Wisconsin Academic Content Standards Addressed in This WebQuest

Physical Education Standards

A 4.1

Select and participate regularly in physical activities for the purpose of improving skill and maintaining good health

A 4.2

Describe healthful benefits that result from regular physical activity

A 4.3

Identify several moderate to vigorous physical activities that provide personal pleasure

B 4.4

Apply combined movement skills in a variety of settings such as developing and refining a creative dance sequence into repeatable patterns

C 4.4

Identify and apply characteristics and critical elements of highly skilled performance to develop movement competence or proficiency such as using internal and external information to modify movement during performance

D 4.1

Identify and apply characteristics and critical elements of highly skilled performance to develop movement competence or proficiency such as using internal and external information to modify movement during performance

D 4.3

Celebrate personal successes and achievements as well as those of others

D 4.4

Use physical activity as a means of self-expression

F 4.1

Follow activity-specific rules, procedures, and etiquette with little or no reinforcement

F 4.2

Utilize safety principles in activity situations

F 4.3

Work productively with a partner to improve skills, for example improve the overhand throw pattern for distance by using the critical elements of the process

F 4.4

Work independently and on task for short periods of time

F 4.5

Accept the teacher’s decision regarding a personal rule infraction without displaying negative reactions toward others

G 4.2

Demonstrate acceptance of the skill and ability of others through verbal and nonverbal behavior

Dance Standards

A 4.1

Recognize and explore space, time, and force as the three elements of dance

A 4.2

Define and maintain personal space and move safely in groups throughout the general space

A 4.9

Demonstrate rhythmic awareness by moving to a musical beat and responding to changes in tempo

A 4.11

Develop kinesthetic awareness (movement perception and muscle sense)

A 4.12

Develop kinesthetic awareness (movement perception and muscle sense)

B 4.1

Recognize and apply the laws of motion, such as gravity and momentum, while exploring movement

B 4.2

Study efficient principles of movement

B 4.3

Develop awareness of body alignment while performing basic movement sequences

B 4.4

Develop strength, flexibility, balance, and neuromuscular coordination

B 4.5

Develop and value a positive body image

C 4.1

Use improvisation to explore, discover, and invent movement

D 4.1

Create a sequence with a beginning, middle, and an end, with and without rhythmic accompaniment

D 4.2

Create a dance phrase, repeat it, and vary it (making changes in the space, time, and/or force or energy)

D 4.3

Demonstrate the following skills: leading, following, echoing, and mirroring

D 4.4

Integrate the basic compositional elements of unity, contrast, repetition, and variety into dances

D 4.5

Demonstrate the ability to work effectively alone, cooperatively with a partner, and in small groups

E 4.5

Create a dance project that reveals understanding of a concept or idea

F 4.1

Discover their potential for communicating through movement

Music Standards

H 4.2

Identify ways in which the principles and subject matter of other disciplines taught in the school are interrelated with those of music

Information and Technology Literacy Standards

A 4.1

Use common media and technology terminology and equipment

A 4.4

Use a computer and communications software to access and transmit information

B 4.2

Develop information seeking strategies

B 4.3

Locate and access information sources

B 4.6

Interpret and use information to solve the problem or answer the question

C 4.4

Demonstrate self-motivation and increasing responsibility for their learning

D 4.1

Participate productively in workgroups or other collaborative learning environments

D 4.2

Use information, media, and technology in a responsible manner

Technology Standards

A 4.1

Discover that technology is know-how that extends human capabilities to solve problems or enhances the quality of life while science helps us to discover what is natural

A 4.2

Realize that all humans engage in technological activities; therefore, everyone is a technologist

A 4.8

Use tools to observe, measure, make things, and transfer information

C 4.6

Demonstrate simple problem-solving strategies