Explore Science Journalism and STEM

Explain points of agreement and disagreement experts have about interpretations and applications of disciplinary concepts and ideas associated with a supporting question and explain how supporting questions contribute to an inquiry and how, through engaging source work, new compelling and supporting questions emerge. (NCSS D1.3.9-12 - D1.4.9-12)

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity. (NGSS HS-ESS3-1)

Students recognize the responsibilities and opportunities for positively contributing to their digital communities. (ISTE)

Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others. (ISTE)

Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions. (ISTE)

At its heart, chronological reasoning requires understanding processes of change and continuity over time, which means assessing similarities and differences between historical periods and between the past and present. (NCSS D2.His.1.9-12 - D2.His.3.9-12)

Whether students are constructing opinions, explanation, or arguments, they will gather information from a variety of sources and evaluate the relevance of that information. (NCSS D3.1.9-12 - D3.2.9-12)

Explain how a question reflects an enduring issue in the field and explain points of agreement and disagreement experts have about interpretations and applications of disciplinary concepts and ideas associated with a compelling question. (NCSS D1.1.9-12 - D1.2.9-12)

Communicate scientific information that common ancestry and biological evolution are supported by multiple lines of empirical evidence. (NGSS HS-LS4-1)

Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals. (ISTE)

Students use digital tools to broaden their perspectives and enrich their learning by collaborating with others and working effectively in teams locally and globally. (ISTE)

Students develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that leverage the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions. (ISTE)

• CCTC AR-JB 4.1: Examine equipment and its function.
• CCTC AR-JB 4.2: Examine production activities.
• CCTC AR-JB 4.3: Explain how to run a board shift.
• CCTC AR-JB 4.4: Examine set design principles and practices.

• CCTC AR 5.1: Locate career opportunities that appeal to personal career goals.
• CCTC AR 5.2: Match personal interests and aptitudes to selected careers.
• CCTC AR 5.3: Identify pathways with common knowledge and skills that provide a worker with the potential for mobility.
• CCTC AR 5.4: Examine the numerous career paths in this cluster to discover personal preference.

• CCTC AR 2.1: Assess workplace conditions with regard to safety and health.
• CCTC AR 2.2: State the implications and rationale for various rules and laws designed to promote safety and health may have on a work environment.
• CCTC AR 2.3: Demonstrate personal and group health and safety practices.
• CCTC AR 2.4: Illustrate situations that demonstrate compliance with OSHA safety regulations and practices as it relates to this cluster.
• CCTC AR 2.5: Demonstrate safe work habits and procedures in working with electricity in this career cluster.
• CCTC AR 2.6: Demonstrate safety procedures in operating equipment commonly used in the career pathways.