Standards Addressed in this Project

Math, Science and Technology Standards

Standard 3: Students will understand mathematics and become mathematically confident by communicating and reasoning mathematically, by applying mathematics in real-world settings, and by solving problems through the integrated study of number systems, geometry, algebra, data analysis, probability, and trigonometry.

Standard 4: Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment and recognize the historical development of ideas in science.

Social Studies Standards

Standard 4: Geography - use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the geography of the interdependent world in which we live—local, national, and global—including the distribution of people, places, and environments over the Earth’s surface.

English Language Arts Standards

Standard 1: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.
Standard 4: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for social interaction.

Standard 1: The student is an information navigator.
Use the Internet and other electronic resources for research and digital media retrieval
Use electronics to communicate and collaborate with others. For example, communicate with outside groups, classes, and experts via e-mail, the Internet and/or video conferencing

Standard 3: The student is a builder of knowledge using technology, media and telecommunications.
Use input and output devices to successfully use modern technologies.
Use a variety of technology resources and applications to facilitate learning throughout the curriculum and support personal, academic and professional productivity

Standard 4: The student is an effective communicator through a variety of appropriate technologies/media.
Design, develop, publish, and present multimedia and online products using technology resources that demonstrate and communicate curriculum concepts to audiences inside and outside the classroom

Standard 5: The student is a discriminating selector of appropriate technology for specific purposes.
Determine when technology is useful and select the appropriate tool(s) and technology resources to address a variety of tasks and problems

Standard 6: The student is a technician.
Understand and communicate, using accurate terminology, common uses of technology in daily life and the advantages and disadvantages those uses provide
Understand and effectively utilize a networked computer system
Apply strategies for identifying and solving routine hardware and software problems

Standard 7: The student is a responsible citizen, worker, learner, community member and family member in a technological age.
Advocate and apply positive social and ethical behaviors when using technology and identify the consequences of misuse