Critical Thinking
The student’s ability to use higher level thinking skills – reasoning, analyzing, interpreting, synthesizing, evaluating, or reflecting to make and support a decision.
Connections to other disciplines, experiences, or skills lead to deeper understanding.
Definition Progression
Emerging
The student is able to use, reasoning, analyzing and interpreting critical thinking skills to make a decision.
Proficient
The student is able to use reasoning, analyzing, interpreting, synthesizing, evaluating, or reflecting critical thinking skills to make and support a decision.
Advanced
The student is able to use reasoning, analyzing, interpreting, synthesizing, evaluating, or reflecting critical thinking skills to make and support a decision which makes connections to other disciplines, experiences, or skills and leads to deeper understanding.
Lesson Progression
Emerging
Research different energy sources. How are they alike/different? Which one would you use in your home/school?
Proficient
Research different energy sources. Explain and defend which one is best to use in your home/school.
Advanced
Research different energy sources. Make a presentation explaining/defending which energy source(s) is most valuable or sustainable for use in your home/school over the next 10 years.