B.+Standards+for+Learning


 * Standards for the 21st-Century Learner**

1.1.1 Follow an inquiry-based process in seeking knowledge in curricular subjects, and make the real-world connection for using this process in own life. 1.1.2 Use prior and background knowledge as context for new learning. 1.2.6 Display emotional resilience by persisting in information searching despite challenges. 1.3.4 Contribute to the exchange of ideas within the learning community. 2.3.1 Connect understanding to the real world. 4.1.5 Connect ideas to own interests and previous knowledge and experience. 4.3.3 Seek opportunities for pursuing personal and aesthetic growth.
 * Grade 3**

1.1.1 Follow an inquiry-based process in seeking knowledge in curricular subjects, and make the real-world connection for using this process in own life. 1.1.4 Find, evaluate, and select appropriate sources to answer questions. 1.2.5 Demonstrate adaptability by changing the inquiry focus, questions, resources, or strategies when necessary to achieve success. 1.3.4 Contribute to the exchange of ideas within the learning community. 2.1.5 Collaborate with others to exchange ideas, develop new understandings, make decisions, and solve problems. 2.3.2 Consider diverse and global perspectives in drawing conclusions. 2.3.3 Use valid information and reasoned conclusions to make ethical decisions. 2.4.3 Recognize new knowledge and understanding. 3.1.2 Participate and collaborate as members of a social and intellectual network of learners. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">3.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to organize and display knowledge and understanding in ways that others can view, use, and assess. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">3.4.2 Assess the quality and effectiveness of the learning product. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">4.2.2 Demonstrate motivation by seeking information to answer personal questions and interests, trying a variety of formats and genres, and displaying a willingness to go beyond academic requirements. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">4.2.3 Maintain openness to new ideas by considering divergent opinions changing opinions or conclusions when new evidence supports the change, and seeking information about new ideas encountered through academic or personal experiences.
 * Grade 6**

**Indiana Academic Standards**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">SCIENCE <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">3.1.2 Participate in different types of guided scientific investigations, such as observing objects and events <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">and collecting specimens for analysis. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">3.4.1 Demonstrate that a great variety of living things can be sorted into groups in many ways using various <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">features, such as how they look, where they live, and how they act, to decide which things belong to <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">which group. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">GEOGRAPHY <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">3.3.1 Use labels and symbols to locate and identify physical and political features on <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">maps and globes. Label a map of the Midwest, identifying states, major rivers, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">lakes and the Great Lakes.
 * Grade 3**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">SCIENCE <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">6.1.3 Recognize and explain that hypotheses are valuable, even if they turn out not to be true, if they lead to fruitful investigations. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">6.2.3 Select tools, such as cameras and tape recorders, for capturing information. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">6.3.13 Identify, explain, and discuss some effects human activities, such as the creation of pollution, have on weather and the atmosphere. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">LANGUAGE ARTS <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">6.7.17 Make descriptive presentations that use concrete sensory details to set forth and support unified <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">impressions of people, places, things, or experiences.
 * Grade 6**