Resources for identifying your states requirements and the variation between states.
Most state curricular guidelines differ from one another, sometimes substantially.
http://www.azed.gov/standards-practices/science-standard/
This is the link for the Arizona Department of Education science standards.
You can find similar links for your state by searching Google for "[your state] science education guidelines".
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/teachers_resources/index.html
Correlating standards from a state educational agency with its complement in other government entities, such as Energy, naturally expand the available resources.
Courtesy of the California Department of Energy, we learn that 1 BTU=1 Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwhich, for instance.
http://www.edweek.org/media/epe_evolution1105.pdf
As this Education Week article points out, "standards" vary widely between states. Page 7 of this article shows how different states address this controversial subject.
The results are surprising in that the states with the "lowest" scores are not the ones you would expect.
Particularly, if you serve as curriculum specialist, it would be helpful to students in this era of mobile families to peruse comparisons among states so that the best mix is designed.






