Foster collaboration and create authentic learning experiences for students in an interdisciplinary environment.
W.3.7
Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
W.3.8
Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.
SL.3.1
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
SL.3.4
Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
SL.3.6
Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.
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Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
SL.4.4
Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
SL.4.5
Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.
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Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
SL.5.4
Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
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Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.
W.6.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
W.6.6
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others, while demonstrating sufficient command of keyboarding skills.
W.6.7
Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate.
SL.6.1
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
SL.6.2
Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study.
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Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
W.7.6
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and link to and cite sources, as well as to interact and collaborate with others, including linking to and citing sources.
W.7.7
Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions for further research and investigation.
SL.7.1
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 7 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
SL.7.2
Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how the ideas clarify a topic, text, or issue under study.
SL.7.5
Include multimedia components and visual displays in presentations to clarify claims and findings and emphasize salient points.
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Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
W.8.6
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently, as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
W.8.7
Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
SL.8.4
Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with relevant evidence, sound valid reasoning, and well-chosen details; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.
SL.8.5
Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest.
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Select and use digital learning tools/devices to support planning, implementing and reflecting upon a defined task.
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Evaluate digital learning tools/devices to support planning, implementing and reflecting across curricular areas.
IC.SLE.5.a
Use public domain or Creative Commons media, and refrain from copying or using material created by others without permission.
CloseMP.1
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
MP.2
Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
MP.3
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
MP.4
Model with Mathematics
MP.5
Use appropriate tools strategically.
MP.6
Attend to precision
MP.7
Look for and make use of structure
MP.8
Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning
3.MD.8
Solve real -world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, finding an unknown side length, and exhibiting rectangles with the same perimeter and different areas or with the same area and different perimeters.
3.OA.8
Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter or a symbol, which stands for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.
3.MD.5
Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement. a. A square with side length 1 unit, called “a unit square,” is said to have “one square unit” of area, and can be used to measure area. b. A plane figure which can be covered without gaps or overlaps by n unit squares is said to have an area of n square units.
3.MD.6
Measure areas by counting unit squares (square cm, square m, square in, square ft, and improvised units).
3.MD.7
Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition. a. Find the area of a rectangle with whole number side lengths by tiling it, and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths
3.G.1
Draw and describe triangles, quadrilaterals (rhombuses, rectangles, and squares), and polygons (up to 8 sides) based on the number of sides and the presence or absence of square corners (right angles).
3.G.2
Partition shapes into parts with equal areas. Express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole.
CloseMP.1
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
MP.2
Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
MP.3
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
MP.4
Model with Mathematics
MP.5
Use appropriate tools strategically.
MP.6
Attend to precision
MP.7
Look for and make use of structure
MP.8
Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning
4.OA.2
Multiply or divide to solve word problems involving multiplicative comparison, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, distinguishing multiplicative comparison from additive comparison
4.OA.3
Solve multistep word problems posed with whole numbers and having whole number answers using the four operations, including problems in which remainders must be interpreted. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding
4.MD.2
Solve real-world problems involving money, time, and metric measurement.
4.MD.3
Develop efficient strategies to determine the area and perimeter of rectangles in real-world situations and mathematical problems.
4.G.1
Draw points, lines, line segments, rays, angles (right, acute, and obtuse), and perpendicular and parallel lines. Identify these in two- dimensional figures.
4.G.2
Classify two-dimensional figures based on the presence or absence of parallel or perpendicular lines or the presence or absence of angles of a specified size.
CloseMP.1
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
MP.2
Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
MP.3
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
MP.4
Model with Mathematics
MP.5
Use appropriate tools strategically.
MP.6
Attend to precision
MP.7
Look for and make use of structure
MP.8
Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning
5.MD.5
Relate volume to the operations of multiplication and addition and solve real-world and mathematical problems involving volume.
5.NBT.7
Solve real-world problems by adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction, or multiplication and division; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.
5.NF.2
Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole, including cases of unlike denominators, e.g., by using visual fraction models G or equations to represent the problem. Use benchmark fractions and number sense of fractions to estimate mentally and assess the reasonableness of answers.
5.NF.6
Solve real-world problems involving multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem.
5.G.3
Identify and describe commonalities and differences between types of triangles based on angle measures (equiangular, right, acute, and obtuse triangles) and side lengths (isosceles, equilateral, and scalene triangles).
5.G.4
Identify and describe commonalities and differences between types of quadrilaterals based on angle measures, side lengths, and the presence or absence of parallel and perpendicular lines, e.g., squares, rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids G, and rhombuses.
CloseMP.1
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
MP.2
Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
MP.3
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
MP.4
Model with Mathematics
MP.5
Use appropriate tools strategically.
MP.6
Attend to precision
MP.7
Look for and make use of structure
MP.8
Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning
6.EE.1
Write and evaluate numerical expressions involving whole number exponents.
6.EE.2
Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers.
6.EE.9
Use variables to represent two quantities in a real-world problem that change in relationship to one another; write an equation to express one quantity, thought of as the dependent variable, in terms of the other quantity, thought of as the independent variable. Analyze the relationship between the dependent and independent variables using graphs and tables, and relate these to the equation.
6.G.1
Through composition into rectangles or decomposition into triangles, find the area of right triangles, other triangles, special quadrilaterals, and polygons; apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.
CloseMP.1
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
MP.2
Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
MP.3
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
MP.4
Model with Mathematics
MP.5
Use appropriate tools strategically.
MP.6
Attend to precision
MP.7
Look for and make use of structure
MP.8
Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning
7.NS.3
Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving the four operations with rational numbers. Computations with rational numbers extend the rules for manipulating fractions to complex fractions.
7.EE.3
Solve multi-step real-life and mathematical problems posed with positive and negative rational numbers in any form (whole numbers, fractions, and decimals), using tools strategically. Apply properties of operations to calculate with numbers in any form; convert between forms as appropriate; and assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies.
7.G.6
Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, volume, and surface area of two- and three-dimensional objects composed of triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, cubes, and right prisms.
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Plants and animals have life cycles that are part of their adaptations for survival in their natural environments
3.ESS.1
Earth’s nonliving resources have specific properties.
Close4.LS.1
Changes in an organism’s environment are sometimes beneficial to its survival and sometimes harmful.
Close5.LS.1
Organisms perform a variety of roles in an ecosystem.
Close6.ESS.4
Soil is unconsolidated material that contains nutrient matter and weathered rock.
6.ESS.5
Rocks, minerals, and soils have common and practical uses.
Close7.LS.2
In any particular biome, the number, growth, and survival of organisms and populations depend on biotic and abiotic factors.
Close3.6
Human Systems: Evidence of positive and negative human modification of the environment can be observed in the local community.
3.9
Civic Participation and Skills: Members of local communities have rights and responsibilities.
3.10
Civic Participation and Skills: Individuals make the community a better place by taking action to solve problems in a way that promotes the common good.
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Human Systems: People have modified the environment throughout history resulting in both positive and negative consequences in Ohio and the United States.
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Human Systems: The variety of physical environments within the Western Hemisphere influences human activities. Likewise, human activities modify the physical environments.
5.11
Civic Participation and Skills: Individuals can better understand public issues by gathering, interpreting and checking information for accuracy from multiple sources. Data can be displayed graphically to effectively and efficiently communicate information.
5.14
Economic: Decision making and Skills The choices made by individuals and governments have both present and future consequences.
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Human Systems: The availability of natural resources contributed to the geographic and economic expansion of the United States, sometimes resulting in unintended environmental consequences.
8.20
Civic Participation and Skills: Active participation in social and civic groups can lead to the attainment of individual and public goals.
8.24
Economic: Decision Making and Skills Choices made by individuals, businesses and governments have both present and future consequences.
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With guidance, identify and use digital learning tools or resources to support planning, implementing and reflecting.
3-5.ICT.3.a.
Gather, organize and summarize information from multiple digital learning tools and resources to build knowledge of a topic.
3-5.ICT.3.d.
Create artifacts using digital learning tools and resources to demonstrate knowledge.
3-5.ICT.4.a.
With guidance, discuss and identify communication needs considering goals, audience and content.
3-5.ICT.4.d.
Produce and publish information appropriate for a target audience using digital learning tools and resources.
3-5.ST.2.a.
Create a plan and select collaboration and/or communication tools to complete a given task.
3-5.ST.3.e.
Identify and discuss laws and rules that apply to digital content and information.
3-5.DT.1.b.
Give examples of how requirements for a product can limit the design possibilities for that product.
3-5.DT.2.c.
Generate, develop and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate terms and graphical representations.
3-5.DT.2.b
Plan and implement a design process: identify a problem, think about ways to solve the problem, develop possible solutions, test and evaluate solution(s), present a possible solution, and redesign to improve the solution.
Close3-5.ICT.1.a.
With guidance, identify and use digital learning tools or resources to support planning, implementing and reflecting.
3-5.ICT.3.a.
Gather, organize and summarize information from multiple digital learning tools and resources to build knowledge of a topic.
3-5.ICT.3.d.
Create artifacts using digital learning tools and resources to demonstrate knowledge.
3-5.ICT.4.a.
With guidance, discuss and identify communication needs considering goals, audience and content.
3-5.ICT.4.d.
Produce and publish information appropriate for a target audience using digital learning tools and resources.
3-5.ST.2.a.
Create a plan and select collaboration and/or communication tools to complete a given task.
3-5.ST.3.e.
Identify and discuss laws and rules that apply to digital content and information.
3-5.DT.1.b.
Give examples of how requirements for a product can limit the design possibilities for that product.
3-5.DT.2.c.
Generate, develop and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate terms and graphical representations.
3-5.DT.2.b
Plan and implement a design process: identify a problem, think about ways to solve the problem, develop possible solutions, test and evaluate solution(s), present a possible solution, and redesign to improve the solution.
Close3-5.ICT.1.a.
With guidance, identify and use digital learning tools or resources to support planning, implementing and reflecting.
3-5.ICT.3.a.
Gather, organize and summarize information from multiple digital learning tools and resources to build knowledge of a topic.
3-5.ICT.3.d.
Create artifacts using digital learning tools and resources to demonstrate knowledge.
3-5.ICT.4.a.
With guidance, discuss and identify communication needs considering goals, audience and content.
3-5.ICT.4.d.
Produce and publish information appropriate for a target audience using digital learning tools and resources.
3-5.ST.2.a.
Create a plan and select collaboration and/or communication tools to complete a given task.
3-5.ST.3.e.
Identify and discuss laws and rules that apply to digital content and information.
3-5.DT.1.b.
Give examples of how requirements for a product can limit the design possibilities for that product.
3-5.DT.2.c.
Generate, develop and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate terms and graphical representations.
3-5.DT.2.b
Plan and implement a design process: identify a problem, think about ways to solve the problem, develop possible solutions, test and evaluate solution(s), present a possible solution, and redesign to improve the solution.
Close6-8.ICT.1.b.
Select and use digital learning tools or resources to support planning, implementing and reflecting upon a defined task.
6-8.ICT.2.a.
Use advanced search techniques to locate needed information using digital learning tools and resources.
6-8.ICT.2.c.
Apply principles of copyright, use digital citation tools and use strategies to avoid plagiarism.
6-8.ICT.3.c.
Create artifacts using digital learning tools and resources to demonstrate knowledge.
6-8.ICT.4.a.
Use digital learning tools and resources to identify communication needs considering goals, audience and content.
6-8.ICT.4.b.
Select and use a variety of media formats to communicate information to a target audience.
6-8.DT.2.a.
Apply a complete design process to solve an identified individual or community problem: research, develop, test, evaluate and present several possible solutions, and redesign to improve the solution.
6-8.DT.2.b.
Describe how invention is a process of turning ideas and imagination into devices and systems.
6-8.DT.3.a.
Collaborate to solve a problem as an interdisciplinary team modeling different roles and functions.
6-8.DT.3.c.
Evaluate the effectiveness of the group’s collaboration during the engineering design process and the contribution of the varying roles.
6-8.DT.3.d.
Give examples of how changes in one part of a system can impact other parts of that system.
Close6-8.ICT.1.b.
Select and use digital learning tools or resources to support planning, implementing and reflecting upon a defined task.
6-8.ICT.2.a.
Use advanced search techniques to locate needed information using digital learning tools and resources.
6-8.ICT.2.c.
Apply principles of copyright, use digital citation tools and use strategies to avoid plagiarism.
6-8.ICT.3.c.
Create artifacts using digital learning tools and resources to demonstrate knowledge.
6-8.ICT.4.a.
Use digital learning tools and resources to identify communication needs considering goals, audience and content.
6-8.ICT.4.b.
Select and use a variety of media formats to communicate information to a target audience.
6-8.DT.2.a.
Apply a complete design process to solve an identified individual or community problem: research, develop, test, evaluate and present several possible solutions, and redesign to improve the solution.
6-8.DT.2.b.
Describe how invention is a process of turning ideas and imagination into devices and systems.
6-8.DT.3.a.
Collaborate to solve a problem as an interdisciplinary team modeling different roles and functions.
6-8.DT.3.c.
Evaluate the effectiveness of the group’s collaboration during the engineering design process and the contribution of the varying roles.
6-8.DT.3.d.
Give examples of how changes in one part of a system can impact other parts of that system.
Close6-8.ICT.1.b.
Select and use digital learning tools or resources to support planning, implementing and reflecting upon a defined task.
6-8.ICT.2.a.
Use advanced search techniques to locate needed information using digital learning tools and resources.
6-8.ICT.2.c.
Apply principles of copyright, use digital citation tools and use strategies to avoid plagiarism.
6-8.ICT.3.c.
Create artifacts using digital learning tools and resources to demonstrate knowledge.
6-8.ICT.4.a.
Use digital learning tools and resources to identify communication needs considering goals, audience and content.
6-8.ICT.4.b.
Select and use a variety of media formats to communicate information to a target audience.
6-8.DT.2.a.
Apply a complete design process to solve an identified individual or community problem: research, develop, test, evaluate and present several possible solutions, and redesign to improve the solution.
6-8.DT.2.b.
Describe how invention is a process of turning ideas and imagination into devices and systems.
6-8.DT.3.a.
Collaborate to solve a problem as an interdisciplinary team modeling different roles and functions.
6-8.DT.3.c.
Evaluate the effectiveness of the group’s collaboration during the engineering design process and the contribution of the varying roles.
6-8.DT.3.d.
Give examples of how changes in one part of a system can impact other parts of that system.
Close3.2PE
Demonstrate expressive and purposeful use of materials and tools.
3.3CR
Experiment with the elements of art to explore connections with the principles of design.
3.1CR
Identify problems as sources in preparation for artmaking.
Close4.1CR
Discover and solve problems of personal relevance and interest when developing artmaking ideas.
4.2CR
Select materials and processes to solve artistic problems.
4.3CR
Consider the elements of art and principles of design to create visually effective compositions.
4.2PE
Select and vary materials, tools, and processes to achieve innovative outcomes.
4.3PE
Utilize innovative ways to apply the elements of art and principles of design
Close5.2CR
Investigate ideas and inform artmaking through available resources.
5.3CR
Select and use the elements of art and principles of design to investigate interdisciplinary concepts
5.3PE
Communicate an interdisciplinary concept using the elements of art and principles of design.
5.2RE
Develop personal criteria to assess work and set goals for growth.
4PR
Select and use the elements and principles of art and design to communicate understanding of an interdisciplinary concept.
5.3RE
Evaluate the relationship between works of art and human experiences.
Close4PE
Connect selected ideas, concepts and processes used in visual art with those used in other academic disciplines.
5PR
Use observations, life experiences and imagination as sources for visual symbols, images and creative expression.
Close2 PR
Manipulate materials, tools and technology in conventional and unconventional ways to create a work of art.
5PR
Create a work of art in collaboration with others to address a social or cultural issue.
Close8.3CR
Demonstrate visual literacy through the application of the elements of art and principles of design to communicate an idea.
8.2PE
Select materials and techniques to independently create works of art.
8.3PE
Make aesthetic decisions using the elements of art and principles of design.
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Leadership and Communications: Process, maintain, evaluate and disseminate information in a business. Develop leadership and team building to promote collaboration.
Outcome 3.2.
Relationship Management: Apply techniques and strategies to develop, maintain and grow positive relationships with employees, peers and stakeholders.
Outcome 8.2.
Data Research and Analysis: Apply structured approaches and tools to capture, analyze, and interpret data to assist in the achievement of organizational goals.
Outcome 10.1.
Strategic Planning: Implement planning tools to guide organization’s or department’s activities.
Outcome 10.2.
Strategic Execution: Apply the principles and concepts used to align organizational and departmental strategies with tactical execution plans.
Outcome 10.3.
Change Management: Adapt to, manage, and create change initiatives in an organization to accomplish organizational objectives.
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Operations Management: Plan, organize and monitor an organization or department to maximize contribution to organizational goals and objectives.
Outcome 5.5.
Production and Process Design: Identify and evaluate production and process design.
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Leadership and Communications: Process, maintain, evaluate and disseminate information in a business. Develop leadership and team building to promote collaboration.
Outcome 3.8.
Research and Experiments: Conduct a problem-based study, applying scientific methodology and using descriptive statistics to communicate and support predictions and conclusions.
Outcome 6.10.
Ecosystems: Evaluate biotic and abiotic components and relationships in ecosystems to apply restoration and conservation practices that maintain functionality.
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Operations Management: Plan, organize, and monitor an organization or department to maximize contribution to organizational goals and objectives.
Outcome 7.1.
Interactive Media: Describe and explain interactive media and interactive media production.
Outcome 7.7.
Video: Create a video production.
Outcome 7.6.
Animation: Create 2D and 3D and virtual animation.
Outcome 7.8.
Audio: Create an audio production.
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