The Nevada Science Standards represent a common core for curriculum throughout Nevada's schools. The Nevada Science Standards are intended to provide Nevada students with a rich, thorough, and varied science education to prepare them for the challenges, discoveries, and demands of life in the 21st century. The two main sections of the document provide content standards for grades 2, 3, 5, 8, and 12, indicators of progress for grades K, 1, 4, 6, and 7, and Performance Level Descriptors. (MM)