8th Grade Science Trimester 1 Proficiency Scales Level Standards Topic, Objectives, and Assessments Vocabulary Development Earth Materials 2 ESS2-1 Lab: Grow your own minerals and Systems 2 ESS2-1 Mineral Formation 2 ESS2-1 Mighty Minerals Project 3 ESS2-1 Magnificent Minerals Lab MasterMines Game Rocks Reading 3 ESS2-1 Rocks and the Processes of the Rock Cycle 3 ESS2-1 JASON Mission Center Interactive: The Rock Cycle Rock Cycle Popplet Rock Cycle Videos/Images 3 ESS2-1 Rock Cycle Dice Activity Rock Cycle Comic Strip 3 ESS2-1 Rock Cycle Check for Understanding 2 to 4 ESS2-1 Rock Cycle Re-teaching/Extension Activities History of Planet 2 ESS2-3 Continental Drift Introduction Earth Find Evidence for Continental Drift Hypothesis 3 to 4 ESS2-3 Find Evidence for Seafloor Spreading Hypothesis 3 ESS2-3 Online Lab: Continental Drift: What's the Big Idea? 4 ESS2-3 Check for Understanding - Continental Drift 2 to 4 ESS2-1, ESS2- Re-teaching/Extensions 2, ESS2-3 Study Guide 4 6 Week Common Assessment History of Planet 3 ESS2-2 Destructive Forces: Observations, Inferences and Predictions Earth Cont. Evidence for the Theory of Plate Tectonics 3 ESS2-2 Earthquake Characteristics Volcano Characteristics Landford Detectives Game Human Impacts 3 ESS2-2 Elastic Rebound Theory: Focus and Epicenter Shape it Up Game Letter to Congressman of how Illinois was affected by glaciers and how we should research them more. 3 ESS2-2 How Glaciers Shaped Illinois Weathering of Streets Weathering Graham Cracker Lab. 3 ESS2-2 Earth's Surface Check for Understanding 2 to 4 ESS2-2 Re-teaching/Extensions for Earth Surface 3 ESS3-5 Global Temperatures in the last century Introduction to Climate Change 3 ESS3-5 Climate Change inquiry 3 to 4 ESS3-5 Climate Change Review Game 4 ESS3-5 Climate Change Check for Understanding 2 to 4 ESS3-5 Climate Change Re-teaching + Other Standards Re-teaching ESS2-1, ESS2- Study Guide - 12 Week Common Assessment 2, ESS2-3, ESS3-5 4 ESS2-1, ESS2- 12 week Geoscience Common Assessment 2, ESS2-3, ESS3-5 Trimester 2 Proficiency Scales Level Standards Topic, Objectives, and Assessments Vocabulary Development Bellringer: Presentations MS-PS3-2 Read: Types of Energy Energy & Force 2 Bounce Lab MS-PS3-2 2 Digital: Create a Graph 2 MS-PS3-2 Marble Energy Lab (Separate Sheet of Paper) 2 MS-PS3-2 Functional Rollercoaster Lab 2 MS-PS3-2 Lab: Complete Pendulum Lab 3 MS-PS3-2 Energy & Forces Check for Understanding 3 MS-PS3-2 R-eteaching/Extensions Types of MS-PS2-3, MS- 2 Interactions PS2-5 1. Phet: Balloons and Static Electricity MS-PS2-3, MS- 2 PS2-5 2. Cosmos: The Electric Boy MS-PS2-3, MS- 2 3. Read: Electric Charge PS2-5 MS-PS2-3, MS- 3 PS2-5 4. Lab: Opposites Attract MS-PS2-3, MS- 3 PS2-5 5. Read: Magnets and Magnetism MS-PS2-3, MS- 3 PS2-5 6. Lab: Magnetism MS-PS2-3, MS- 7. Read: Electricity and Magnetism 3 PS2-5 MS-PS2-3, MS- 3 PS2-5 8. Read: Using Electromagnetism MS-PS2-3, MS- 3 PS2-5 9. Lab: Magnets and Electromagnets MS-PS2-3, MS- 3 PS2-5 10. Read: Generating and Using Electricity 4 MS-PS2-3, MS- Quiz on Types of Interactions PS2-5 MS-PS2-3, MS- 4 PS2-5 Re-teaching/Extension Activities MS-PS4-1, MS- Read: Characteristics of Waves - Vocabulary 2 Waves PS4-2 Questions 2, 3, 5-7 MS-PS4-1, MS- 2 PS4-2 Digital: Waves on a String MS-PS4-1, MS- 2 PS4-2 Lab: Slinky Waves MS-PS4-1, MS- 2 PS4-2 Read: Measuring Waves MS-PS4-1, MS- 2 PS4-2 Lab: Dominoes Lab MS-PS4-1, MS- 2 PS4-2 Digital: Wave Interactions MS-PS4-1, MS- 2 PS4-2 Read: Wave Interactions MS-PS4-1, MS- 3 PS4-2 Lab: Wave Properties MS-PS4-1, MS- 3 PS4-2 Lab: Reflection MS-PS4-1, MS- 3 PS4-2 Lab: Reflections of Light MS-PS4-1, MS- 2 PS4-2 Watch: Cosmos - Hiding in the Light MS-PS4-1, MS- 4 PS4-2 Review MS-PS4-1, MS- 4 PS4-2 Waves Check for Understanding MS-PS4-1, MS- 4 PS4-2 Re-teaching/Extensions Information MS-LS1-8, MS- 2 Processing PS4-3 Lab: Stimuli Response MS-LS1-8, MS- 2 PS4-3 Read: Nervous System MS-LS1-8, MS- 2 PS4-3 Motor Learning and Memory MS-LS1-8, MS- 2 PS4-3 Read: Eyes and Vision MS-LS1-8, MS- 2 PS4-3 Vision Lab MS-LS1-8, MS- 2 PS4-3 Read: Other Senses MS-LS1-8, MS- 3 PS4-3 Senses Lab MS-LS1-8, MS- 3 PS4-3 Lab: Recency and Primacy Effect MS-LS1-8, MS- 3 PS4-3 Lab: Your Incredible Memory MS-LS1-8, MS- 3 PS4-3 Lab: Who's Choice is it Anyway? MS-LS1-8, MS- 3 PS4-3 Read: electrical Signals MS-LS1-8, MS- 3 PS4-3 Analogue and Digital Signals MS-LS1-8, MS- 3 PS4-3 NASA Digital MS-LS1-8, MS- PS4-3, MS-LS1- 4 8, MS-PS4-3 Review for Common Assessment MS-LS1-8, MS- 4 PS4-3, MS-LS1- 8, MS-PS4-3 12 Week Common Assessment .