Major Understandings - MST7.I.SR2.1a:
Working Effectively- contributing to the work of a brainstorming group, laboratory partnership, cooperative learning group, or project team; planning procedures; identify and managing responsibilities of team members; and staying on task, whether working alone or as part of a group.

Major Understandings - MST7.I.SR2.1b:
Gathering and Processing Information- accessing information from printed media, electronic data bases, and community resources and using the information to develop a definition of the problem and to research possible solutions.

Major Understandings - MST7.I.SR2.1c:
Generating and Analyzing Ideas- developing ideas for proposed solutions, investigating ideas, collecting data, and showing relationships and patterns in the data.

Major Understandings - MST7.I.SR2.1d:
Common Themes- observing examples of common unifying themes, applying them to the problem, and using them to better understand the dimensions of the problem.

Major Understandings - MST7.I.SR2.1e:
Realizing Ideas- constructing components or models, arriving at a solution, and evaluating the result.

Major Understandings - MST7.I.SR2.1f:
Presenting Results- using a variety of media to present the solution and to communicate the results.