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 AERO Standards
Applicability To ZOOM
As Project AERO spreads standards through American Overseas Schools, there is a special need to prepare teachers to help students meet AERO standards in science, math, technology, English/language arts, and social studies. Project MAIS ZOOM is designed to help teachers to meet the AERO standards not only in science, but in other curricular areas as well. While the number of AERO standards that are reinforced by ZOOM is too extensive to list here, the following examples relate applicable AERO standards to five selected Zoom activities keyed to the elementary and middle school grades. They are intended to show how ZOOM activities can reinforce standards from many curriculum areas. |
Zoom Activity 1:
Elementary and middle school students will use DigiScopes to explore
and identify a variety of organisms that live in a drop of pond
water.
Applicable AERO Standards:
Science: # 15 The Living Environment: Students will understand the
diversity of living organisms and how they can be compared
scientifically.
Science: # 4 Scientific Inquiry: Students will be
able to select and use tools and instruments to conduct scientific
investigations.
Science: # 16, 5, a. Identify the cell as the
fundamental unit of living organisms and recognize that some
organisms are unicellular, while others are multicellular.
Technology # 3 Students will gather, analyze, interpret, synthesize,
apply and communicate information and designs using technology
tools.
Mathematics # 7 Students will estimate and measure to a
required degree of accuracy and precision by selecting and using
appropriate units, tools, and technologies.
English: # 9, 4, d. Use
standard reference tools (e.g., dictionary, thesaurus, library
information systems, encyclopedia, on-line information) to gather
information for research.
Social Studies # 8, 5, a. Understand the
difference between science and technology.
ZOOM Activity 2:
Students in Grade 3 prepare stained and unstained
wet mount slides of an onion skin, observe cells, and identify cell
parts including the nucleus and cell membrane.
Applicable AERO Standards:
Science: # 1,5, a. Keep records of investigations and
observations and not alter the records.
Science: # 2, 5, c. Know how
to make sketches or models to aid in explaining scientific
procedures or ideas.
Science: # 3, 5, d. Explain why scientists use
technology in investigations, including to increase their power of
observation and to measure and compare accurately.
Science: # 4, 5,
a. Use technology, including cameras, tape recorders, and computers,
to store and retrieve verbal and graphic information and data. b.
Use a variety of scientific tools to collect data.
Science: # 16, 5,
a. Identify the cell as the fundamental unit of living organisms and
recognize that some organisms are unicellular, while others are multicellular.
Technology: # 1, 5, a. Use keyboards and other common
input and output devices. b. Discuss common uses of technology in
daily life and the advantages and disadvantages those uses provide.
Technology: # 3, 5, d. Determine when technology is useful and
select the appropriate tool(s) and technology resources to address a
variety of tasks and problems.
Math: # 2, 3, c. Explain why a
prediction, estimation, or solution is reasonable.
Math: # 4, 3, c.
Use a variety of standard tools (e.g., rulers, clocks, measuring
tapes, thermometers) and non-standard objects (e.g., counters,
sticks, bolts), to measure mathematical and physical objects in the
environment.
Math: # 7, 3, a. Estimate before measuring to determine
the reasonableness of a solution. b. Estimate and measure length,
time, temperature, and weight to the nearest unit using customary,
metric, and nonstandard measurement.
Math: # 10, 3, a. Pose a
question and collect data by observing, measuring, surveying, and
counting.
English: # 9, 4, b. Gather and record information (e.g.,
note taking, photography, surveys). d. Use standard reference tools
(e.g., dictionary, thesaurus, library information systems,
encyclopedia, on-line information) to gather information for
research.
Social Studies: # 8, 5, b. Examine ways in which tools and
techniques make certain tasks easier. d. Describe instances in which
changes in values, beliefs, and attitudes have resulted from new
scientific knowledge and from technological knowledge.
ZOOM Activity 3:
Students in Grade 7 do an experiment to test the effects of
caffeine (from green tea) on the heartbeat rate of Daphnia.
Applicable AERO Standards:
Science # 3, 8, a. Describe why (such as
to explore new phenomena, check previous results, compare theories)
and how (by collecting evidence, reasoning, devising hypotheses, and
creating explanations) scientists conduct investigations.
Science #
4 8, b. Know how to use sophisticated tools and instruments when
measuring length, volume, weight, elapsed time, rates, and
temperature.
Science # 15, 8, d. Describe responses of plants and
animals to various stimuli in their environment.
Math # 2, 8, b. Use
"if then" statements to construct simple valid arguments.
Math # 4,
8, a. Use a variety of technologies, including computers, scientific
calculators, graphing calculators, science probes, and digital
cameras to evaluate and validate problem solutions.
Technology # 3,
8, d. Select and use appropriate tools and technology resources to
accomplish a variety of tasks and solve problems.
English # 9, 8, d.
Prepare reports or research presentations that define a thesis;
record important ideas, concepts, direct quotations from significant
information sources; paraphrase and summarize relevant perspectives
on the topic; and organize and record information on charts, maps,
and graphs.
Social Studies # 8, 8, d. Describe how technologies
might have effects and uses other than those intended.
ZOOM Activity 4:
Grade 5 students do a forensics investigation in which they
investigate hair and fingerprints found at a “crime scene” to
identify a “suspect.”
Applicable AERO Standards:
Science # 1, 5, a.
Keep records of investigations and observations and not alter the
results. b. Distinguish observations from ideas and speculations and
predications about observations. c. Offer reasons for findings and
also consider reasons suggested by others.
Science # 2, 5, b.
Identify patterns of change, such as steady, repetitive, or
irregular change, using records, tables, or graphs of measurements
where appropriate.
Science # 3, 5, c. Know how to use numerical data
in describing and comparing objects and events. d. Explain why
scientists use technology in investigations, including to increase
their power of observation and to measure and compare accurately.
Math # 1, 5, b. Develop and apply a variety of problem-solving
strategies (for example, make an organized list, guess-and-check)
and justify choice of strategies. d. Differentiate between relevant
and irrelevant information.
Math # 2, 5, f. Independently apply
mathematical concepts to other content areas such as science,
geography, and music.
Technology # 1, 5, b. Discuss common uses of
technology in daily life and the advantages and disadvantages those
uses provide.
Technology # 2, 5, a. Discuss basic issues related to
responsible use of technology and information and describe personal
consequences of inappropriate use.
English # 9, 8, a. Plan and
conduct multiple-step information searches using print and
multimedia resources. b. Use research information, sources, etc. to
substantiate original thought (personal thesis, claims, conclusions,
etc.).
Social Studies # 8, 5, b. Examine ways in which tools and
techniques make certain tasks easier. d. Describe instances in which
changes in values, beliefs, and attitudes have resulted from new
scientific knowledge and from technological knowledge.
ZOOM Activity 5:
Grade 6 students construct a PowerPoint to show a Parents’ School
Association what they have learned about the structure, behaviors,
and response to stimuli of the mealworm, Tenebrio.
Applicable AERO Standards:
Science: # 4, 8, b. Know how to use sophisticated tools
and instruments when measuring length, volume, weight, elapsed time,
rates, and temperature.
Science: # 15, 8, d. Describe responses of
plants and animals to various stimuli in their environment.
Science:
# 17, 8, b. List and describe ways living organisms interact with
the abiotic factors in an ecosystem.
Technology: # 3, 8, a. Use
content-specific tools, software, and simulations to support
learning and research. b. Design, develop, publish and present
products using technology resources that demonstrate and communicate
curriculum concepts to audiences inside and outside the classroom.
c. Collaborate with peers, experts, and others using
telecommunications and collaborative tools to investigate
curriculum-related problems, issues and information, and to develop
solutions or products for audiences inside and outside the
classroom.
English: # 4, 8, f. Edit written work to reflect
appropriate and effective grammar (e.g., verb tense, pronoun
antecedent, etc.), spelling, and correct use of punctuation and
capitalization.
English: # 5, 8, f. Edit written work to reflect
appropriate and effective grammar (e.g., verb tense, pronoun
antecedent, etc.), spelling, and correct use of punctuation and
capitalization.
Math: # 7, 8, b. Select and use appropriate units
and tools to measure length, area, volume, angle, and weight to
appropriate levels of precision. |
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