8th Grade Science Curriculum Map
Additional Resources
http://smartboardgoodies.com
http://www.uen.org/k12student/ K-12
Pete's PowerPoint Station
Steve Spangler Experiments
Internet4Classrooms-Science Activities
Ecology Activities
PBS Kids--ZOOM Science Activities
http://www.stemresources.com/
Magic School Bus Science Experiments
K-8 "Science Kids" Activities
science-class.net (K-8)
Bill Nye Printable Science Activities
7-12 Grade Science Interactives (uen)
Grade___8______Science Pacing Guide
Instructional Week ___Embedded_____
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks For Understanding/State Performance Indicators / Resources**Include Embedded Inquiry and Technology & Engineering Standards as applicable.**
Embedded Inquiry
Grade Level Expectations:
GLE 0807.Inq.1 Design and conduct open-ended scientific investigations.
GLE 8707.Inq.2 Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, organize, analyze, and interpret data.
GLE 0807.Inq.3 Synthesize information to determine cause and effect relationships between evidence and
explanations.
GLE 0807.Inq.4 Recognize possible sources of bias and error, alternative explanations, and questions for further
exploration.
GLE 0807.Inq.5 Communicate scientific understanding using descriptions, explanations, and models.
Checks for Understanding
ü0807.Inq.1 Design and conduct an open-ended scientific investigation to answer a question that
includes a control and appropriate variables.
ü0807.Inq.2 Identify tools and techniques needed to gather, organize, analyze, and interpret data
collected from a moderately complex scientific investigation.
ü0807.Inq.3 Use evidence from a dataset to determine cause and effect relationships that explain a
phenomenon.
ü0807.Inq.4 Review an experimental design to determine possible sources of bias or error, state
alternative explanations, and identify questions for further investigation.
ü0807.Inq.5 Design a method to explain the results of an investigation using descriptions, explanations,
or models.
State Performance Indicators
SPI 0807.Inq.1 Design a simple experimental procedure with an identified control and appropriate variables.
SPI 0807.Inq.2 Select tools and procedures needed to conduct a moderately complex experiment.
SPI 0807.Inq.3 Interpret and translate data in a table, graph, or diagram.
SPI 0807.Inq.4 Draw a conclusion that establishes a cause and effect relationship supported by evidence.
SPI 0807.Inq.5 Identify a faulty interpretation of data that is due to bias or experimental error.
Grade____8_____ Science Pacing Guide
Instructional Week ___Embedded_____
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks For Understanding/State Performance Indicators / Resources**Include Embedded Inquiry and Technology & Engineering Standards as applicable.**
Embedded Inquiry
Grade Level Expectations:
GLE 0807.Inq.1 Design and conduct open-ended scientific investigations.
GLE 0807.Inq.2 Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, organize, analyze, and interpret data.
GLE 0807.Inq.3 Synthesize information to determine cause and effect relationships between evidence and
explanations.
GLE 0807.Inq.4 Recognize possible sources of bias and error, alternative explanations, and questions for further
exploration.
GLE 0807.Inq.5 Communicate scientific understanding using descriptions, explanations, and models.
Checks for Understanding
ü0807.Inq.1 Design and conduct an open-ended scientific investigation to answer a question that
includes a control and appropriate variables.
ü0807.Inq.2 Identify tools and techniques needed to gather, organize, analyze, and interpret data
collected from a moderately complex scientific investigation.
ü0807.Inq.3 Use evidence from a dataset to determine cause and effect relationships that explain a
phenomenon.
ü0807.Inq.4 Review an experimental design to determine possible sources of bias or error, state
alternative explanations, and identify questions for further investigation.
ü0807.Inq.5 Design a method to explain the results of an investigation using descriptions, explanations,
or models.
State Performance Indicators
SPI 0807.Inq.1 Design a simple experimental procedure with an identified control and appropriate variables.
SPI 0807.Inq.2 Select tools and procedures needed to conduct a moderately complex experiment.
SPI 0807.Inq.3 Interpret and translate data in a table, graph, or diagram.
SPI 0807.Inq.4 Draw a conclusion that establishes a cause and effect relationship supported by evidence.
SPI 0807.Inq.5 Identify a faulty interpretation of data that is due to bias or experimental error.
Grade____8_____ Science Pacing Guide
Instructional Week ____0____
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks For Understanding/State Performance Indicators / Resources**Include Embedded Inquiry and Technology & Engineering Standards as applicable.**
**SET UP SCIENTIST NOTEBOOK TO BE USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR** / Excellent site to provide guidance and examples:
http://www.sciencenotebooks.org/
1st Assignment: Draw a Scientist
Have students imagine a scientist at work and “draw what they saw.”
Use their sketches to discuss misconceptions about what scientists look like, what they wear, what they do, etc.
2nd Assignment: Scientists ______.
Have students make a list of verbs to fill in the blank. Examples may include: discover, think, explore, experiment, measure, test, etc.
Use their answers to jumpstart discussion of things scientists do.
Grade____8_____ Science Pacing Guide
Instructional Week ____1____
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks For Understanding/State Performance Indicators / Resources**Include Embedded Inquiry and Technology & Engineering Standards as applicable.**
*See Week 0*
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GLE 0807.Inq.1 Design and conduct open-ended scientific investigations.
ü0807.Inq.1 Design and conduct an open-ended scientific investigation to answer a
question that includes a control and appropriate variables.
SPI 0807.Inq.1 Design a simple experimental procedure with an identified control and
appropriate variables.
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GLE 0807.T/E.2 Know that the engineering design process involves an ongoing series of events that incorporate design constraints, model building, testing, evaluating, modifying, and retesting.
ü0807.T/E.2 Apply the engineering design process to construct a prototype that meets certain specifications.
SPI 0807.T/E.2 Evaluate a protocol to determine if the engineering design process was successfully applied. / *See Week 0*
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BrainPOP Scientific Method
BrainPOP Science Projects
Design a Backpack STEM
Discovery Education Video Clips:
· Experiment #1: Simulated Lightning With Ground Wire.
· Experiment #2: Modern Phone and Wiring
· Test #2: Simulated Suzy on a Swing
· Experiment #3: Older Phone and Wiring
· Experiment #4: The Shower Scene
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BrainPOP Building Basics
BrainPOP Bridges
BrainPOP Science Projects
BrainPOP Waves
Mousetrap vehicle
Designing Balloon cars
Invention Playhouse
Designing a Space Station
Discovery Education Video Clips:
· How Do Scientists Work?
· The Challenge of Spacesuits for the Mars Mission.
· "Ground-Breaking" Technology: The Earthquake Simulator.
Grade_____8____ Science Pacing Guide
Instructional Week ___2-3_____
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks For Understanding/State Performance Indicators / Resources**Include Embedded Inquiry and Technology & Engineering Standards as applicable.**
GLE 0807.Inq.2 Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, organize, analyze, and interpret data.
ü0807.Inq.4 Review an experimental design to determine possible sources of bias or
error, state alternative explanations, and identify questions for further
investigation.
SPI 0807.Inq.2 Select tools and procedures needed to conduct a moderately complex experiment.
SPI 0807.Inq.5 Identify a faulty interpretation of data that is due to bias or experimental error. / BrainPOP Microscopes
Discovery Education Video Clips:
· Finding Mean, Median and Mode
· Collecting Family Statistics
· Collecting Information and Using Statistics.
· Experimental Stage: Six Steps
· Fire and Electrical Hazards
Discovery Education Video Clips:
· Scientific Measurements: Measuring Time Accurately.
· Scientific Method: The Wright Brothers Design and Redesign Their Aircraft.
· Scientific Investigation: Modern Forensics.
· Scientific Measurements: Determining Latitude and Longitude.
· Scientific Measurements: Measuring Time Accurately (2).
Flinn Safety Contract
sciencespot.net (Metric Mania, Gummy Bear Lab)
middleschoolscience.com
(Dunkin’ for Density, Volume Lab, Triple Beam Balance)
Grade____8_____ Science Pacing Guide
Instructional Week __4-5_(2 PAGES)_____
Academic Vocabulary: biodiversity
Grade Level Expectations/Checks For Understanding/State Performance Indicators / Resources**Include Embedded Inquiry and Technology & Engineering Standards as applicable.**
GLE 0807.5.1 Identify various criteria used to classify organisms into groups.
ü0807.5.1 Select characteristics of plants and animals that serve as the basis for developing a classification key.
SPI 0807.5.1 Use a simple classification key to identify an unknown organism.
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE / BrainPOP Classification
BrainPOP Mollusks
BrainPOP Birds
BrainPOP Metamorphosis
BrainPOP Conditioning
BrainPOP Six Kingdoms
Loose in the Lab Activity—Taxonomy from L. to W.
DICHOTOMOUS KEY
Inquiry lab using a dichotomous key
Shark Dichotomous Key from Glencoe
Shark Dichotomous Key online version
BrainPOP Classification
BrainPOP Mollusks
Information on how climate change has affected ecosystems and their effects on biodiversity.
SPI Discovery Education Video Clips:
· The Characteristics of Life
· The Properties of Life
· Organisms Found in Pond Water: Protozoa
· Intelligent Mammals
· Lesson One: Life and Cells
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Grade____8____ Science Pacing Guide
Instructional Week ___4-5 CONTINUED_____
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks For Understanding/State Performance Indicators / Resources**Include Embedded Inquiry and Technology & Engineering Standards as applicable.**
GLE 0807.5.2 Use a simple classification key to identify a specific organism.
ü0807.5.2 Create and apply a simple classification key to identify an organism.
SPI 0807.5.2 Analyze structural, behavioral, and physiological adaptations to predict which populations are likely to survive in a particular environment.
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GLE 0807.Inq.1 Design and conduct open-ended scientific investigations.
GLE 0807.Inq.4 Recognize possible sources of bias and error, alternative explanations, and questions for further exploration.
SPI 0807.Inq.3 Interpret and translate data in a table, graph, or diagram. / Form and Function
Build A Beast
Adaptation Project
Fat as an Adaptation activity
BrainPOP Penguins
BrainPOP Hibernation
BrainPOP Honeybees
BrainPOP Pandas
BrainPOP Bats
BrainPOP Gills
BrainPOP Natural Selection
Adaptations Over Time Pre-Assessment
Natural Selection - A Photo story
Variations and Adaptations in Natural Selection Flipchart Animal Creator Activity
Discovery Education Video Clips:
· Relationships Between Creatures
· Benefits of Living Together
· Fig Trees of Sulawesi: Symbiotic Relationship.
· Biotic Factors
· Kingdom Plantae
nclark.net (Pamishan Creatures)
microdeworld.org (Creepy Critters)
scribd.com (Harry Potter and the Dichotomous Key)
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Grade_____8____ Science Pacing Guide
Instructional Week ___6-7_(2 PAGES)____
Academic Vocabulary: physiological adaptation, population
Grade Level Expectations/Checks For Understanding/State Performance Indicators / Resources**Include Embedded Inquiry and Technology & Engineering Standards as applicable.**
GLE 0807.5.3 Analyze how structural, behavioral, and physiological adaptations within a population enable it to survive in a given environment.
ü0807.5.3 Compare and contrast the ability of an organism to survive under different environmental conditions.
SPI 0807.5.2 Analyze structural, behavioral, and physiological adaptations to predict which populations are likely to survive in a particular environment
SPI 0807.5.3 Analyze data on levels of variation within a population to make predictions about survival under particular environmental conditions.
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE / Loose in the Lab Activity—Adaptable Cactus
BrainPOP Penguins
BrainPOP Hibernation
BrainPOP Honeybees
BrainPOP Pandas
BrainPOP Bats
BrainPOP Gills
BrainPOP Natural Selection
Build A Beast
Form and Function
Adaptations Over Time Pre-Assessment
Natural Selection - A Photo story
Variations and Adaptations in Natural Selection Flipchart Animal Creator Activity
Discovery Education Video Clips:
· Relationships Between Creatures
· Benefits of Living Together
· Fig Trees of Sulawesi: Symbiotic Relationship.
· Biotic Factors
· Kingdom Plantae
BrainPOP Bats
BrainPOP Genetic Mutations
Discovery Education Video Clips:
· Animal Adaptations to Desert Conditions
· Successful Prescribed Burns: A Revival of Plant and Animal Life.
· The Greenhouse Effect Defined: Global Warming.
· The Warming of The Ocean: Its Effect on the Arctic Food Web.
· Physical and Abiotic Factors Impact Living Systems.
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
Grade____8_____ Science Pacing Guide
Instructional Week ___6-7 CONTINUED_____
Academic Vocabulary: physiological adaptation, population
Grade Level Expectations/Checks For Understanding/State Performance Indicators / Resources**Include Embedded Inquiry and Technology & Engineering Standards as applicable.**
GLE 0807.5.4 Explain why variation within a population can enhance the chances for group survival.
ü0807.5.3 Compare and contrast the ability of an organism to survive under different environmental conditions.
ü0807.5.4 Collect and analyze data relating to variation within a population of organisms.
SPI 0807.5.3 Analyze data on levels of variation within a population to make predictions about survival under particular environmental conditions.
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GLE 0807.5.6 Investigate fossils in sedimentary rock layers to gather evidence of changing life forms.
ü0807.5.6 Prepare graphs that demonstrate how the amount of biodiversity has changed in a particular continent or biome.
ü0807.5.7 Create a timeline that illustrates the relative ages of fossils in sedimentary rock layers.
SPI 0807.5.5 Compare fossils found in sedimentary rock to determine their relative age. / BrainPOP Genetic Mutations
BrainPOP Natural Selection
BrainPOP Bats
Build A Beast
Form and Function
Cheetah Genetic diversity Project
Human and White Tail Deer Population genetics
Food Chains and Food Webs
Adaptations Over Time PreAssessment
Natural Selection - A Photo story
Animal Creator Activity
Discovery Education Video Clips:
· Animal Adaptations to Desert Conditions
· Successful Prescribed Burns: A Revival of Plant and Animal Life.
· The Greenhouse Effect Defined: Global Warming.
· The Warming of The Ocean: Its Effect on the Arctic Food Web.
· Physical and Abiotic Factors Impact Living Systems.
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BrainPOP Extinction
BrainPOP Human Evolution
BrainPOP Natural Selection
BrainPOP Scopes Monkey Trial
BrainPOP Fossils
BrainPOP Geologic Time
BrainPOP Types of Rocks
Discovery Education Video Clips:
· The End of Dinosaurs
· Rocks and History
· The Formation of Fossils
· Humans and Animals: A Long History of Interdependence.
Grade_____8____ Science Pacing Guide
Instructional Week ___8-9_(2 PAGES)____
Academic Vocabulary: physiological adaptation, biodiversity
Grade Level Expectations/Checks For Understanding/State Performance Indicators / Resources**Include Embedded Inquiry and Technology & Engineering Standards as applicable.**
Continue from weeks 6-7: GLE 5.6; ü5.6 ü5.7; SPI 5.5
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GLE 0807.5.5 Describe the importance of maintaining the earth’s biodiversity.
ü0807.5.5 Prepare a poster that illustrates the major factors responsible for reducing the amount of global biodiversity.
ü0807.5.6 Prepare graphs that demonstrate how the amount of biodiversity has changed in a particular continent or biome.
SPI 0807.5.4 Identify several reasons for the importance of maintaining the earth’s biodiversity.
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GLE 0807.5.4 Explain why variation within a population can enhance the chances for group survival.
ü0807.5.3 Compare and contrast the ability of an organism to survive under different environmental conditions.
ü0807.5.4 Collect and analyze data relating to variation within a population of organisms.
SPI 0807.5.3 Analyze data on levels of variation within a population to make predictions about survival under particular environmental conditions.
CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
/ See previous resources
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fossil chart and info
M&M fossil age determination activity
BrainPOP Plastic
BrainPOP Earth
Chain Reaction
Food Chains and Food Webs
Determine fossil age activity
Animated Video on Biodiversity (The BioDaVersity Code – take off on The Da Vinci Code)
Discovery Education Video Clips:
· Ecosystems: Balance Within Food Chains and Energy Pyramids.
· Food Chains and Food Webs
· Life on the Prairie Part One
· Life on the Prairie: Ecology
· Home of the Specialist
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BrainPOP Genetic Mutations
BrainPOP Natural Selection
Build A Beast
Form and Function
Cheetah Genetic diversity Project
Human and White Tail Deer Population genetics
Discovery Education Video Clips:
· Animal Adaptations to Desert Conditions
· Successful Prescribed Burns: A Revival of Plant and Animal Life.
· The Greenhouse Effect Defined: Global Warming.
· The Warming of The Ocean: Its Effect on the Arctic Food Web.
· Physical and Abiotic Factors Impact Living Systems.
Grade_____8____ Science Pacing Guide