NASA CONNECT
Norbesaur Challenge Web Activity: Standards

You can use the NASA CONNECT Norbesaur Challenge Web Activity to meet the following National Standards:

NCTM Mathematics Standards (Expectations)

  • Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems
  • Select, create, and use appropriate graphical representations of data, including histrograms, box plots, and scatterplots
  • Discuss and understand the correspondence between data sets and their graphical representations, especially histograms, stem-and-leaf plots, box plots, and scatterplots
  • Make conjectures about possible relationships between two characteristics of a sample on the basis of scatterplots of the data and approximate lines of fit
  • Understand measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems, and processes of measurement
  • Develop, analyze, and explain methods for solving problems involving proportions, such as scaling and finding equivalent ratios
  • Use representations to model and interpret physical, social, and mathematical phenomena
  • Use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships
  • Understand patterns, relations, and functions
  • Communicate their mathematical thinking coherently and clearly to peers, teachers, and others
  • Analyze and evaluate the mathematical thinking and strategies of others

NSTA Science Standards

Science as Inquiry

  • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry

Physical Science
  • Motions and Forces

Life Science
  • Structure and function in living systems

Earth and Space Science
  • Earth's history

ITEA Standards for Technological Literacy

Abilities for a Technological World

  • Use computers and calculators in various applications

Designed by Randall Caton during October 2004.      You can reach me at rcaton@pcs.cnu.edu.