ACADEMIC STANDARDS

 

Arts and Humanities

1. Aesthetic Appreciation of the Arts
2. Critical Response and Evaluation Skills With the Arts and Cultures
3. Historical and Cultural Understanding of the Arts
4. Production, Performance, or Exhibition in the Arts

 

Career Education

1. Career Awareness and Preparation
2. Career Acquisition (Getting  a Job)
3. Career Retention and Advancement
4. Entrepreneurship

 

Communications

1. Research
2. Reading and Responding Strategies: Learning to Read Independently
3. Writing: Types of Writing, Quality of Writing, Process and Strategies
4. Reading, Analyzing, and Interpreting Literature: Reading Critically in All Content Areas
5. Speaking and Listening

 

Environment and Ecology

1. Watersheds and Wetlands
2. Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
3. Environmental Health
4. Agriculture and Society
5. Integrated Pest Management
6. Ecosystems and Their Interactions
7. Threatened, Endangered and Extinct Species
8. Humans and the Environment
9. Environmental Laws and Regulations

 

Family and Consumer Sciences

1. Financial and Resource Management
2. Balancing Family, Work, and Community Responsibility
3. Food Science and Nutrition
4. Child Development

 

Health, Physical, and Safety Education

1. Concepts of Health
2. Healthful Living
3. Safety and Injury Prevention
4. Physical Activity
5. Concepts, Principles and Strategies of Movement
6. Driver Safety Education

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Mathematics

1. Numbers, Number Systems, And Number Relationships
2. Computation and Estimation
3. Measurement and Estimation
4. Mathematical Reasoning and Connections
5. Mathematical Problem Solving and Communication
6. Statistics and Data Analysis
7. Probability and Predictions
8. Algebra and Functions
9. Geometry
10. Trigonometry
11. Concepts of Calculus

 

Science

1. Unifying Themes
2. Inquiry and Design
3. Biological Sciences
4. Physical Science, Chemistry and Physics
5. Earth Sciences
6. Science, Technology and Human Endeavors

 

Technology

1. Technology Education: Biotechnology, Information Technology, Physical Technologies (Construction, Manufacturing, and Transportation)
2. Technological Devices: Tools, Instruments, Computer Operations, Computer Software, Computer Communication Systems
3. Science, Technology And Human Endeavors

 

Social Studies

1. Understanding History
2. Understanding Geography
3. Understanding Political and Economic Systems
4. Social Sciences Research
5. Group Skills
6. Multicultural Awareness

 

World Language

1. Cultural Understanding and Comparisons
2. Connections to Other Disciplines
3. Communication:  Oral Expression
4. Communication:  Reading Comprehension
5. Communication:  Listening Comprehension
6. Communication:  Writing

 

 

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