Cultural Refs in Alaska State Science Standards and NGSS

Science as Inquiry A student who meets the content standard should: A student should understand and be able to apply the SA3: develop an understanding that culture, local knowledge, history, and interaction with the environment concepts, models, theories, contribute to the development of scientific knowledge, and local applications provide opportunity for facts, evidence, systems, and understandin. [...] Science and The student demonstrates an [3]SE3.1 listing the positive and negative effects of a single technological Technology understanding of how development in the local community (e.g., fish trap, fish wheel, four-wheeler, A student should understand scientific discoveries and computer) (L) the relationships among technological innovations [5] SE3.1 describing the various effects of an innova. [...] technology; A student should understand the 2) develop an understanding that some individuals, cultures, and societies use other beliefs and methods in dynamic relationships among addition to scientific methods to describe and understand the world; and scientific, cultural, social, and 3) develop an understanding of the importance of recording and validating cultural knowledge. [...] History and Nature of The student demonstrates an [9] SG1.1 identifying those perspectives (i.e., cultural, political, religious, Science understanding of changes in philosophical) that have impacted the advancement of science A student should understand the historical perspectives of [10] SG1.1 describing how those perspectives (i.e., cultural, political, history and nature of science. [...] Strategies that involve the community underscore the importance of connecting the school science curriculum to the students’ lives and the community in which they live.