4.1 | |
| Origin and evolution of the Universe | 8-9 ES 4.1 | |