This project covers Core Curriculum Content Standards from all of the following areas:
 

Science:

• Standard 5.1: All Students Will Learn To Identify Systems Of Interacting Components And Understand How Their Interactions Combine To Produce The Overall Behavior Of The System.
• Standard 5.2: All Students Will Develop Problem-Solving, Decision-Making And Inquiry Skills, Reflected By Formulating Usable Questions And Hypotheses, Planning Experiments, Conducting Systematic Observations, Interpreting And Analyzing Data, Drawing Conclusions, And Communicating Results.
• Standard 5.4: All Students Will Develop An Understanding Of Technology As An Application Of Scientific Principles.
• Standard 5.5: All Students Will Integrate Mathematics As A Tool For Problem-Solving In Science, And As A Means Of Expressing And/Or Modeling Scientific Theories.
• Standard 5.6: All Students Will Gain An Understanding Of The Structure, Characteristics, And Basic Needs Of Organisms.
• Standard 5.7: All Students Will Investigate The Diversity Of Life.
• Standard 5.8: All Students Will Gain An Understanding Of The Structure And Behavior Of Matter.
• Standard 5.9: All Students Will Gain An Understanding Of Natural Laws As They Apply To Motion, Forces, And Energy Transformations.
• Standard 5.10: All Students Will Gain An Understanding Of The Structure, Dynamics, And Geophysical Systems Of The Earth.
• Standard 5.12: All Students Will Develop An Understanding Of The Environment As A System Of Interdependent Components Affected By Human Activity And Natural Phenomena.

Social Studies:

• Standard 6.7: All Students Will Acquire Geographical Understanding By Studying The World In Spatial Terms.
• Standard 6.9: All Students Will Acquire Geographical Understanding By Studying The Environment And Society.

Math:

• Standard 4.1: All Students Will Develop The Ability To Pose And Solve Mathematical Problems In Mathematics, Other Disciplines, And Everyday Experiences.
• Standard 4.2: All Students Will Communicate Mathematically Through Written, Oral, Symbolic, And Visual Forms Of Expression.
• Standard 4.3: All Students Will Connect Mathematics To Other Learning By Understanding The Interrelationships Of Mathematical Ideas And The Roles That Mathematics And Mathematical Modeling Play In Other Disciplines And In Life.
• Standard 4.4: All Students Will Develop Reasoning Ability And Will Become Self-Reliant, Independent Mathematical Thinkers.
• Standard 4.5: All Students Will Regularly And Routinely Use Calculators, Computers, Manipulatives, And Other Mathematical Tools To Enhance Mathematical Thinking, Understanding, And Power.
• Standard 4.6: All Students Will Develop Number Sense And An Ability To Represent Numbers In A Variety Of Forms And Use Numbers In Diverse Situations.
• Standard 4.7: All Students Will Develop Spatial Sense And An Ability To Use Geometric Properties And Relationships To Solve Problems In Mathematics And In Everyday Life.
• Standard 4.8: All Students Will Understand, Select, And Apply Various Methods Of Performing Numerical Operations.
• Standard 4.9: All Students Will Develop An Understanding Of And Will Use Measurement To Describe And Analyze Phenomena.
• Standard 4.10: All Students Will Use A Variety Of Estimation Strategies And Recognize Situations In Which Estimation Is Appropriate.
• Standard 4.11: All Students Will Develop An Understanding Of Patterns, Relationships, And Functions And Will Use Them To Represent And Explain Real-World Phenomena.
• Standard 4.12: All Students Will Develop An Understanding Of Statistics And Probability And Will Use Them To Describe Sets Of Data, Model Situations, And Support Appropriate Inferences And Arguments.
• ???Standard 4.13: All Students Will Develop An Understanding Of Algebraic Concepts And Processes And Will Use Them To Represent And Analyze Relationships Among Variable Quantities And To Solve Problems.
• Standard 4.14: All Students Will Apply The Concepts And Methods Of Discrete Mathematics To Model And Explore A Variety Of Practical Situations.
• Standard 4.15: All Students Will Develop An Understanding Of The Conceptual Building Blocks Of Calculus And Will Use Them To Model And Analyze Natural Phenomena.
• Standard 4.16: All Students Will Demonstrate High Levels Of Mathematical Thought Through Experiences Which Extend Beyond Traditional Computation, Algebra, And Geometry.

Language And Arts Literacy:

• Standard 3.1: All Students Will Speak For A Variety Of Real Purposes And Audiences.
• Standard 3.2: All Students Will Listen Actively In A Variety Of Situations To Information From A Variety Of Sources.
• Standard 3.3: All Students Will Write In Clear, Concise, Organized Language That Varies In Content And Form For Different Audiences And Purposes.
• Standard 3.4: All Students Will Read Various Materials And Texts With Comprehension And Critical Analysis.
• Standard 3.5: All Students Will View, Understand, And Use Nontextual Visual Information.

Cross-Content Workplace Readiness:

• Standard 1: All students will develop career planning and workplace readiness skills.
• Standard 2: All students will use technology, information and other tools.
• Standard 3: All students will use critical thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Standard 4: All students will demonstrate self-management skills.
• Standard 5: All students will apply safety principles.

To go directly to the New Jersey CCCS page, click below:

http://www.state.nj.us/njded/cccs/index.html

For further information on Education Standards see the following:

NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards
National Science Education Standards
NCTM Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics
National Educational Technology Standards
Educational Standards Resource Page

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