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

D.8.2 Recognize and interpret various uses and adaptations of language in social, cultural, regional, and professional situations, and learn to be flexible and responsive in their use of English.

F.8.1 Conduct research and inquiry on self-selected or assigned topics, issues, or problems and use an appropriate form to communicate their findings

Math Standards

A.8.1 Use reasoning abilities to evaluate information, perceive patterns, identify relationships, formulate questions for further exploration, evaluate strategies, justify statements, test reasonableness of results, defend work

A.8.4 Develop effective oral and written presentations

B.8.2 Perform and explain operations on rational* numbers

B.8.3 Generate and explain equivalencies among fractions, decimals, and percents

B.8.5 Apply proportional thinking in a variety of problem situations

D.8.2 Demonstrate understanding of basic measurement facts, principles, and techniques including the following

D.8.4 Determine measurements indirectly*

E.8.1 Work with data in the context of real-world situations

E.8.2 Organize and display data from statistical investigations

E.8.4 Use the results of data analysis

F.8.1 Work with algebraic expressions in a variety of ways

F.8.2 Work with linear and nonlinear patterns* and relationships in a variety of ways

Science Standards

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

C.8.2 Identify* data and locate sources of information including their own records to answer the questions being investigated

C.8.7 Explain* their data and conclusions in ways that allow an audience to understand the questions they selected for investigation* and the answers they have developed

C.8.8 Use computer software and other technologies to organize, process, and present their data

H.8.1 Evaluate* the scientific evidence* used in various media (for example, television, radio, Internet, popular press, and scientific journals) to address a social issue, using criteria of accuracy, logic, bias, relevance of data, and credibility of sources

H.8.3 Understand* the consequences of decisions affecting personal health and safety

Social Science Standards

D.8.8 Explain how and why people who start new businesses take risks to provide goods and services, considering profits as an incentive

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.8.4 Use a computer and communications software to access and transmit information

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

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

C.8.1 Pursue information related to various dimensions of personal well-being and academic success

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