Archived Public Comments Prior to Revision
The State Board of Education and the Arizona Department of Education collected public comments on Arizona’s Science Standard (approved 2004) and Arizona’s Social Studies Standard (approved 2005) during October-December 2017. The feedback received is displayed below.
Science Survey Responses and Comments - 2004 Science Standard
Scientific Practices and Processes (Strand 1: Inquiry)
History and Nature of Science (Strand 2)
Changes in Environments (Strand 3 Concept 1)
Science and Technology in Society (including engineering design) (Strand 3 Concept 2)
Life Science: Structure of Living Systems (Strand 4 Concept 1)
Life Science: Heredity (Strand 4 Concept 2)
Life Science: Organisms and their Environments (Strand 4 Concept 3)
Life Science: Diversity and Adaptations (Strand 4 Concept 4)
Physical Science: Matter (Strand 5 Concept 1)
Physical Science: Forces and Motion (Strand 5 Concept 2)
Physical Science: Energy (Strand 5 Concept 3)
Earth and Space Science: Earth Systems and Processes (Strand 6 Concepts 1 and 2)
Earth and Space Science: Space Science (Strand 6 Concept 3)
Social Studies Survey Responses and Comments - 2005 Social Studies Standard
Social Studies: Kindergarten Social Studies: First Grade Social Studies: Second Grade Social Studies: Third Grade Social Studies: Fourth Grade
Social Studies: Fifth Grade Social Studies: Sixth Grade Social Studies: Seventh Grade Social Studies: Eighth Grade Social Studies: High School
Historical Thinking Skills/ Research Skills (Strand 1 Concept 1 and Strand 2 Concept 1)
Change and Continuity Over Time (Strands 1 and 2)
Cause and Effect (Strands 1 and 2 )
American/Arizona History (Strand 1)
Civic and Political Institutions (Strand 3, Concepts 1, 2, and 5)
Participation and Deliberation: Citizenship (Strand 3, Concepts 1 and 4)
Processes, Rules, and Laws (Strand 3 Concept 3)
Geographic Representation (Strand 4 Concept 1)
Human-Environment Interaction: Place, Region, and Culture (Strand 4 Concepts 2 and 5)
Human Population: Spatial Patterns and Movements (Strand 4 Concept 4)
Global Interconnections (Strand 5, Concepts 4 and 5)
Current Issues and Events (Strands 1 and 2 Concepts 9 and 10)
Economics (Strand 5 Concepts 1-4)
