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Standards for Foreign Language: Cultures: Mayan Culture Standard 2.1 Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and the perspectives of the culture studied. Connections: Science Standard 3.1 Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language. Comparisons: Science/English terms - Spanish version Standard 4.1 Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of language studied and their own.

Music Therapy goals and treatment follow State Regulations under the AMTA (American Music Therapy Association). For a complete list of standards followed for practitioners in the field, see the link below: http://www.musictherapy.org/about/standards/ Academic Music goals can also be addressed: (specifically following Standards 1 & 2 below through musical performance, drumming, and singing) Students will be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials and resources available for participation in the arts in various roles. Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought. Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society." http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/standards.html
 * "Standard 1**: Creating, Performing, and Participating in the Arts Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) and participate in various roles in the arts.
 * Standard 2**: Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources
 * Standard 3**: Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art
 * Standard 4**: Understanding the Cultural Contributions of the Arts

Science Standards: Standard 1; scientific literacy for intermediate age. [] Retrieved February 16, 2012. 1. The central purpose of scientific inquiry is to develop explanations of natural phenomena in a continuing, creative process. Students: • formulate questions independently with the aid of references appropriate for guiding the search for explanations of everyday observations. • construct explanations independently for natural phenomena, especially by proposing preliminary visual models of phenomena. • represent, present, and defend their proposed explanations of everyday observations so that they can be understood and assessed by others. • seek to clarify, to assess critically, and to reconcile with their own thinking the ideas presented by others, including peers, teachers, authors, and scientists. 2. Beyond the use of reasoning and consensus, scientific inquiry involves the testing of proposed explanations involving the use of conventional techniques and procedures and usually requiring considerable ingenuity.

Standard 7: interdisciplinary problem solving [] Retrieved February 16, 2012. 1. The knowledge and skills of mathematics, science, and technology are used together to make informed decisions and solve problems, especially those relating to issues of science/technology/society, consumer decision making, design, and inquiry into phenomena. 2. Solving interdisciplinary problems involves a variety of skills and strategies, including effective work habits; gathering and processing information; generating and analyzing ideas; realizing ideas; making connections among the common themes of mathematics, science, and technology; and presenting results.

Earth Science Core curriculum performance indicator under Standard 4. 1.2b Stars form when gravity causes clouds of molecules to contract until nuclear fusion of light elements into heavier ones occurs. Fusion releases great amounts of energy over millions of years. • The stars differ from each other in size, temperature, and age. • Our Sun is a medium-sized star within a spiral galaxy of stars known as the Milky Way. Our galaxy contains billions of stars, and the universe contains billions of such galaxies.