Sho Me Standards

Knowledge Standards

CA 1 speaking and writing standard English

CA 4 writing formally and informally

CA 6 participating in formal and informal presentations and discussions of issues and ideas

SC 3 characteristics and interactions of living organisms

SC 4 changes in ecosystems and interactions of organisms with their environments

SC 8 impact of science, technology and human activity on resources and the environment

SS 4 economic concepts

Performance Standards

Goal 1.1 develop questions and ideas to initiate and refine research

           1.2 conduct research to answer questions and evaluate information and ideas

           1.4 use technological tools and other resources to locate, select and organize information

Goal 2.1 plan and make written, oral and visual presentations for a variety of purposes and

                 audiences

Goal 3.2 develop and apply strategies based on ways others have prevented or solved problems

          3.5 reason inductively from a set of specific facts and deductively from general premises

          3.6 examine problems and proposed solutions from multiple perspectives

           3.8 assess costs, benefits and other consequences of proposed solutions

Goal 4.1 explain reasoning and identify information used to support decisions