Unit+Standards+and+Objectives

Below you will find the STEM standards addressed throughout the Rocket Xtreme unit. For student objectives, please see each individual activity by following the links provided on the activity page or visiting the activity sections individually such as Rocket Blast and Newton's 3.

NSTA 9 -12
Students develop the abilities to do scientific inquiry. Students understand motions and forces.
 * Students identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations.
 * Students design and conduct scientific investigations.
 * Students use technology and mathematics to improve investigations and communications.
 * Students formulate and revise scientific explanations and models using logic and evidence.
 * Students communicate and defend a scientific argument.
 * Students understand objects change their motion only when a net force is applied; understnad laws of motion are used to calculate precisely the effects of forces on the motion of objects; understand magnitude of the change in motion can be calculated using the relationship F=ma, which is independent of the nature of force; and understand whenever one object exerts force on another, a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction is exerted on the first object.

NCTM 9 - 12
Students computer fluently and make reasonable estimates. Students use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships. Students understand measurement attributes of objects and the units, systems, and processes of measurement. Students formulate questions that can be addresses with data collect, organize, and display relevant data. Students recognize and use connections among mathematical ideas.
 * Students judge the reasonableness of numerical computations and their results.
 * Students draw reasonable conclutions about a situation being modeled.
 * Students make decisions about units and scales that are appropriate for problem situations involving measurement.
 * Students understand the meaning of measurement data and categorical data, of univariate and bevariate data, and of the term //variable//.
 * Students recognize and apply mathematics in contexts outside of mathematics.

//**ISTE Nets**//

 * **1.** || **Creativity and Innovation** ||
 * || Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students: ||
 * || * apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes. ||
 * || * create original works as a means of personal or group expression. ||
 * **2.** || **Communication and Collaboration** ||
 * || Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students: ||
 * || * interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media. ||
 * || * communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats. ||
 * || * develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures. ||
 * || * contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems. ||
 * **3.** || **Research and Information Fluency** ||
 * || Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students: ||
 * || * plan strategies to guide inquiry. ||
 * || * locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media. ||
 * || * evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks. ||
 * || * process data and report results. ||
 * **4.** || **Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making** ||
 * || Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources. Students: ||
 * || * identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation. ||
 * || * plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project. ||
 * || * collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions. ||
 * || * use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions. ||
 * **5.** || **Digital Citizenship** ||
 * || Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior. Students: ||
 * || * advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology. ||
 * || * exhibit leadership for digital citizenship. ||
 * **6.** || **Technology Operations and Concepts** ||
 * || Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations. Students: ||
 * || * understand and use technology systems. ||
 * || * select and use applications effectively and productively. ||
 * || * troubleshoot systems and applications. ||
 * || * transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies. ||

//**English Language Arts**//
Standard 3: Language for Critical Analysis and Evaluation Students will listen, speak, read, and write for critical analysis and evaluation. As listeners and readers, students will analyze experiences, ideas, information, and issues presented by others using a variety of established criteria. As speakers and writers, they will use oral and written language that follows the accepted conventions of the English language to present, from a variety of perspectives, their opinions and judgments on experiences, ideas, information and issues

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.

//**Mathematics, Science and Technology:**// Standard 1: Analysis, Design, and Inquiry Students will use mathematical analysis, scientific inquiry, and engineering design, as appropriate, to pose questions, seek answers, and develop solutions.

Standard 2: Information Systems Students will access, generate, process, and transfer information using appropriate technologies.

Standard 3: Mathematics Students will understand mathematics and become mathematically confident by communicating and reasoning mathematically, by applying mathematics in real-world settings, and by solving problems through the integrated study of number systems, geometry, algebra, data analysis, probability, and trigonometry

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

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

Standard 6: Interconectedness Common Themes Students will understand the relationships and common themes that connect mathematics, science, and technology and apply the themes to these and other areas of learning

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

//**Social Studies:**// Standard 2: World History Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in world history and examine the broad sweep of history from a variety of perspectives