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Curriculum Standards

National Science Education Standards

Science Content Standards: K-8

Content Standard A: As a result of activities in grades K-4, all students should develop:

Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
Understanding about scientific inquiry

Content standard C: As a result of activities in grades K-4, all students should develop understanding of

The characteristics of organisms
Life cycles of organisms
Organisms and environments

NCTM Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics

Curriculum Standards for K-4

Standard 10: Measurement

understand the attributes of length, capacity, weight, mass, area, volume, time, temperature, and angle;
develop the process of measuring and concepts related to units of measurement;
make and use estimates of measurement
make and use measurements in problem and everyday situations.

Standard 11: Statistics and Probability

collect, organize, and describe data
construct, read, and interpret displays of data
formulate and solve problems that involve collecting and analyzing data
explore concepts of chance

Curriculum Standards for 5-8

Standard 10: Statistics

systematically collect, organize, and describe data
construct, read, and interpret tables, charts, and graphs
make inferences and convincing arguments that are based on data analysis
evaluate arguments that are based on data analysis
develop an appreciation for statistical methods as powerful means for decision making

National Educational Technology Standards (NETS)

Standard 4: Technology Communication Tools

Students use telecommunications to collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts, and other audiences.

Standard 5: Technology Research Tools

Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources.

Students use technology tools to process data and report results.

New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards

Mathematics Standards

4.2 (GEOMETRY AND MEASUREMENT) All Students Will Develop Spatial Sense And the Ability To Use Geometric Properties, Relationships, And Measurement To Model, Describe And Analyze Phenomena.
4.4: (DATA ANALYSIS, PROBABILITY, AND DISCRETE MATHEMATICS) All Students Will Develop An Understanding Of The Concepts And Techniques Of Data Analysis, Probability, And discrete Mathematics, And Will Use Them To Model Situations, Solve Problems, Analyze And Draw Appropriate Inferences from data.
4.5: (MATHEMATICAL PROCESSES) All Students Will Use Mathematical Processes Of Problem Solving, Communication, Connections, Reasoning, Representations, And Technology To Solve Problems And Communicate Mathematical Ideas.

Science Standards

5.1: (SCIENTIFIC PROCESS)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.
5.3: (Mathematical Applications)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 5.10 (ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES) All Students Will Develop an Understanding of the Environment as A System Of Interdependent Components Affected By Human Activity And Natural Phenomena.

Language Arts Standards

3.2: (WRITING) All Students Will Write In Clear, Concise, Organized Language That Varies In Content And Form For Different Audiences And Purposes.
3.5 (VIEWING AND MEDIA LITERACY) All Students Will Access, View, Evaluate, And Respond To Print, Nonprint, And Electronic Texts And Resources.