State and National Standards:
West Virginia IGO’s
Science: 5.1,
5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.6, 5.10, 5.12, 5.14, 5.21, 5.50, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.6,
6.10, 6.12, 6.21, 6.63, 6.67, 6.74, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.6, 7.10, 7.12,
7.14, 7.21, 7.57, 7.67, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.6, 8.10, 8.12, 8.14, 8.21,
8.60, 8.64
Language Arts:
5.16, 5.61, 5.64, 6.20, 6.23, 6.24, 6.57, 6.66, 7.22, 7.54, 7.65, 8.18,
8.22, 8.27, 8.55, 8.64
Technology: 5.79,
6.98, 7.92, 8.98
National Standards
Earth
and Space Sciences
Standard
2: Understands Earth's composition and structure
Grade 3-5
1. Knows how features
on the Earth's surface are constantly changed by a combination of slow
and rapid
processes
Grade 6-8
2. Knows how land
forms are created through a combination of constructive and destructive
forces
Nature
of Science
Standard
11: Understands the nature of scientific knowledge
Grade 3-5
3. Knows that scientists
make the results of their investigations public; they describe the investigations
in
ways that enable others
to repeat the investigations
Grade 6-8
3. Knows that all scientific
ideas are tentative and subject to change and improvement in principle,
but for
most core ideas in
science, there is much experimental and observational confirmation
Nature
of Science
Standard
13: Understands the scientific enterprise
Grade 3-5
2. Knows that although
people using scientific inquiry have learned much about the objects, events,
and
phenomena in nature,
science is an ongoing process and will never be finished
Grade 6-8
5. Knows that throughout
history, many scientific innovators have had difficulty breaking through
accepted
ideas of their time
to reach conclusions that are now considered to be common knowledge
Language
Arts
Writing
Standard
1: Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process
Grade 3-5
7. Writes expository
compositions
10. Writes expressive
compositions
Grade 6-8
11. Writes compositions
that address problems/solutions
12. Writes in response
to literature
Standard
4: Gathers and uses information for research purposes
Grade 3-5
4. Uses electronic media
to gather information
5. Uses key words,
guide words, alphabetical and numerical order, indexes, cross-references,
and letters on
volumes to find information
for research topics
8. Uses strategies
to compile information into written reports or summaries
Grade 6-8
5. Determines the appropriateness
of an information source for a research topic
6. Organizes information
and ideas from multiple sources in systematic ways
Reading
Standard
7: Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety
of informational texts
Grades 3-5
5. Summarizes and paraphrases
information in texts
Grade 6-8
1. Uses reading skills
and strategies to understand a variety of informational texts
Mathematics
Standard
3: Uses basic and advanced procedures while performing the processes
of computation
Grade 3-5
7. Solves real
world problems involving number operations
Grade 6-8
7. Knows when an
estimate is more appropriate than an exact answer for a variety of problem
situations
Geography
Standard
7: Knows the physical processes that shape patterns on Earth's surface
Grade 3-5
2. Understands
how physical processes help to shape features and patterns on Earth's surface
Grade 6-8
1. Knows the major
processes that shape patterns in the physical environment
Standard
15: Understands how physical systems affect human systems
Grade 3-5
2. Knows how communities
benefit from the physical environment
Grade 6-8
1. Knows the ways
in which human systems develop in response to conditions in the physical
environment
Job/Career Clusters:
Geologist
Historians
Archeologist
Archeological
Conservator
Paleontology
References:
Plant
Fossils of West Virginia
Zoom
Dinosaurs
AllFreeClipArt
Amenco
Crystal
Cafe Free Animations
Clip
Art Connection
