STANDARDS

1. Use keyboards and other common input and output devices (including adaptive devices when necessary) efficiently and effectively. (1)

1. Use keyboards and other common input and output devices (including adaptive devices when necessary) efficiently and effectively. (1)

 

Illinois Learning Standards

STATE GOAL 13: Understand the relationships among science, technology and society in historical and contemporary contexts.

Why This Goal Is Important: Understanding the nature and practices of science such as ensuring the validity and replicability of results, building upon the work of others and recognizing risks involved in experimentation gives learners a useful sense of the scientific enterprise. In addition, the relationships among science, technology and society give humans the ability to change and improve their surroundings. Learners who understand this relationship will be able to appreciate the efforts and effects of scientific discovery and applications of technology on their own lives and on the society in which we live.

 

13.A.4c Describe how scientific knowledge, explanations and technological designs may change with new information over time (e.g., the understanding of DNA, the design of computers).

STATE GOAL 1: Read with understanding and fluency.

 

Why This Goal Is Important: Reading is essential. It is the process by which people gain information and ideas from books, newspapers, manuals, letters, contracts, advertisements and a host of other materials. Using strategies for constructing meaning before, during and after reading will help students connect what they read now with what they have learned in the past. Students who read well and widely build a strong foundation for learning in all areas of life.

1.A.2b Clarify word meaning using context clues and a variety of resources including glossaries, dictionaries and thesauruses.