NSES Content Standard E  Science and Technology: Understandings about science and technology Grades 5-8, page 166 Many different people in different cultures have made and continue to make contributions to science and technology.

 
Benchmark 1C The Nature of Science: The Scientific Enterprise
Grades 6-8, page 17
Important contributions to the advancement of science, mathematics, and technology have been made by different kinds of people, in different cultures, at different times.