All of
our programs have been reviewed to ensure their relevance to state and national
standards. (See School Program descriptions.) Below
are the ties to the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks standards. Science and Technology/Engineering Grades
6-8 Earth and Space Science Learning Standard 1: Mapping the Earth: Recognize,
interpret, and be able to create models of the earthÕs common physical features
in various mapping representations, including contour maps. Grades 6-8
Life Science (Biology) Learning Standard 17: Changes in Ecosystems Over Time:
Identify ways in which ecosystems have changed throughout geologic time in response
to physical conditions, interactions among organisms, and actions of humans. Describe
how changes may be catastrophes such as volcanic eruptions or ice storms. Grades
6-8 Physical Sciences (Chemistry and Physics) Learning Standard 11: Motion of
Objects: Explain and give examples of how the motion of an object can be described
by its position, direction of motion, and speed. Grades 9 or 10 Earth and
Space Science Learning Standards: 3.6 and 3.7 Explain how water flows into and
through a watershed, e.g., aquifers, wells, porosity, permeability, water table,
capillary water, runoff. Compare and contrast the processes of the hydrologic
cycle including evaporation, condensation, precipitation, surface runoff and groundwater
percolation, infiltration, and transpiration. Grades 9 or 10 Biology Learning
Standard 6.4: Analyze changes in an ecosystem resulting from natural causes, changes
in climate, human activity, or introduction of non-native species. Grade
9 or 10 Physics Learning Standards: 1.2 and 1.3 Motion and Forces: Illustrate
how to represent vectors graphically and be able to add them graphically. Distinguish
between, and solve problems involving, velocity, speed, and constant acceleration.
History and Social Science
U.S. History I: The Revolution through
Reconstruction, 1763-1877 Economic Growth in the North and South 1800-1860. Learning
Standard USI.26 Explain the importance of the Transportation Revolution of the
19th century ---the building of canals, roads, bridges, turnpikes, steamboats,
and railroads---including the stimulus it provided to the growth of a market economy.
Learning Standard USI.27 Explain the emergence and impact of the textile industry
in New England and industrial growth generally throughout antebellum America.
U.S. History, II: Reconstruction to the Present, 1877-2001 Industrial America
and its emerging Role in International Affairs, 1870-1920. Learning Standard USII.2
b Explain the important consequences of the Industrial Revolution; the environmental
impact of the Industrial Revolution. | 