Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Guilderland High School Technology Education is partnering with Project Lead the Way (PLTW), a national, non-profit organization, in order to offer a sequence of pre-engineering courses for Guilderland High School students. Our program has gone through the certification process and is now a nationally recognized pre-engineering program. Design and Drawing …
Technology Education at the middle school level is an introductory course that examines a multitude of technologies that exist in our world. New York State requires one full year of technology education by the end of the 8th grade year. At FMS we now offer three, half-year courses at the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade …
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7802 Health Education Health is a one-semester course (1/2 unit) that is required by New York State for graduation. Given the fact most of our modern-day health problems represent poor decisions rather than medical failures, the primary goal of this course is to provide students with the necessary skills and knowledge that they can intelligently …
The middle school Math program is closely aligned with the New York State Learning Standards for Mathematics and share the same goals to provide students with the knowledge and understanding of mathematics necessary to function in a world very dependent upon the application of mathematics. Focus in the curriculum is meant to give students an …
World Languages Grade 6 In 6th grade we begin to provide a language-rich experience with a focus on student communication skills. We incorporate the domains of reading, listening, speaking and writing as well as, cultural literacy. This is the first year of study for students in a three year program. Students will expand their linguistic …
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The Social Studies Department strives to ensure that all students are prepared to become active, productive, informed, responsible, and efficacious citizens. Guilderland students are required to take four Social Studies credits that reflect Global History and Geography, U.S. History and Government, Economics, and Public Policy. Not only will students engage with important historical content and …
Social Studies at grades 6-8 incorporate ten unifying themes: Individual Development and Cultural Identity Development, Movement, and Interaction of Cultures Time, Continuity, and Change Geography, Humans, and the Environment Development and Transformation of Social Structures Power, Authority, and Governance Civic Ideals and Practices Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems Science, Technology, and Innovation Global …
Social studies content in grades 7 and 8 focuses on a chronologically organized study of the United States and New York State history. The seventh grade program traces the human experience in the United States from pre-Columbian times to the Civil War period of division and reunion. Political, geographic, economic and social trends in United …
The sixth-grade social studies program emphasizes the interdependence of all people, with a focus on the Eastern Hemisphere. Students learn how geography and economics shape social/cultural, political and historic aspects of life in this part of the world. Concepts and themes include: Change, Identity, Needs and Wants, Technology, Culture, Interdependence, Empathy, Values, The World in …
Cell structure and Function MS-LS1-1.Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells. MS-LS1-2.Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function. Biochemistry …
