North Carolina Science Standard Course of Study & The GLOBE Program, Grades 9-12
| Goal | Physical Science | Chemistry | Physics | Earth Science | Biology |
| Goal 1 | The learner will construct an understanding of mechanics. | The learner will build an understanding of the structure and properties of matter. | The learner will build an understanding of linear motion. | The learner will build an understanding of lithospheric materials, processes, changes, and uses with concerns for good stewardship. | The learner will develop an understanding of the physical, chemical and cellular basis of life. |
| GLOBE | Hydrology | Soils | |||
| Goal 2 | The learner will build an understanding of thermal energy. | The learner will build an understanding of regularities in chemistry. | The learner will build an understanding of two-dimensional motion. | The learner will develop an understanding of tectonic processes and their human impacts. | The learner will develop an understanding of the continuity of life and the changes of organisms over time. |
| GLOBE | Hydrology | Soils | |||
| Goal 3 | The learner will construct an understanding of electricity and magnetism. | The learner will build an understanding of energy changes in chemistry. | The learner will develop an understanding of forces. | The learner will build an understanding of the origin and evolution of the earth system. | The learner will develop an understanding of the unity and diversity of life. |
| GLOBE | Soils | Biology/land cover | |||
| Goal 4 | The learner will develop an understanding of wave motion and the wave nature of sound and light. | The learner will build an understanding of equilibrium and kinetics. | The learner will develop an understanding of Newton's Laws of Motion. | The learner will build an understanding of the hydrosphere and its interactions and influences on the lithosphere, the atmosphere, and environmental quality. | The learner will develop an understanding of ecological relationships among organisms. |
| GLOBE | Hydrology, Soils | Biology/land cover | |||
| Goal 5 | The learner will build an understanding of the structure and properties of matter. | The learner will develop an understanding of the nature of mechanical energy. | The learner will build an understanding of the dynamics and composition of the atmosphere and its local and global processes influencing climate and air quality. | Students will develop an understanding of the behavior of organisms, resulting from a combination of heredity and environment. | |
| GLOBE | Hydrology | Atmosphere | |||
| Goal 6 | The learner will build an understanding of regularities in chemistry. | The learner will build an understanding of impulse and momentum. | The learner will acquire an understanding of the earth in the solar system and its position in the universe. | ||
| GLOBE | Meteorology | ||||
| Goal 7 | The learner will develop an understanding of wave motion and the wave nature of sound and light. | The learner will build an understanding of alternative choices facing human societies in their stewardship of the earth. | |||
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| Goal 8 | The learner will build an understanding of basic elementary principles of thermodynamics. | ||||
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| Goal 9 | The learner will build an understanding of static electricity. | ||||
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| Goal 10 | The learner will build an understanding of direct current electrical circuits. |