Scope and Sequence:

 
 
                     SCIENCE

EIGHTH GRADE

Links: NHPS Science Overview

Gr 8 State Standards Overview, Gr 8 Curriculum Detail

MIDDLE SCHOOL CMT SCIENCE In Grade 8

 

QuarterOne

QuarterTwo

Quarter Three

Quarter Four

 

Unit Titles

 

Learning Outcomes

BRIDGES

 

FORCE AND MOTION

SOLAR SYSTEM MOTION

 

LANDFORMS

PLATE TECTONICS

 ROCK  CYCLE

NATURAL DISASTERS

INQUIRY STANDARDS ACROSS ALL UNITS

C INQ.1       Identify questions that can be answered through scientific investigation.

C INQ.2       Read, interpret and examine the credibility of scientific claims in different sources of information.

C INQ.3       Design and conduct appropriate types of scientific investigations to answer different questions.

C INQ.4       Identify independent and dependent variables, and those variables that are kept constant, when designing an experiment.

C INQ.5       Use appropriate tools and techniques to make observations and gather data.

C INQ.6       Use mathematical operations to analyze and interpret data.

C INQ.7       Identify and present relationships between variables in appropriate graphs.

C INQ.8       Draw conclusions and identify sources of error.

C INQ.9       Provide explanations to investigated problems or questions.

C INQ.10    Communicate about science in different formats, using relevant science vocabulary, supporting evidence and clear logic.

C. 23 Describe the qualitative relationships among force, mass

C. 30  Explain how beam, truss and suspension bridges are designed to withstand the forces that act on them

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C 22. Calculate the average speed of a moving object and illustrate the motion of objects in graphs of distance over time.

C 23. Describe the qualitative relationships among force, mass and changes in motion.

C 24. Describe the forces acting on an object moving in a circular path

C 28. Explain the effect of gravity on the orbital movement of planets in the solar system.

 

C 29. Explain how the regular motion and relative position of the sun, Earth and moon affect the seasons, phases of the moon and eclipses..

 

C 18. Describe how folded and faulted rock layers provide evidence of the gradual up and down motion of the EarthÕs crust. 

C 19. Explain how glaciation, weathering and erosion create and shape valleys and floodplains.

C 20. Explain how the boundaries of tectonic plates can be inferred from the location of earthquakes and volcanoes..

D.21 Explain how internal energy of the Earth causes matter to cycle through the magma and the solid earth.

 
  1. . Describe how seismic waves carry energy from an earthquake away from the focus, through EarthÕs interior and across the surface and the damage they cause.

 

  1. Describe how volcanoes form when magma erupts through the crust and reaches the surface.

 

Significant Task

 

Strong Bridges

* CT Embedded Task Slipping and Sliding

Reasons for Seasons

Earth Stress Lab

Plate Tectonic Project

Classify Rocks

In The News

Content

Supporting Materials

Prentice Hall Science Explorer: Motion, Forces and Energy

Prentice Hall Science Explorer: Motion, Forces and Energy

Prentice Hall Science Explorer: Astronomy

Prentice Hall Science Explorer: EarthÕs Changing Surface

Prentice Hall Science Explorer: Inside Earth

Prentice Hall Science Explorer: Inside Earth

Event Based Science: Earthquake, Volcano