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Wisconsin Academic Content Standards
Geography:
A.12.1			Use various types of atlases and appropriate vocabulary to describe the physical attributes of a place or region, employing such concepts as climate, plate tectonics, volcanism, and landforms, and to describe the human attributes, employing such concepts as demographics, birth and death rates, doubling time, emigration, and immigration.
A.12.2			Analyze information generated from a computer about a place, including statistical sources, aerial and satellite images, and three-dimensional models.
Mathematics:
A.12.1			Use reason and logic to evaluate information perceive patterns identify relationships formulate questions, pose problems, and make and test conjectures pursue ideas that lead to further understanding and deeper insight
A.12.2			Communicate logical arguments and clearly show why a result does or does not make sense why the reasoning is or is not valid an understanding of the difference between examples that support a conjecture and a proof of the conjecture
A.12.5			Organize work and present mathematical procedures and results clearly, systematically, succinctly, and correctly
A.12.6			Read and understand mathematical texts and other instructional materials writing about mathematics (e.g., articles in journals) mathematical ideas as they are used in other contexts
B.12.3			Perform and explain operations on real numbers (add, subtract, multiply, divide, raise to a power, extract a root, take opposites and reciprocals, determine absolute value)
B.12.5			Create and critically evaluate numerical arguments presented in a variety of classroom and real-world situations (e.g., political, economic, scientific, social)
B.12.6			Routinely assess the acceptable limits of error when evaluating strategies testing the reasonableness of results using technology to carry out computations
D.12.1		*Identify, describe, and use derived attributes (e.g., density, speed, acceleration, pressure) to represent and solve problem situations**
D.12.2		*Select and use tools with appropriate degree of precision to determine measurements directly within specified degrees of accuracy and error (tolerance)**
D.12.3		Determine measurements indirectly*, using estimation proportional reasoning, including those involving squaring and cubing (e.g., reasoning that areas of circles are proportional to the squares of their radii) techniques of algebra, geometry, and right triangle trigonometry formulas in applications (e.g., for compound interest, distance formula) geometric formulas to derive lengths, areas, or volumes of shapes and objects (e.g., cones, parallelograms, cylinders, pyramids) geometric relationships and properties of circles and polygons (e.g., size of central angles, area of a sector of a circle) conversion constants to relate measures in one system to another (e.g., meters to feet, dollars to Deutschmarks)
E.12 .1		Work with data in the context of real-world situations by formulating hypotheses that lead to collection and analysis of one- and two-variable data designing a data collection plan that considers random sampling, control groups, the role of assumptions, etc. conducting an investigation based on that plan using technology to generate displays, summary statistics*, and presentations
E.12.3		Interpret and analyze information from organized and displayed data when given measures of dispersion, including standard deviation and variance measures of reliability measures of correlation
Information and Technology Literacy:
A.12.1			Use common media and technology terminology and equipment
A.12.4			Use a computer and communications software to access and transmit information.
B.12.1			Define the need for information
B.12.2			Develop information-seeking strategies
B.12.3			Locate and access information sources
B.12.4			Evaluate and select information from a variety of print, nonprint, and electronic formats
B.12.5			Record and organize information
B.12.6			Interpret and use information to solve the problem or answer the question
B.12.7			Communicate the results of research and inquiry in an appropriate format
B.12.8			Evaluate the information product and process
C.12.1			Pursue information related to various dimensions of personal well-being and academic success
C.12.3			Develop competence and selectivity in reading, listening, and viewing
C.12.4			Demonstrate self-motivation and increasing responsibility for their learning
D.12.1			Participate productively in workgroups or other collaborative learning environments
D.12.2			Use information, media, and technology in a responsible manner
Science:
A.12.1	*Apply the underlying themes* of science to develop defensible visions of the future**
A.12.2	Show* how conflicting assumptions about science themes* lead to different opinions and decisions about evolution, health, population, longevity, education, and use of resources, and show how these opinions and decisions have diverse effects on an individual, a community, and a country, both now and in the future
A.12.4	Construct* arguments that show* how conflicting models* and explanations* of events can start with similar evidence*
A.12.5	*Show how the ideas and themes* of science can be used to make real-life decisions about careers, work places, life-styles, and use of resources**
B.12.1	*Show how cultures and individuals have contributed to the development of major ideas in the earth and space, life and environmental, and physical sciences**
B.12.3	*Relate the major themes* of science to human progress in understanding science and the world**
B.12.5	*Explain how science is based on assumptions about the natural world and themes* that describe the natural world**
C.12.1	When studying science content, ask questions suggested by current social issues, scientific literature, and observations* of phenomena; build hypotheses that might answer some of these questions; design possible investigations*; and describe results that might emerge from such investigations
C.12.4	*During investigations, choose the best data-collection procedures and materials available, use them competently, and calculate the degree of precision of the resulting data**
C.12.5	Use the explanations* and models* found in the earth and space, life and environmental and physical sciences to develop likely explanations* for the results of their investigations*
E. 12.1	*Analyze the benefits, costs, and limitations of past, present, and projected use of resources and technology and explain* the consequences to the environment**
E.12.4	*Analyze the benefits, costs, and limitations of past, present, and projected use of resources and technology and explain* the consequences to the environment**
F.12.6	*Using concepts of evolution and heredity, account for changes* in species and the diversity of species, include the influence of these changes on science, e.g., breeding of plants or animals**
G.12.3	*Analyze the costs, benefits, or problems resulting from a scientific or technological innovation, including implications for the individual and the community**