Standards

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The Roller Coaster WebQuest was created to demonstrate real-life application of key concepts taught in a college-level basic mathematics course (i.e., operations on whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percentages). During the course of the WebQuest, Michigan standards for English Language Arts, Social Studies, Technology, and Career & Employability Skills will be integrated with Michigan Mathematics standards. The result is a well-rounded application simulating a travel planning situation similar to one in which they could realistically participate at some point in their adult lives.



**__Major Curriculum Area:__**

 * **Michigan //Mathematics// Standards http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MichiganCurriculumFramework_8172_7.pdf**
 * **Benchmark III - Data Analysis & Statistics:**
 * Content Standard 1: Students collect and explore data, organize data into a useful form, and develop skill in representing and reading data displayed in different formats. (Collection, Organization and Presentation of Data)
 * **Benchmark IV - Number Sense & Numeration**
 * Content Standard 1: Students experience counting and measuring activities to develop intuitive sense about numbers, develop understanding about properties of numbers, understand the need for and existence of different sets of numbers, and investigate properties of special numbers. (Concepts and Properties of Numbers)
 * Content Standard 2: Students recognize that numbers are used in different ways such as counting, measuring, ordering and estimating, understand and produce multiple representations of a number, and translate among equivalent representations. (Representation and Uses of Numbers)

**__Interrelated Curriculum Areas:__**

 * **Michigan //English Language Arts// Standards** http://www.michigan.gov/documents/English_Language_Arts_Standards_122067_7.pdf
 * Becoming a "Literate Individual:"
 * Communicates skillfully and effectively through printed, visual, auditory, and technological media in the home, school, community, and workplace
 * Thinks analytically and creatively about important themes, concepts, and ideas
 * Uses the English language arts to identify and solve problems


 * **Michigan //Career & Employability Skills// Standards** http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Career&Employ_Standards_12_01_13760_7.pdf
 * Applied Academic Skills
 * Developing & Presenting Information
 * Problem Solving
 * Personal Management
 * Organizational Skills
 * Teamwork
 * Negotiating Skills


 * **Michigan //Social Studies// Standards** http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Social_Studies_Standards_122084_7.pdf
 * Strand V - Inquiry:
 * Content Standard 1: All students will acquire information from books, maps, newspapers, data sets, and other sources, organize and present the information in maps, graphs, charts and timelines, interpret the meaning and significance of information, and use a variety of electronic technologies to assist in accessing and managing information. (Information Processing)


 * **Michigan //Technology// Standards** http://www.michigan.gov/documents/9-12_150927_7.pdf
 * Technology Productivity Tools:
 * Use technology tools for managing and communicating personal information (e.g., finances, contact information, schedules, purchases, correspondence)
 * Identify technology tools (e.g., authoring tools or other hardware and software resources) that could be used to create a group project