NATIONAL STANDARDS for PHYSICAL EDUCATION:

The National Standards for Physical Education indicate that a physically educated student:
1. Demonstrates competency in many movement forms and proficiency in a few movement forms.
2. Applies involvement concepts and principles to the learning and development of motor skills.
3. Exhibits a physically active lifestyle.
4. Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
5. Demonstrates responsible personal and social behavior in physical activity settings.
6. Demonstrates understanding and respect for differences among people in physical activity settings.
7. Understands that physical activity provides opportunities for enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and social interaction.

NATIONAL STANDARDS for GEOGRAPHY:

The Eighteen National Geography Standards:
The Geographically Informed Person knows and understands . . .
THE WORLD IN SPATIAL TERMS:
STANDARD 1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information.
STANDARD 2: How to use mental maps to organize information about people, places, and environments.
STANDARD 3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth's surface.
PLACES AND REGIONS:
STANDARD 4: The physical and human characteristics of places.
STANDARD 5: That people create regions to interpret Earth's complexity.
STANDARD 6: How culture and experience influence people's perception of places and regions.
PHYSICAL SYSTEMS:
STANDARD 7: The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface.
STANDARD 8: The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface.
HUMAN SYSTEMS:
STANDARD 9: The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth's surface.
STANDARD 10: The characteristics, distributions, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
STANDARD 11: The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface.
STANDARD 12: The process, patterns, and functions of human settlement.
STANDARD 13: How forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth's surface.

ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY:
STANDARD 14: How human actions modify the physical environment.
STANDARD 15: How physical systems affect human systems.
STANDARD 16: The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources.
THE USES OF GEOGRAPHY:
STANDARD 17: How to apply geography to interptret the past.
STANDARD 18: To apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future.

NATIONAL STANDARDS for ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS:

Standard 1. Students read a wide range of print and nonprint texts to
build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States and the world; to acquire new information; to respond to the needs and
demands of society and the workplace; and for personal fulfillment.
Standard 2. Students read a wide range of literature from many periods in many genres to build an understanding of the many dimensions of human experience.
Standard 3. Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their word identification strategies, and their understandingof textual features.
Standard 4. Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes. Standard 5. Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
Standard 6. Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions, media techniques, figurative language, and genre to
create, critique, and discuss print and nonprint texts.
Standard 7. Students conduct research on issues and interests by generating ideas and questions, and by posing problems. They gather, evaluate, and synthesize data from a variety of sources to communicate their discoveries in ways that suit their purpose and audience.
Standard 8. Students use a variety of technological and information resources to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge. Standard 9. Students develop an understanding of and respect for diversity in language use, patterns, and dialects across cultures, ethnic groups, geographic regions, and social roles.
Standard 10. Students whose first language is not English make use of their first language to develop competency in the English language arts and to develop understanding of content across the curriculum.

NATIONAL STANDARDS for MATHEMATICS:

STANDARD 1: NUMBER AND OPERATION
STANDARD 2 : PATTERNS, FUNCTIONS, AND ALGEBRA
STANDARD 3 : GEOMETRY AND SPATIAL SENSE
STANDARD 4 : MEASUREMENT
STANDARD 5 : DATA ANALYSIS, STATISTICS, AND PROBABILITY
STANDARD 6 : PROBLEM SOLVING
STANDARD 7 : REASONING AND PROOF
STANDARD 8 : COMMUNICATION
STANDARD 9 : CONNECTIONS
STANDARD 10 : REPRESENTATION

NATIONAL STANDARDS for SCIENCE:

Grades 5-8 Standards
CONTENT STANDARD A: SCIENCE AS INQUIRY
A1. Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry:
A2. Understanding about scientific inquiry:
CONTENT STANDARD B: PHYSICAL SCIENCE
B1. Properties and changes of properties in matter
B2. Motion and forces
B3. Transfer of energy
CONTENT STANDARD C: LIFE SCIENCE
C1. Structure and function in living systems
C2. Reproduction and heredity
C3. Regulation and behavior
C4. Populations and ecosystems
C5. Diversity and adaptations of organisms
CONTENT STANDARD D: EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
D1. Structure of the earth system
D2. Earth's history
D3. Earth in the solar system
CONTENT STANDARD E: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
E1. Abilities of technological design:
E2. Understanding about science and technology:
CONTENT STANDARD F: SCIENCE IN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL
PERSPECTIVES
F1. Personal health
F2. Populations, resources, and environments
F3. Natural hazards
F4. Risks and benefits
F5. Science and technology in society
CONTENT STANDARD G: SCIENCE AS INQUIRY
G2. Nature of science

NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR SOCIAL STUDIES:

PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS
I. Culture
Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of culture and cultural diversity.
II. Time, Continuity, and Change
Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of the ways human beings view themselves in and over time.
III. People, Places, and Environments
Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of people, places and environments.
IV. Individual Development and Identity
Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of individual development and identity.
V. Individuals, Groups, and Institutions
Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of interactions among individuals, groups, and institutions.
VI. Power, Authority, and Governance
Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of how people create and change structures of power, authority, and governance.
VIII. Science, Technology, and Society
Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of relationships among science, technology, and society.
IX. Global Connections
Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of global connections and interdependence.

COLORADO STANDARDS for GEOGRAPHY:

STANDARD 1.
Students know how to use and construct maps, globes, and other geographic tools to locate and derive information about people, places, and environments.
1.1 Students know how to use maps, globes, and other geographic tools to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.
1.2 Students develop knowledge of Earth to locate people, places, and environments.
1.3 Students know how to analyze the dynamic spatial organization of people, places, and environments.
STANDARD 2.
Students know the physical and human characteristics of places, and use this knowledge to define and study regions and their patterns of change.
2. 1 Students know the physical and human characteristics of places.
2.2 Students know how and why people define regions.
2. 3 Students know how culture* and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions.
STANDARD 4.
Students understand how economic, political, cultural, and social processes interact to shape patterns of human populations, interdependence, cooperation, and conflict.
4.1 Students know the characteristics, location, distribution, and migration of human populations.
4.3 Students know the patterns and networks of economic interdependence.
4. 4 Students know the processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement.
4. 5 Students know how cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth's surface.
STANDARD 5.
Students understand the effects of interactions between human and physical systems and the changes in meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources.
5. 1 Students know how human actions modify the physical environment.
5. 2 Students know how physical systems affect human systems.
5. 3 Students know the changes that occur in the meaning, use, location, distribution, and importance of resources.
STANDARD 6.
Students apply knowledge of people, places, and environments to understand the past and present and to plan for the future.
6. 1 Students know how to apply geography to understand the past.
6. 2 Students know how to apply geography to understand the present and plan for the future.

COLORADO STANDARDS for MATHEMATICS:

1. Students develop number sense and use numbers and number relationships in problem-solving situations and communicate the reasoning used in solving these problems. * Using number sense to estimate and justify the reasonableness of solutions to problems
2. Students use algebraic methods to explore, model, and describe patterns and functions involving numbers, shapes, data, and graphs in problem-solving situations and communicate the reasoning used in solving these problems. * Solving simple linear equations in problem-solving situations using a variety of methods and a variety of tools (physical materials, calculators, computers).
3. Students use data collection and analysis, statistics, and probability in problem-solving situations and communicate the reasoning used in solving these problems. * Reading and constructing displays of data using appropriate techniques and appropriate technology;
5. Students use a variety of tools and techniques to measure, apply the results in problem-solving situations, and communicate the reasoning used in solving these problems. * Describe and use rates of change (for example, temperature as it changes throughout the day, or speed as the rate of change of distance over time) and other derived measures; and * select appropriate units, including metric and U. S. customary, and tools (for example, rulers, protractors, compasses, thermometers) to measure to the degree of accuracy required to solve a given problem.
6. Students link concepts and procedures as they develop and use computational techniques, including estimation, mental arithmetic, paper-and-pencil, calculators, and computers, in problem-solving situations and communicate the reasoning used in solving these problems. * Selecting and using appropriate methods for computing with commonly used fractions and decimals, percents, and integers in problem-solving situations from among mental arithmetic, estimation, paper-and-pencil, calculator, and computer methods, and determining whether the results are reasonable.

COLORADO STANDARDS for SCIENCE:

STANDARD 1.
Students understand the processes of scientific investigation and design, conduct, communicate about, and evaluate such investigations.
• identify and evaluate procedures;
• demonstrate that scientific ideas are used to explain observations
• ask questions and state hypotheses scientific literature);
• create a written plan for an investigation;
• use appropriate tools, technologies, and measurement units to gather and organize data;
• interpret and evaluate data to formulate conclusions;
• communicatie results of investigations in appropriate ways
• use metric units
STANDARD 3.
Life Science: Students know and understand the characteristics and structure of living things, the processes of life, and how living things interact with each other and their environment.
3. 1 Students know and understand the characteristics of living things.
3. 2 Students know and understand interrelationships of matter and energy in living systems.
STANDARD 4:
Earth and Space Science: Students know and understand the processes and interactions of Earth’s systems.
4. 1 Students know and understand the composition of Earth, its history, and the natural processes that shape it.
4. 2 Students know and understand the general characteristics of the atmosphere and fundamental processes of weather.
4. 3 Students know major sources of water, its uses, importance, and cyclic patterns of movement through the environment.
STANDARD 5:
Students know and understand interrelationships among science, technology, and human activity and how they can affect the world.
• investigate and describe the extent of human uses of renewable and non-renewable resources
• describe advantages/disadvantages that might accompany new technology
• describe how the use of technology can help solve an individual or community problem
• describe how people use science and technology in their professions.
STANDARD 6:
Students understand that science involves a particular way of knowing and understand common connections among scientific disciplines.
• explain why a controlled experiment must have comparable results when repeated;
• give examples of how scientific knowledge changes as new knowledge is acquired.
• describe contributions to the advancement of science by different cultures.
• identify variables and conditions related to change.
• identify and illustrate natural cycles within systems.
• use a model to predict change.