STARLAB PLANETARIUM

Lewis and Clark Expedition

Learn how Lewis and Clark navigated the Northwest in the early 1800’s using the stars and constellations.

Science

Earth and Space Science

Benchmark A Grade 6 – 8 Describe how the positions and motions of the objects in the universe cause predictable and cyclic events.

Grade 8 Indicator 1. Describe how objects in the solar system are in regular and predictable motions that explain such phenomena as days, years, seasons, eclipses, tides and moon cycles.

Scientific Ways of Knowing

Benchmark A Grade 6 – 8 Use skills of scientific inquiry processes.

Grade 8 Indicator 1. Identify the difference between description (e.g., observation and summary) and explanation (e.g., inference, predictions, significance andimportance).

Science and Technology

Benchmark A Grade 6 – 8 Give examples of how technological advances, influenced by scientific knowledge, affect the quality of life.

Grade 8 Indicator 1. Examine how science and technology have advanced through the contributions of many different people, cultures and times in history.

Scientific Inquiry

Benchmark B Grade 6 – 8 Analyze and interpret data from scientific investigations using appropriate mathematical skills in order to draw valid conclusions.

Indicator 3. Read, construct and interpret data in various forms produced by self and others in both written and oral form.

Indicator 4. Apply appropriate math skills to interpret quantitative data.

English Language Arts

Acquisition of Vocabulary

Benchmark A Grades K – 3 Use context clues to determine the meaning of new vocabulary words.

Grade K Indicator 1. Understand new words from the context of conversations or from the use of pictures within a text.

Grade 2 Indicator 10. Determine the meaning and pronunciations of unknown words using a beginner’s dictionary, glossaries and technology.

Communication: Oral and Visual

Benchmark A Grade K – 3 Use active listening strategies to identify the main idea and to gain information from oral presentations.

Grade K Indicator 1. Listen attentively to speakers, stories, poems and songs.

Grade 1 Indicator 1. Use active listening skills, such as making eye contact or asking questions.

Indicator 1. Compare what is heard with prior knowledge and experience. Indicator 3. Follow simple oral directions.

Grade 2 Indicator 1. Use active listening strategies, such as making eye contact and asking for clarification and explanation.

Indicator 2. Compare what is heard with prior knowledge and experience. Indicator 3. Identify the main idea of oral presentations and visual media. Indicator 4. Follow two- and three-step oral directions.

Grade 3 Indicator 1. Ask questions for clarification and explanation, and respond to others’ ideas.

Indicator 2. Identify the main idea, supporting details and purpose of oral presentations and visual media.

Benchmark E Grade K – 3 Deliver a variety of presentations that include relevant information and a clear sense of purpose.

Grade K Indicator 5. Deliver informal descriptive or informational presentations about ideas or experiences in logical order with a beginning, middle and end.

Grade 1 Indicator 4. Speak clearly and understandably.

Indicator 5. Deliver brief informational presentations that: a. demonstrate an understanding of the topic; b. include and sort relevant information and details to develop topic.

Grade 2 Indicator 8. Deliver informal presentations that: b. demonstrate an understanding of the topic; c. include relevant facts and details to develop a topic.

Grade 3 Indicator 8. Deliver informal presentations that: b. demonstrate an understanding of the topic.

Benchmark A Grade 4 – 7 Use effective listening strategies, summarize major ideas and draw logical inferences from presentations and visual media.

Grade 5 Indicator 1. Demonstrate active listening strategies.

Indicator 2. Interpret the main idea and draw conclusions from oral presentations and visual media.

Indicator 3. Identify the speaker’s purpose in presentations and visual media. Indicator 9. Deliver formal and informal descriptive presentations recalling an event or personal experience that convey relevant information and descriptive details.

Benchmark B Grade 4 – 7 Explain a speaker’s point of view and use of persuasive techniques in presentations and visual media.

Grade 5 Indicator 1. Demonstrate active listening strategies.

Indicator 2. Interpret the main idea and draw conclusions from oral presentations and visual media.

Benchmark F Grade 4 – 7 Give presentations using a variety of delivery methods, visual materials and technology.

Grade 5 Indicator 9. Deliver formal and informal descriptive presentations recalling an event or personal experience that convey relevant information and descriptive details.

Benchmark E Grade 8 – 10 Give informational presentations tat present ideas in a logical sequence, include relevant facts and details from multiple sources and use a consistent organization structure.

Grade 8 Indicator 9. Deliver formal and informal descriptive presentations that convey relevant information and descriptive details.

Mathematics

Measurement

Benchmark E Grade 5 – 7 Use problem solving techniques and technology as needed to solve problems involving length, weight, perimeter, area, volume, time and temperature.

Grade 5 Indicator 7. Use benchmark angles to estimate the measure of angles, and use a tool to measure and draw angles.

Social Studies

History

Benchmark C Grade K – 2 Compare daily life in the past and present demonstrating an understanding that while basic human needs remain the same, they are met in different ways in different times and places.

Grade 2 Indicator 6. Identify and describe examples of how science and technology have changed the daily lives of people and compare: A. forms of communication from the past; b. forms of transportation from the past and present.

Benchmark D Grade K – 2 Recognize that the actions of individuals make a difference, and relate the stories of people from diverse backgrounds who have contributed to the heritage of the United States.

Grade 2 Indicator 7. Recognize the importance of individual action and character and explain how they have made a difference in others’ lives with emphasis on the importance of: b. explorers, inventors and scientists.

Benchmark G Grade 6 – 8 Analyze the causes and consequences of the American Civil War.

Grade 8 Indicator 8. Describe and analyze the territorial expansion of the United States including: b. The Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

People in Societies

Benchmark B Grade K – 2 Identify ways that different cultures within the United States and the world have shaped our national heritage.

Grade 2 Indicator 4. Describe the contributions of significant individuals, including artisans, inventors, scientists, architects, explorers and political leaders to the cultural heritage of the United States.

Geography

Benchmark A Grade K – 2 Identify the location of the state of Ohio, the United States, the continents and oceans on maps, globes and other geographic representations.

Grade 2 Indicator 1. Read and interpret a variety of maps.

Indicator 3. Name and locate the continents and oceans.

Benchmark A Grade 6 – 8 Identify on a map the location of major physical and human features of each continent.

Grade 6 Indicator 2. Use coordinates of latitude and longitude to locate points on a world map.

Grade 7 Indicator 2. On a map, identify places related to the historical events being studied and explain their significance.

Benchmark B Grade 6 – 8 Define and identify regions using human and physical characteristics.

Grade 8 Indicator 1. Compare places and regions in the United States as they existed prior to 1877 with the same places and regions today to analyze changes in land use and population, political, social and economic characteristics.

Benchmark C Grade 6 – 8 Explain how the environment influences the way people live in different places and the consequences of modifying the environment.

Grade 5 Indicator 5. Describe ways human settlements and environmental factors and processes in different places and regions including influence activities: a. bodies of water; b. landforms; c. climates; d. vegetation; weathering; seismic activity.

Grade 8 Indicator 2. Analyze how physical characteristics of the environment influenced population distribution, settlement patterns and economic activitiesin the United States during the 18th and 19th centuries.