<p>8th Grade Science Curriculum Overview 2014-2015 http://science.dmschools.org 8th Grade Science Curriculum Overview 2014-2015 Unit Content Standards</p><p>Motion, Forces and Energy Understand and apply knowledge of motion and forces. (Semester 1)</p><p>Understand and apply knowledge of forms of energy and energy transfer.</p><p>Waves, Sound and Light Understand and apply knowledge of forms of energy and energy transfer. (Semester 2) </p><p>Astronomy Understand and apply knowledge of the components of our solar system. (Semester 2)</p><p>Cells and Heredity Understand and apply knowledge of the basic components and functions of cells, tissues, organs and organ systems. (Semester 2)</p><p>Understand and apply knowledge of how different organisms pass on traits (heredity).</p><p>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. </p><p>Understand that different kinds of questions suggest different kinds of scientific investigations. </p><p>Select and use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze and interpret data. </p><p>Incorporate mathematics in scientific inquiry. </p><p>Use evidence to develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models. </p><p>Think critically and logically to make the relationships between evidence and explanations. </p><p>Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and predictions. </p><p>Communicate and defend procedures and explanations. </p><p>Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.</p><p> http://science.dmschools.org 8th Grade Science Curriculum Overview 2014-2015</p><p>Skill Standard</p><p> 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.</p><p>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).</p><p>Compare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text on the same topic.</p><p> 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.</p><p>Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.</p><p>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.</p><p>Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently</p><p>Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.</p><p> http://science.dmschools.org</p>