Content Standards

• California Science Framework
• Condensed Grade Level Standards
• Content Standard Posters
• California Science Content Standards (pdf) - CA Department of Education
• California Science Content Standards (Word) - CA Department of Education

California Science Framework

• Complete Framework(6.5Mb)

The Standards Explained

• Introductions to the Framework


• Kindergarten
• Grade One
• Grade Two
• Grade Three
• Grade Four
• Grade Five
• Complete K to 5

• Grade Six
• Grade Seven
• Grade Eight
• Complete 6 to 8

• Physics
• Chemistry
• Biology/Life Sciences
• Earth Sciences
• Complete High School

• Assessment of Student Learning
• Universal Access to the Science Curriculum
• Professional Development
• Criteria for Evaluating Instructional Materials in Science, K-8
• Selected References
• Requirements of the Education Code

Condensed Grade Level Standards

• Kindergarten
• Grade One
• Grade Two
• Grade Three
• Grade Four
• Grade Five
• Grade Six
• Grade Seven
• Grade Eight
• Grade Nine through Twelve - Chemistry
• Grade Nine through Twelve - Earth Science
• Grade Nine through Twelve - Biology / Life Science
• Grade Nine through Twelve - Physics
• Grade Nine through Twelve - Investigation and Experimentation

Content Standard Posters

Elementary Schools

• Kindergarten
• Grade One
• Grade Two
• Grade Three
• Grade Four
• Grade Five

Grade Six

• 6-1 Plate Tectonics and Earth s Structure
• 6-2 Shaping Earth's Surface
• 6-3 Heat (Thermal Energy)
• 6-4 Energy in the Earth
• 6-5 Ecology (Life Science)
• 6-6 Resources
• 6-7 Investigation and Experimentation
• 7-4 Earth and Life History

Grade Seven

• 7-1 Cell Biology
• 7-2 Genetics
• 7-3 Evolution
• 7-5 Structure and Function in Living Systems
• 7-7 Investigation and Experimentation

Grade Eight

• 7-6 Physical Principles
• 8-1 Motion
• 8-2 Forces
• 8-3 Structure of Matter
• 8-4 Earth in the Solar System
• 8-5 Reactions
• 8-6 Chemistry of Living
• 8-7 Periodic Table
• 8-8 Density and Buoyancy
• 8-9 Investigation and Experimentation

High School

• Biology-Life Sciences
• Chemistry
• Earth Sciences
• Physics
• 9-12 Investigation and Experimentation