Standard - RST.9-10.1:
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions.

Standard - RST.9-10.2:
Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; trace the text's explanation or depiction of a complex process, phenomenon, or concept; provide an accurate summary of the text.

Standard - RST.9-10.3:
Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks, attending to special cases or exceptions defined in the text.

Standard - RST.9-10.4:
Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 9-10 texts and topics.

Standard - RST.9-10.5:
Analyze the structure of the relationships among concepts in a text, including relationships among key terms (e.g., force, friction, reaction force, energy).

Standard - RST.9-10.6:
Analyze the author's purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text, defining the question the author seeks to address.

Standard - RST.9-10.7:
Translate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text into visual form (e.g., a table or chart) and translate information expressed visually or mathematically (e.g., in an equation) into words.

Standard - RST.9-10.8:
Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author's claim or a recommendation for solving a scientific or technical problem.

Standard - RST.9-10.9:
Compare and contrast findings presented in a text to those from other sources (including their own experiments), noting when the findings support or contradict previous explanations or accounts.

Standard - RST.9-10.10:
By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.