Guiding The goal of the document is to ensure scientifically literate Principles citizens. Research in science education and cognitive science supports the need for the development of conceptual understanding through science. All students, in all grades, deserve on-going, meaningful science instruction. All students can learn and succeed in science. The attitudes and values established toward science in childhood shape the adult's scientific literacy.
Science education is crucial in our increasingly complex and technological society.
Science is a human enterprise that can be characterized by the thinking processes of those who participate in it. Four strands designed to permeate goals K-12. Connections to technology emphasized. The North Carolina Science Standard Course of Study provides strands, goals, and objectives to meet these requirements. Sciences as Inquiry.