ITLS Standards

A.8.1 Use common media and technology terminology and equipment

A.8.2 Identify and use common media formats

A.8.3 Use a computer and productivity software to organize and create information

A.8.5 Use media and technology to create and present information

B.8.2 Develop information seeking strategies

B.8.5 Record and organize information

B.8.7 Communicate the results of research and inquiry in an appropriate format

C.8.4 Demonstrate self-motivation and increasing responsibility for their learning

D.8.1 Participate productively in workgroups or other collaborative learning environments

D.8.2 Use information, media, and technology in a responsible manner

English/Language Arts Standards

A.8.1 Use effective reading strategies to achieve their purposes in reading.

A.8.4 Read to acquire information.

B.8.1 Create or produce writing to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.

B.8.2 Plan, revise, edit, and publish clear and effective writing.

C.8.1 Orally communicate information, opinions, and ideas effectively to different audiences for a variety of purposes

C.8.2 Listen to and comprehend oral communications.

Social Sciences Standards

B.8.4 Explain how and why events may be interpreted differently depending upon the perspectives of participants, witnesses, reporters, and historians

Science Standards

C.8.1 Identify questions they can investigate using resources and equipment they have available

C.8.3 Design and safely conduct investigations that provide reliable quantitative or qualitative data, as appropriate, to answer their questions

E.8.7 Describe the general structure of the solar system, galaxies, and the universe, explaining the nature of the evidence used to develop current models of the universe

E.8.8 Using past and current models of the structure of the solar system, explain the daily, monthly, yearly, and long-term cycles of the earth, citing evidence gained from personal observation as well as evidence used by scientists