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Missouri Knowledge Standards
English Language Arts
1 speaking and writing standard English (including grammar, usage, punctuation, spelling, capitalization)
2 reading and evaluating fiction, poetry and drama
3 reading and evaluating nonfiction works and material (such as biographies, newspapers, technical manuals)
4 writing formally (such as reports, narratives, essays) and informally (such as outlines, notes)
5 comprehending and evaluating the content and artistic aspects of oral and visual presentations (such as story-telling, debates, lectures, multi-media productions)
6 participating in formal and informal presentations and discussions of issues and ideas
7 identifying and evaluating relationships between language and culture
Fine Arts
1 process and techniques for the production, exhibition or performance of one or more of the visual or performed arts
2 the principles and elements of different art forms
3 the vocabulary to explain perceptions about and evaluations of works in dance, music, theater and visual arts
4 interrelationships of visual and performing arts and the relationships of the arts to other disciplines
5 visual and performing arts in historical and cultural contexts
Mathematics
1 addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; other number sense, including numeration and estimation; and the application of these operations and concepts in the workplace and other situations
2 geometric and spatial sense involving measurement (including length, area, volume), trigonometry, and similarity and transformations of shapes
3 data analysis, probability and statistics
4 patterns and relationships within and among functions and algebraic, geometric and trigonometric concepts
5 mathematical systems (including real numbers, whole numbers, integers, fractions), geometry, and number theory (including primes, factors, multiples)
6 discrete mathematics (such as graph theory, counting techniques, matrices)
Science
1 properties and principles of matter and energy
2 properties and principles of force and motion
3 characteristics and interactions of living organisms
4 changes in ecosystems and interactions of organisms with their environments
5 processes (such as plate movement, water cycle, air flow) and interactions of earth’s biosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere and hydrosphere
6 composition and structure of the universe and the motions of the objects within it
7 processes of scientific inquiry (such as formulating and testing hypotheses)
8 impact of science, technology and human activity on resources and the environment
Social Studies
1 principles expressed in the documents shaping constitutional democracy in the United States
2 continuity and change in the history of Missouri, the United States and the world
3 principles and processes of governance systems
4 economic concepts (including productivity and the market system) and principles (including the laws of supply and demand)
5 the major elements of geographical study and analysis (such as location, place, movement, regions) and their relationships to changes in society and environment
6 relationships of the individual and groups to institutions and cultural traditions
7 the use of tools of social science inquiry (such as surveys, statistics, maps, documents)