STANDARD 5.2 (SCIENCE AND SOCIETY): by Grade 12

1. Recognize the role of the scientific community in responding to changing social and political conditions and how scientific and technological achievement effect historical events.

1. Examine the lives and contributions of important scientists who effected major breakthroughs in our understanding of the natural and designed world.
2. Discuss significant technological achievements in which science has played an important part as well as technological advances that have contributed directly to the advancement of scientific knowledge.
3. Describe the historical origin of important scientific developments such as atomic theory, genetics, plate tectonics, etc., showing how scientific theories develop, are tested, and can be replaced or modified in light of new information and improved investigative techniques.