Kentucky Academic Standards
Nocturnal Adventures Programs
African Predator Prowl Overnight
(Recommended for Kentucky 2nd grade and up)
Grade 2
Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS2.A Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
LS4.D Biodiversity and Humans
ETS1.B Developing Possible Solutions
Grade 3
Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS2.C Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
LS2.D Social Interactions and Group Behavior
LS4.C Adaptation
LS4.D Biodiversity and Humans
Weather and Climate
Disciplinary Core Ideas
ESS2.D Weather and Climate
ESS3.B Natural Hazards
Grade 4
Energy
Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS3.D Energy in Chemical Processes and Everyday Life
ESS3.A Natural Resources
ETS1.A Defining Engineering Problems
Waves and Information
Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS4.C Information Technologies and Instrumentation
Structure, Function, and Information Processing
Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS1.A Structure and Function
Earth’s Systems: Processes that Shape the Earth
Disciplinary Core Ideas
ESS2.A Earth Materials and Systems
ESS2.E Biogeology
ESS3.B Natural Hazards
ETS1.B Designing Solutions to Engineering Problems
Updated 2015 CZBG
Grade 5
Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems
Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS3.D Energy in Chemical Processes and Everyday Life
LS1.C Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms
LS2.A Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
LS2.B Cycles of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems
Earth’s Systems
Disciplinary Core Ideas
ESS3.C Human Impacts on Earth Systems
Middle Level Science
Structure, Function, and Information Processing
Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS1.A Structure and Function
Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems
Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS2.A Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
LS2.B Cycle of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems
LS2.C Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS2.A Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
LS2.C Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
LS4.D Biodiversity and Humans
ETS1.B Developing Possible Solutions
Earth’s Systems
Disciplinary Core Ideas
ESS2.A Earth’s Materials and Systems
ESS3.A Natural Resources
Weather and Climate
Disciplinary Core Ideas
ESS3.D Global Climate Change
Human Impacts
Disciplinary Core Ideas
ESS3.B Natural Hazards
ESS3.C Human Impacts on Earth Systems
High School Science
Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems
Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS2.B Cycles of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems
Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS2.A Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
LS2.A Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
LS2.D Social Interactions and Group Behavior
Updated 2015 CZBG
LS4.C Adaptation
LS4.D Biodiversity and Humans
ETS1.B Developing Possible Solutions
Natural Selection and Evolution
Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS4.C Adaptation
Earth’s Systems
Disciplinary Core Ideas
ESS2.D Weather and Climate
ESS2.E Biogeology
Human Sustainability
Disciplinary Core Ideas
ESS3.A Natural Resources
ESS3.B Natural Hazards
ESS3.C Human Impacts on Earth Systems
ETS1.B Designing Solutions to Engineering Problems
Updated 2015 CZBG