Standards

=**Standards Met:**= Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students: a. apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes. c. use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues. d. identify trends and forecast possibilities. Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students: a. plan strategies to guide inquiry. b. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media. c. evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks. d. process data and report results. Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources. Students: a. identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation. b. plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project. c. collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions.
 * NETS:**

//English:// 6.1.spi..7. select questions to clarify thinking //Math:// 6.5.spi.2. interpret bar and line graphs to answer questions and solve real-world problems; 6.5.spi.7. connect data sets and their graphical representations (i.e., bar graphs, circle, graphs, and stem-and-leaf plots); 6.5.spi.8. make conjectures and predictions based on data; 6.5.tpi.7. make conjectures from data to formulate new questions for further investigation. //Reading:// 6.1.spi..7. select questions to clarify thinking 6.1.spi.19. select sources from which to gather information on a given topic and determine their reliability. History: 6.3.spi.5. use a variety of maps to understand geographic and historical information 6.4.tpi.9. explain how wealth affects a community's governance system.
 * 6th Grade TN Curriculum**

//Language/Writing:// 701.4.2 Gather relevant information from a variety of print and electronic sources, as well as from direct observation, interviews, and surveys. 701.4.1 Narrow a topic so that the research process is manageable and the controlling idea is focused. 701.4.2 Take and organize notes on what is known and what needs to be researched about the topic. 701.4.3 Focus on relevant information and/or theories. 701.4.8 Provide relevant research information to develop and support a complicated topic. 701.4.9 Analyze and interpret data in multiple forms (e.g., a bar or circle graph) on a familiar topic 701.4.10 Collect evidence in various ways (e.g., gathering relevant reasons, examples, and facts; defining key terms and ideas; identifying relationships such as cause-effect). 701.5.6 Determine the relevance and quality of evidence given to support or oppose an argument. 701.5.7 Compare and contrast evidence and conclusions between two or more arguments on the same topic. //Social Studies:// 7.1.03 Appreciate the relationship between physical environments and culture. 7.2.spi.3. define demographic concepts. (i.e. population, population distribution, population density, growth rate) 7.2.spi.4. interpret economic issues as expressed with maps, tables, diagrams, and charts 7.3.tpi.17. use population data sheets to further understand a community's demographics. 7.5.spi.2. identify reasons why people choose to settle in different places (i.e., occupation, family, climate, natural resources). //Math:// 7.2.spi.4. generalize patterns in data represented in tables and graphs; 7.5.spi.1. interpret bar and line graphs to answer questions and solve real-world problems 7.5.tpi.1. construct bar and line graphs to represent data from tables and real-world problems 7.5.tpi.5. identify appropriate data sources to address questions or hypotheses;
 * 7th Grade TN Curriculum**
 * 1) Identify characteristics of a physical environment that contribute to the growth and development of a culture.
 * 2) Compare how cultures differ in their use of similar environments and resources.

//English:// 8.1.spi.3. locate information using available text features (e.g., maps, charts, graphics, indexes, glossaries, tables of contents, and appendices). 8.2.spi.1. complete a graphic organizer //Math:// 8.5.tpi.3. select and create appropriate graphical representations of real-world data 8.5.tpi.4. explain the relationship between data sets and their graphical representations 8.5.tpi.7. make conjectures to formulate new questions for future studies; Reading: 8.1.spi.3. locate information using available text features //Social Studies:// 8.2.spi.5. identify various forms of taxation 8.3.spi.2. identify and use the key geographic elements on maps 8.3.tpi.9. calculate information gathered from geographic maps, charts, and graphs 8.4.tpi.10. compare and contrast state governments with federal governments 8.5.tpi.13. compare and contrast regions of the United States 8.6.spi.2. recognize the impact groups have on change at the local, state, national, and world levels
 * 8th Grade TN Curriculum**:

High School Standards