Science Curriculum
8th Grade
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Course Purpose: |
Eighth grade students will use scientific principles to quantify interactions among the components of the world they see. |
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Outcome # |
Outcome |
| SC.8.1 | Students will develop models that describe gravity's effect on the galaxy, solar system, Sun, Earth, and Moon systems. |
| SC.8.2 | Students will analyze the structure of the periodic table to model atomic structure, their extended structures, and combined substances. |
| SC.8.3 | Students will determine signs of a chemical reaction and develop a model to support the law of conservation of matter. |
| SC.8.4 | Students will design a model of an organism which describes its reproductive parts, how it has adapted to its environment, and determine its ability to successfully reproduce. |
| SC.8.5 | Students will use Punnett Squares and other tools to identify and predict how traits are or have been transferred from parent to offspring. |
| SC.8.6 | Students will evaluate mutations of genes to determine probability of passing on a disorder. |
| SC.8.7 | Students will investigate and compare and contrast the traits and the change of an organism over time to determine its likelihood of survival in an environment. |
| SC.8.8 | Students will relate photosynthesis to respiration in plants and verify the role of water in survival of plants. |