Science Standards for Alaska – Public Comment

The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) invites public comment on the proposed draft Science Standards for Alaska.  The proposed standards were developed in collaboration with Alaska educators.  The standards are intended to provide the foundation for defining what students should know and be able to do in terms of scientific knowledge and skills.

Following, each Performance Expectation (PE) is presented, along with any applicable clarification statements and assessment boundaries.  The performance expectations represent the assessable statements of what students should know and be able to do. 

In this survey, respondents may comment on the standards overall or on specific PEs.  An open response comment field is provided for each PE to allow respondents to provide feedback on the areas of interest.  

Public comment for the Science Standards for Alaska are organized by page in the following order.  

Optional Respondent Information

Overall comments

Kindergarten

First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

Middle School Physical Sciences

Middle School Life Sciences

Middle School Earth and Space Sciences

High School Physical Sciences

High School Life Sciences

High School Earth and Space Sciences

You must navigate to each section only by selecting ‘previous’ or ‘next’.   Responses are only recorded when you select ‘next’ for each page (even if you exit before reaching the end) or when you select ‘done’ at the end.

Responses can be edited as long as you are continuously logged-in.  

Thank you in advance for your feedback on the proposed Alaska Science Standards.  

* Note: statements where the performance expectation is followed by an asterisk (*) indicate content standards especially appropriate to make connections with engineering and technology.