NSES Content Standard G
History and Nature of Science: Historical perspectives
Grades 9-12, page 204
Occasionally, there are advances in science and technology that have
important and long-lasting effects on science and society. Examples of
such advances include the following:
Copernican revolution
Newtonian mechanics
Relativity
Geologic time scale
Plate tectonics
Atomic theory
Nuclear physics
Biological evolution
Germ theory
Industrial revolution
Molecular biology
Information and communication
Quantum theory
Galactic universe
Medical and health technology.
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Benchmark 1A The Nature of Science:
The Scientific World View
Grades 9-12, page 8
From time to time, major shifts occur in the scientific view of how
the world works. More often, however, the changes that take place in the
body of scientific knowledge are small modifications of prior knowledge.
Change and continuity are persistent features of science.
See also Chapter 10 Historical Perspectives, all benchmarks.
