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What every student should learn about Life Science

• What does it mean to be and stay alive?

• How do living organisms interact with and fit into their environment?

• How are all living organisms related? Or: What is the evidence that all living organisms

use a common genetic information system?

What every student should learn about Physical Sciences

• What is everything made of?(How do particles combine to form the variety of substances one

observes?)

• Why do things happen?– What force caused that action?

(How can one predict an object’s continued motion, changes in motion, or stability?)

• What is energy?(How is energy transferred between objects or systems?)

What every student should learn about Earth/Space Science

• How does the earth fit into the rest of the universe?

• How and why is the earth constantly changing?

• How do humans depend on Earth’s resources? and How do human activities impact the Earth?