EEWorks

Questioning and Analysis Skills
Focus on:

Questioning-	Developing questions skills necessary for environmental investigations
Designing Investigations-	Design investigations to address particular questions about the environment
Collection Information-	Locate and collect information about the environment and environmental topics
Evaluating accuracy and reliability-	Apply logic and reasoning skills to evaluate completeness and reliability
Organizing Information-	Describe and organize information to search for relationships and patterns concerning the environment and environmental investigations
Working with models and simulations-	Understand that relationships, patterns, and processes and use them to create and evaluate models
Developing explanations-	Use evidence and logic to develop explanations to address questions and hypotheses

Knowledge of Environmental Processes and Skills
Focus on:

Earth as a physical system-	Processes that shape the Earth Changes in matter Energy
Living environment-	Organisms, populations, and communities Heredity and evolution Systems and connections Flow of matter and energy
Humans and their societies-	Individuals and groups Culture Political and economic systems Global connections Change and conflict
Environment and society-	Human/environment interactions Places Resources Technology Environmental issues

Skills for Understanding and Addressing Environmental Issues
Focus on:

Analysis and investigation skills-

Identify and investigate issues

Sorting out the consequences of issues

Identifying and evaluating alternative solutions and courses of action

Working with flexibility, creativity, and openness

Decision-making and citizenship skills-

Forming and evaluating personal views

Evaluating the need for citizen actions

Planning and taking action

Evaluating the results of actions

Personal and Civic Responsibility
Focus on:

Societal values and principles-	Understanding societal values and principles
Citizens' rights and responsibilities-	Recognizing citizens' rights and responsibilities
Recognizing efficacy-	Possess a realistic self-confidence in their effectiveness as citizens
Accepting personal responsibility-	Understand that they have responsibility for the effects of their actions