Each value-added project is focused on one or more of the following value-added standards. In addition, students take on various identities as they inquire, discover, explore, and achieve. Through unique learning opportunities at Weaver Lake, students practice these roles from kindergarten through fifth grade in order to build independence in their learning and understand how STEM is part of everything they do.
Standard 1: Students will use problem-solving strategies.
Student identity: questioner
Objective: Generate questions using the Question Formulation Technique
Right Question Institute
Student identity: problem-solver
Objective: Use an inquiry process to answer questions and solve problems.
Objective: Integrate ideas from different curricular areas to answer questions and solve problems.
Standard 2: Students will collaborate on ideas.
Student identity: collaborator
Objective: Seek out multiple perspectives during inquiry.
Objective: Contribute to citizen science and/or service-learning projects.
Standard 3: Students will collect, analyze, and interpret data.
Student identity: collector
Objective: Use technology and/or inquiry notebooks to collect data
Objective: Collect data from the prairie, lake, outdoor classrooms, and garden
Student identity: analyzer
Objective: Use technology and/or inquiry notebooks to organize, analyze and interpret data.
Standard 4: Students will create and use representations to model ideas.
Student identity: creator
Objective: Use technology or physical materials to create a representation of an idea.
Objective: Use Thinking Maps to represent ideas.
Standard 5: Students will share and critique ideas based on evidence.
Student identity: evaluator
Objective: Use evidence to critique others' ideas.
Objective: Reflect on own ideas and learning.
Student identity: communicator
Objective: Share ideas with audiences outside the school.