curriculum alignment

Franklin Park Conservatory's Columbus Counts program is designed to align with
the State of Ohio Education Benchmarks and Indicators.

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ELEMENTARY

Outreach Program

LIFE SCIENCES
Benchmark A: Differentiate between the life cycles of different plants and animals.
Benchmark B: Analyze plant and animal structures and functions needed for survival and describe the flow of energy through a system that all organisms use to survive.

SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
Benchmark A: Use appropriate instruments safely to observe, measure, and collect data when conducting a scientific investigation.

School Tour

EARTH & SPACE SCIENCES
Benchmark C: Describe Earth's resources including rocks, soil, water, air, animals and plants and the ways in which they can be conserved.

LIFE SCIENCES
Benchmark A: Differentiate between the life cycles of different plants and animals.
Benchmark B: Analyze plant and animal structures and functions needed for survival and describe the flow of energy through a system that all organisms use to survive.
Benchmark C: Compare changes in an organism's ecosystem/habitat that affect its survival.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Benchmark A: Describe how technology affects human life.

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MIDDLE SCHOOL

School Tour

PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Benchmark C: Describe renewable and nonrenewable sources of energy (e.g., solar, wind, fossil fuels, biomass, hydroelectricity, geothermal and nuclear energy)

EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES
Benchmark C: Describe interactions of matter and energy throughout the lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere (e.g., water cycle, weather and pollution).

LIFE SCIENCES
Benchmark C: Explain how energy entering the ecosystems as sunlight supports the life of organisms through photosynthesis and the transfer of energy through the interactions of organisms and the environment.