It wouldn't surprise me if the science curriculum had to paired down due to schools having a finite amount of time with students, and choosing to spend that time focus on stuff that drives Reading and Math scores on testing like the NCLB.
You will get future updates as well (although not on the marketplace.) We are currently beta testing our Android app which will make it easy, which should be publicly launched in the next few days.
When my friends try to get me to switch to Ubuntu I always have a hard time describing why I dont wanto. It's hard to pinpoint when looking at all the individual components of the Ubuntu desktop but this sentence really sums it up well.
On the flip side, I recently tested a full restart of 10.04 from Ubuntu desktop to Ubuntu desktop. took exactly 14 seconds. Incredible.
> The exams measure knowledge and understanding of physical, life, Earth and space sciences.
> In California, eighth-grade students are only taught in physical science, not in Earth or space sciences