Curriculum Overview:

Middle School Benchmarks:

Knowledge Base

• Demonstrate acquisition of a knowledge base as identified by various content areas
• Work safely and responsibly with equipment and materials
• Access and use multiple sources of information available in our school, local and global communities to complete projects from conception to conclusion

Problem Solving and Thinking

• Choose and apply appropriate problem solving strategies
  • use information
  • develop and test a hypothesis
  • make a prediction and/or estimation
• React, respond, and/or assess an event, performance, or product

Communications (reading, writing, speaking, listening)

• Choose and apply appropriate reading strategies
  • critical
  • technical
  • pleasure
• Process and produce technical and functional information
• Interpret concepts and communicate conclusions, expressing oneself through written and/or oral communications using a variety of media
• Apply critical listening skills

Community

• Demonstrate an awareness of the roles and contributions of various cultures
  • uniqueness of individuals
  • similarities and differences
• Demonstrate an understanding of relationships
  • cause and effect
  • interpersonal
  • self and environment
  • current issues to content areas and self
• Demonstrate an awareness of career opportunities related to content areas
• Work independently and collaboratively

Reviewed June 2009