8Th Grade Science Curriculum Overview

8th Grade Science Curriculum Overview 2014-2015 http://science.dmschools.org 8th Grade Science Curriculum Overview 2014-2015 Unit Content Standards

Motion, Forces and Energy Understand and apply knowledge of motion and forces. (Semester 1)

Understand and apply knowledge of forms of energy and energy transfer.

Waves, Sound and Light Understand and apply knowledge of forms of energy and energy transfer. (Semester 2)

Astronomy Understand and apply knowledge of the components of our solar system. (Semester 2)

Cells and Heredity Understand and apply knowledge of the basic components and functions of cells, tissues, organs and organ systems. (Semester 2)

Understand and apply knowledge of how different organisms pass on traits (heredity).

Skill Standard http://science.dmschools.org 8th Grade Science Curriculum Overview 2014-2015 Science Inquiry Identify and generate questions that can be answered through scientific investigations. Throughout year Design and conduct different kinds of scientific investigations.

Understand that different kinds of questions suggest different kinds of scientific investigations.

Select and use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze and interpret data.

Incorporate mathematics in scientific inquiry.

Use evidence to develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models.

Think critically and logically to make the relationships between evidence and explanations.

Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and predictions.

Communicate and defend procedures and explanations.

Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.

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Skill Standard

http://science.dmschools.org 8th Grade Science Curriculum Overview 2014-2015 Reading in Science Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts. Throughout year Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.

Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).

Compare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text on the same topic.

http://science.dmschools.org 8th Grade Science Curriculum Overview 2014-2015 Writing in Science Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific Throughout year experiments, or technical processes.

Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.

Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently

Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

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