This webquest covers the following National Learning Standards:
NL-ENG.K-12.4 COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language to
communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different
purposes.
NL-ENG.K-12.6 APPLYING KNOWLEDGE
Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions, media
techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss
print and nonprint texts.
NL-ENG.K-12.8 DEVELOPING RESEARCH SKILLS
Students use a variety of technological and information resources to gather
and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge.
NL-ENG.K-12.12 APPLYING LANGUAGE SKILLS
Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own
purposes
NS.K-4.3 LIFE SCIENCE
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
NT.K-12.5 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.
Students evaluate and select new information resources and technological
innovations based on the appropriateness for specific tasks.
This webquest covers the following New York State Learning Standards:
ELA Standard 1: Language for Information and Understanding
Students will listen, speak, read, and write for information and
understanding. As listeners and readers, students will collect data, facts,
and ideas; discover relationships, concepts, and generalizations; and use
knowledge generated from oral, written, and electronically produced texts.
As speakers and writers, they will use oral and written language that
follows the accepted conventions of the English language to acquire,
interpret, apply, and transmit information.
ELA Standard 4: Language for Social Interaction
Students will listen, speak, read, and write for social interaction.
Students will use oral and written language that follows the accepted
conventions of the English language for effective social communication with
a wide variety of people. As readers and listeners, they will use the social
communications of others to enrich their understanding of people and their
views.
MST Standard 1: Analysis, Inquiry, and Design
Students will use mathematical analysis, scientific inquiry, and engineering
design, as appropriate, to pose questions, seek answers, and develop
solutions.
MST Standard 2: Information Systems
Students will access, generate, process, and transfer information using
appropriate technologies.
MST Standard 4: Science
Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and
theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment and
recognize the historical development of ideas in science.
MST Standard 5: Technology
Students will apply technological knowledge and skills to design, construct,
use, and evaluate products and systems to satisfy human and environmental
needs.
MST Standard 7: Interdisciplinary Problem Solving
Students will apply the knowledge and thinking skills of mathematics,
science, and technology to address real-life problems and make informed
decisions.
