JHS 185 – ASPIRES Magnet School

Teachers'  Corner

1. Students will show through research and projects that engineering is a balance between change and sustainability.
2. Students will analyze, interpret, and discuss the relationship between man and science.
3. Students will identify and explore the many career opportunities in applied science through reports, presentations and communication with field professionals.
4. Students will become activists in their society through active research, service opportunities, and volunteering.
5. Students will explore the applied sciences through the design process and create their own models of understanding.

Science:

• NYC Curriculum
• Overview of Themed 6th Grade Science Curriculum
• Unit 1 – Simple and Compound Machines
• Unit 2 – Weather
                Project – Weather's Impact on Architecture
                Project – Weather and Global Architecture
• Unit 3 – Diversity of Life
• Unit 4 – Interdependence
                Project – Model Home for Ecosystem
                Project – Ecological Recovery Plan

Social Studies

• NYC Curriculum
• Overview of Themed 6th Grade Social Studies Curriculum
• Unit 1 – Geography and Early Peoples of the Eastern Hemisphere
• Unit 2 – Middle East Past to Present
• Unit 3 – Africa Past to Present
• Unit 4 – Asia Past to Present
• Unit 5 – Wars and Revolutions
• Unit 6 – Europe and Its Architectural Influence

English Language Arts

• NYS Curriculum 
• NYC Performance Standards
• English Language Arts 6th Grade Curriculum Map
• Architecture and Personal Identity
• The Influence of Immigration on Urban Development
• Architecture's Influence on Poetry
• Non-fiction Writing
  
  
English as a Second Language
• Unit One: Magazine Publishing-Advanced Grades 6, 7, 8

Math

• NYC Curriculum
• Geometry in Architecture
• Area of Shapes
• Operations
• Measurement

Foreign Language

• NYC Curriculum
• Sample Unit (coming soon)

Art

• NYC Curriculum - Blueprint for the Arts
• Sample Unit (coming soon)

Elective

• Course Description and Outline
• Sample Unit (coming soon)

Science:

• NYC Curriculum
• Overview of Themed 7th Grade Science Curriculum
• Unit 1 – Geology
• Unit 2 – Interactions Between Matter and Energy
• Unit 3 – Homeostasis and Human Disease
• Unit 4 – Dynamic Equilibrium: Other Organisms

Social Studies

• NYC Curriculum
• Overview of Themed 7th Grade Social Studies Curriculum
• Unit 1 – Native Americans and Explorers
• Unit 2 – Colonial America And Revolution
• Unit 3 – A New Nation
• Unit 4 – A Nation Grows
• Unit 5 – Civil War and Reconstruction

English Language Arts

• NYS Curriculum
• NYC Performance Standards
• English Language Arts 7th Grade Curriculum Map
• Memoir
• Balance and Relationships
• Persuasive Letter
• Research paper – Medicine
• Healthy Measures
  


English as a Second Language
• Unit One:  Acceptance

Math

• NYC Curriculum
• Problem Solving

Foreign Language

• NYC Curriculum
• Sample Unit (coming soon)

Art

• NYC Curriculum - Blueprint for the Arts
• Sample Unit (coming soon)

Science:

• NYC Curriculum
• Overview of 8th Grade Themed Science Curriculum
• Unit 1 – Reproduction, Heredity and Evolution
• Unit 2 – Forces and Motion on Earth
• Unit 3 – Earth, Sun, Moon System
• Unit 4 – Humans in their Environment: Needs and Tradeoffs
• Project-Based Learning in Science
• Science Exit Project
• Exit Project Task Descriptions

Social Studies

• NYC Curriculum
• Overview of Themed 8th Grade Social Studies Curriculum
• Unit 1 – Industrial Society
• Unit 2 – Progressive Movement
• Unit 3 – US as an Expansionist Nation
• Unit 4 – US Between the Wars
• Unit 5 – The US Assumes Worldwide Responsibilities
• Unit 6 – World War II to the Present
• Social Studies Exit Projects

English Language Arts

• NYS Curriculum
• NYC Performance Standards
• 8th Grade English Language Arts Themed Curriculum Map
• Social Justice – Anne Frank
• The Harlem Renaissance
• Expressing Fairness Through Literature
• Community Park

Math

• NYC Curriculum
• Functions
• Number Sense and Operations

Foreign Language

• NYC Curriculum

Art

• NYC Curriculum - Blueprint for the Arts

Elective