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Museum exhibits and programs address standards for unifying concepts and processes strands and inquiry.
Physical Science Standards
Properties and changes of properties in matter
National Museum of American History • Hands-On Science Center
• Science in American Life
National Museum of Natural History • Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals
Motions and forces
National Air & Space Museum • How Things Fly • Jet Aviation
National Museum of Natural History • Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals  
Interactions of energy and water
National Air & Space Museum • How Things Fly  
National Museum of American History • Science in American Life  
National Museum of Natural History • Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals
Life Science Standards
Characteristics of Living Organisms
National Museum of Natural History

• Insect Zoo
• Butterfly Garden
• Reptiles
• Living Fossils
• Bones
• Discovery Room

• Naturalist Center
• Tiger
• Marlin
• Birds of District of Columbia
• Mammals, Birds, Marine
National Zoological Park • Cheetah Conservation Station
• Bird House (indoor & outdoor)
• Reptile Discovery Center
• Giant Panda
• Large Mammal House
• Small Mammal House
• Great Ape House
• Milk and Mothering
• Wetlands —Aquatic Birds
• Invertebrates
• Think Tank
• Great Cats
• Bat Cave
• Gibbon Range
• Seals and Sea Lions
• Bears
• Amazonia
• Prairie — Bison
• Valley Trail —North American Animals
Earth in the Solar System
National Air & Space Museum • Exploring the Planets
National Museum of Natural History • Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals
Changes in Earth and sky
National Air & Space Museum • Looking at Earth
National Museum of Natural History • Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals
History and Nature of Science
Science as human endeavor
National Museum of American History • Engines of Change
• Information Age
• Science in American Life
National Museum of Natural History • Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals
• Insect Zoo
• Fossil Lab
• Early Life
• Fossil Plants
• Dinosaurs
• Fossil Mammals
• Ancient Seas
• Ice Age
• Living Fossils
• Reptiles
• Discovery Room
• Naturalist Center
• Western Cultures
• African Voices
• South America: Continent and Culture
• Asian Cultures
• Native Cultures of the Americas
National Portrait Gallery • Galleries of Notable Americans, Second Floor
• Forming an American Culture 1760-1860 (South Corridor)
• Industry, Change and Reform 1870-1915 (#211)
• Exploration and Discovery (#218)
National Zoological Park • Bird House
• Cheetah Conservation Station
• Prairie
• Giant Panda
• Large Mammal House
• Small Mammal House
• Think Tank
• Great Cats
• Milk & Mothering
• Amazonia Science Gallery
Motions and forces
National Air & Space Museum • How Things Fly
Energy
National Zoological Park • Amazonia Science Gallery
Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
Personal health
National Museum of American History • Science in American Life
Populations, resources, and environments
National Museum of Natural History • Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals
• Western Cultures
• Pacific Cultures
• Native Culture of the Americas
• South America: Continent and Culture
• African Voices
National Postal Museum • Artistic License:The Duck Stamp Story
• Binding the Nation
National Zoological Park • Wetlands
• Prairie
• Amazonia
• Amazonia Science Gallery
Resources
National Museum of American History • Science in American Life
National Museum of Natural History • Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals
National Zoological Park • Wetlands
• Prairie
• Amazonia
• Amazonia Science Gallery
Changes in environment
National Museum of American History • Science in American Life
National Museum of Natural History • Early Life
• Fossil Plants
• Dinosaurs
• Fossil Mammals
• Ancient Seas
• Ice Age
National Zoological Park • Wetlands
• Prairie
• Amazonia
• Amazonia Science Gallery
Science and technology in society
National Museum of American History • Engines of Change
• Information Age
• Material World
• On Time
• Science in American Life
National Postal Museum • Customers and Communities
National Zoological Park • Think Tank
• Amazonia Science Gallery

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