LA: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
LA: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
LA: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
MATH: Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context.
SCI: Construct drawings or diagrams as representations of events or systems.
SCI: Formulate a question that can be investigated within the scope of the classroom, school laboratory, or field with available resources.
SS: Examine the interaction of human beings and their physical environment, the use of land, building of cities, and ecosystem changes in selected locales and regions.
SS: Explore and speculate about social and economic effects of environmental changes and crises resulting from the phenomena such as floods, storms, and drought.
SS: Consider existing uses and propose and evaluate alternative uses of resources and land in home,school, community, the region, and beyond.
SS: Explore causes, consequences, and possible solutions to persistent, contemporary, and emerging global issues, such as pollution and endangered species.
VA: Select and use subject matter, symbols, and ideas to communicate meaning.
VA: Know how the differences among visual characteristics and purposes of art in order to convey ideas.