Wisconsin Academic Content Standards Addressed in
this WebQuest
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English Language Arts |
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A. Reading/Literature |
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A.4.1 |
Use effective reading strategies to achieve their purposes in reading |
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A.4.2 |
Read, interpret, and critically analyze literature |
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A.4.3 |
Read and discuss literary and nonliterary texts in order to understand human experience |
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A.4.4 |
Read to acquire information |
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B. Writing |
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B.4.1 |
Create or produce writing to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes |
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B.4.2 |
Plan, revise, edit, and publish clear and effective writing |
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B.4.3 |
Understand the function of various forms, structures, and punctuation marks of standard American English and use them appropriately in written communications |
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C. Oral Language |
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C.4.1 |
Orally communicate information, opinions, and ideas effectively to different audiences for a variety of purposes |
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C.4.2 |
Listen to and comprehend oral communications |
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C.4.3 |
Participate effectively in discussion |
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D. Language |
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D.4.1 |
Develop their vocabulary and ability to use words, phrases, idioms, and various grammatical structures as a means of improving communication |
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D.4.2 |
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 |
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E. Media & Technology |
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E.4.1 |
Use computers to acquire, organize, analyze, and communicate information |
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E.4.5 |
Analyze and edit media work as appropriate to audience and purpose * |
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F. Research & Inquiry |
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F.4.1 |
Conduct research and inquiry on self-selected or assigned topics, issues, or problems and use an appropriate form to communicate their findings |
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Science |
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A. Science Connections |
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A.4.1 |
When conducting science investigations*, ask and answer questions that will help decide the general areas of science being addressed |
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A.4.2 |
When faced with a science-related problem, decide what evidence*, models*, or explanations* previously studied can be used to better understand* what is happening now |
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A.4.3 |
When investigating* a science-related problem, decide what data can be collected to determine the most useful explanations* |
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A.4.4 |
When studying science-related problems, decide which of the science themes are important |
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A.4.5 |
When studying
a science-related problem, decide what changes over time are occurring or
have occurred |
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B. Nature of Science |
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B.4.1 |
Use encyclopedias, source books, texts, computers, teachers, parents, other adults, journals, popular press, and various other sources, to help answer science-related questions and plan investigations |
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C. Science Inquiry |
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C.4.1 |
Use the vocabulary of the unifying themes* to ask questions about objects, organisms, and events being studied |
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C.4.2 |
Use the science content being learned to ask questions, plan investigations*, make observations*, make predictions*, and offer explanations* |
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C.4.3 |
Select multiple sources of information to help answer questions selected for classroom investigations* |
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C.4.5 |
Use data they have collected to develop explanations* and answer questions generated by investigations* |
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C.4.6 |
Communicate the results of their investigations* in ways their audiences will understand by using charts, graphs, drawings, written descriptions, and various other means |
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C.4.7 |
Support their conclusions with logical arguments |
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C.4.8 |
Ask additional questions that might help focus or further an investigation |
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F. Life & Environmental Science |
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F.4.1 |
Discover* how each organism meets its basic needs for water, nutrients, protection, and energy* in order to survive |
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F.4.2 |
Investigate* how organisms, especially plants, respond to both internal cues (the need for water) and external cues (changes in the environment) |
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F.4.3 |
Illustrate the different ways that
organisms grow through life stages and survive to produce new members of
their type |
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Information & Technology Literacy |
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A. Media & Technology |
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A.4.1 |
Use common media and technology terminology and equipment |
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A.4.2 |
Identify and use common media formats |
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A.4.3 |
Use a computer and productivity software to organize and create information |
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A.4.4 |
Use a computer and communications software to access and transmit information |
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A.4.5 |
Use media and technology to create and present information |
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B. Information & Inquiry |
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B.4.2 |
Develop information seeking strategies |
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B.4.3 |
Locate and access information sources |
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B.4.4 |
Evaluate and select information from a variety of print, nonprint, and electronic formats |
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B.4.5 |
Record and organize information |
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B.4.6 |
Interpret and use information to solve the problem or answer the question |
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B.4.7 |
Communicate the results of research and inquiry in an appropriate format |
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C. Independent Learning |
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C.4.2 |
Appreciate and derive meaning from literature and other creative expressions of information |
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C.4.3 |
Develop competence and selectivity in reading, listening, and viewing |
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C.4.4 |
Demonstrate self-motivation and increasing responsibility for their learning |
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D. The Learning Community |
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D.4.1 |
Participate productively in workgroups or other collaborative learning environments |
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D.4.2 |
Use information, media, and technology in a responsible manner |
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Visual Arts |
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C. Visual Design
and Production |
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C.4.2 |
Explore what makes quality design
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C.4.4 |
Use design to improve artwork |
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C.4.5 |
Look at nature and works of art as visual resources |
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C.4.6 |
Use sketching to develop ideas for their artwork |
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C.4.7 |
Develop basic skills to produce quality
art |
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C.4.8 |
Explore the natural
characteristics of materials and their possibilities and limitations
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C.4.9 |
Be aware of their creative
processes to better understand their work
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C.4.10 |
Develop
personal responsibility for their learning and creative processes |
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E: VISUAL
COMMUNICATION AND EXPRESSION |
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E.4.1 |
Communicate basic ideas by producing
studio art forms, such as drawings, paintings, prints, sculpture, jewelry,
fibers, and ceramics |
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E.4.4 |
Communicate basic ideas by producing
visual communication forms useful in everyday life, such as sketches,
diagrams, graphs, plans, and models |
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E.4.5 |
Use the visual arts to express ideas that
cannot be expressed by words alone |
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K: MAKING CONNECTIONS |
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K.4.1 |
Connect their knowledge and skills in art
to other areas, such as the humanities, sciences, social studies, and
technology |
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K.4.3 |
Use what they are learning about life,
nature, the physical world, and people to create art |