I'm not a teacher, and I'm not a school media specialist, so I don't really have a working background with standards. I'm not going to pretend that I'm a fan of this "standards" thing. It seems like every time somebody reinvents the wheel, more time is spent justifying a job through documentation and less time is spent actually doing the job. For many years I worked in a homeless shelter as a case manager, and that certainly become the case with that job over the years. Eventually I was spending so much time writing about what I was doing that I no longer had time to do everything that needed to be done. Where's the logic?
Now that I've vented - I was able to find a standard that I think my project addresses well. I'm using Indiana's high school standard for Environmental Science, Advanced. This standard can be downloaded as a pdf file from the Project 1 Links list at the right. It works well for my project because my project is somewhat interdisciplinary, and one of the goals of this standard is to show students the interdependence of science, math, and technology. More on addressing this standard later!
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Strange, I could have sworn I commented to this earlier this week! Anyway, I wanted to let you know that standards seem daunting to wade through, but they are a terrific guideline/baseline for teachers to wo use. Without them, there's no guarantee in scaffolding from grade to grade and building these important skills (instead of reteaching the same thing again & again).
Your project seems to be going great. Interesting topic. :)
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