Curriculum Map

Common Core Standards

Fulton Independent School District

Subject/Course: / Science General 4th 9 wks
Grade: / 8
Revision Date: / 2-9-14
Timeline
(Days or weeks/dates) / Kentucky Core Assessment
Standard / Learning Target / Introduce
Progressing
Master
Review
On Going
(all must get to “M”) / Assessment / Lesson/Content / Common Core Standard(s) from an Earlier Grade/course that Was/Were no Part of Core content 4.1
3.5 weeks / 08-ESS1-4 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rack strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize earth’s 4.6 billion-year-old history
08-ESS3-1 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distribution of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes / ·  I can discuss that fossils are used as evidence of past life and how life has evolved over time on Earth
·  I can determine relative ages of rock by examining their locations within a rock sequence
·  I can explain how the properties of atoms are used to determine the absolute ages of rocks
·  I can / Introduce / Formative:
-SAP
-Reading and Note-taking supplement
-Science Notebook
-Vocabulary Quiz
-Practice Pages
-Activities
-Lab (progressive growth indicator)
-Demonstrations
Summative:
Final Assessment / History of Earth and Earth’s Systems
1.  SAPs
2.  Ch 9 and 10
3.  Reading Sections and Note taking
4.  Science Notebook (Vocabulary/TE practices)
5.  Power Pts of each section with classroom discussion (Note-taking is modeled/encouraged)
6.  Vocabulary Quiz
7.  Practice pages with guidance, then discuss and reteach
8.  Review for Summative assessment
9.  Lab with modeling and guidance
10.  Summative assessment of the Periodic Table
11.  Post SAPs
2 weeks / 08-ESS3-5 Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise of global temperatures over the past century / ·  I can explore and describe possible causes of climate change / Introduce / Formative:
-SAP
-Reading and Note-taking supplement
-Science Notebook
-Vocabulary Quiz
-Practice Pages
-Activities
-Lab (progressive growth indicator)
-Demonstrations
Summative:
Final Assessment / Weather and Climate
1.  SAPs
2.  Ch 6.3 (7th text)
3.  Eyewitness Weather Video
4.  Reading Sections and Note taking
5.  Science Notebook (Vocabulary/TE practices)
6.  Power Pts of each section with classroom discussion (Note-taking is modeled/encouraged)
7.  Vocabulary Quiz
8.  Practice pages with guidance, then discuss and reteach
9.  Review for Summative assessment
10.  Lab with modeling and guidance
11.  Summative assessment of the Periodic Table
12.  Post SAPs
2.5 weeks / 08-ESS3-2 Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects
08-ESS3-3 Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment
08-ESS3-4 Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s system / ·  I can explain the many causes of air, water and soil pollution
·  I can discuss ways to conserve natural resources to reduce the impact of humans on the Earth / Formative:
-SAP
-Reading and Note-taking supplement
-Science Notebook
-Vocabulary Quiz
-Practice Pages
-Activities
-Lab (progressive growth indicator)
-Demonstrations
Summative:
Final Assessment / Human Impacts
1.  SAPs
2.  Ch 19 sec 2-3 (7th text)
3.  Reading Sections and Note taking
4.  Science Notebook (Vocabulary/TE practices)
5.  Power Pts of each section with classroom discussion (Note-taking is modeled/encouraged)
6.  Vocabulary Quiz
7.  Practice pages with guidance, then discuss and reteach
8.  Review for Summative assessment
9.  Lab with modeling and guidance
10.  Summative assessment of Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems
11.  Post SAPs