Tri-Village Local Schools

8th Grade Science Pacing Guide

Units/Dates / Activities / Assessments
UNIT 1
SCI INQUIRY
SEPT 1 – 4 / Sept 1 – Pass out pacing guide, review rules, discuss new procedures, summer ice breaker games,
Sept 2 – Study Island Pre-Test for the year, review results, SI Unit Pre-Test
Sept 3 – Lab tools and safety, divergent thinking stations, exit ticket
Sept 4 – Bell Ringer, Lab tools and safety quiz, 7 Steps of the scientific method review / Contact form/Behavior form – DUE Sept 4
Lab Safety Quiz – DUE Sept 4
Sept 11 -14 / Sept 8 – Manipulating variables lecture, partner ws, exit ticket
Sept 9 – Variables Quiz, Grade quiz, Class Mystery Game
Sept 10 – Inquiry Lab #1 – Senses Stations
Sept 11 – Inquiry Lab #2 – Sense Stations Continued / Variables WS – DUE Sept 9
Variables Quiz – DUE Sept 9
Lab Protocol Sheet – DUE Sept 11
SEPT 14 - 18 / Sept 14 – Bell Ringer, Inquiry Lab #3 – Neural Pathways
Sept 15 – Bell Ringer, Inquiry Lab #4 – Neural Pathways cont.
Sept 16 – Inquiry Lab #5 – Magic of Flight (Paper Airplanes)
Sept 17 – Vocabulary Game Review Day
Sept 18 – Unit One Test / Lab Protocol Sheets – Due Sept 15
UNIT 2 – Physical Science
SEPT 21 - 25 / Sept 22 – Unit Pre-Test, Pass out Objectives Checklist
Sept 23 – Motion and Momentum Introduction
Sept 24 – Reading and Vocabulary
Sept 25 – Calculating Acceleration Problems / Comp Lab StudyIsland Pre-Test Data Collection
Vocab Due
WS
Sept 28 – Oct 2 / Sept 28 – Calculating Acceleration Lab
Sept 29 - Bell Ringer, What is momentum?
Sept 30 - Momentum Lab Day #1
Oct 1 – Momentum Lab Day #2
Oct 2 – Vocab Games Review Day / Lab Protocol Sheet
Lab Protocol sheet
Oct 5 – Oct 9 / Oct 5 – Review of Chapter 1
Oct 6 – Chapter 1 Test
Oct 7 – Intro to Netwon’s Laws of Motion
Oct 8 – Reading and Vocabulary
Oct 9 – Video on Newton with notes / Test
Vocab Due
Notes Due
Oct 12 – Oct 16 / Oct 12 – Lab #1 – Inertia (Newton’s 1st)
Oct 13 – Continue Inertia Lab
Oct 14 – Lab #2 – F=MA (Newton’s 2nd)
Oct 15 – Continue F=MA Lab
Oct 16 – Lab #3 – Equal and Opposite (Newton’s 3rd) / Lab Protocol Sheets
Oct 19 – Oct 22 / Oct 19 – Chapter 2 Review Day
Oct 20 – Chapter 2 Test
Oct 21 – Intro to Energy (Chapter 5)
Oct 22 – Reading and Vocabulary / Test
Vocabulary
Oct 26 – Oct 30 / Oct 26 – Potential vs Kinetic Energy Lecture/Station Work
Oct 27 – Forms of Energy and Transfer Lecture
Oct 28 – Energy Transfer Lab
Oct 29 – Forms of Energy Webquest
Oct 30 – Vocab Games Day / Lab Protocol Sheet
Webquest Sheet
Nov 2 – Nov 6 / Nov 2 – Review forms of Energy (Chapter 5)
Nov 3 – Chapter 5 Test
Nov 4 – Introduction to Weapons Technology (video)
Nov 5 – Research Day on Revolutionary War Weapons
Nov 6 – My Brother Sam Project Day #1 / Test
Nov 9 – Nov 13 / Nov 9 – My Brother Sam Project Day #2
Nov 10 – My Brother Sam Project Day #3
Nov 11 – My Brother Sam Project Day #4
Nov 12 – My Brother Sam Project Day #5
Nov 13 – My Brother Sam Project Day #6
Nov 16 – Nov 20 / Nov 16 – MBS Project Day #7
Nov 17 – MBS Project Day #8
Nov 18 – MBS Project Day #9
Nov 19 – Presentation Day
Nov 20 – Presentation Day
Nov 23 – Nov 24 / Nov 23 – Movie on My Brother Sam
Nov 24 – Movie on My Brother Sam
Nov 30 – Dec 4 / Nov 30 – Intro to Forces and Fluids
Dec 1 – Reading and Vocabulary
Dec 2 – Pressure Lecture/WS
Dec 3 – Will it float Lab #1
Dec 4 – Will it float Lab #2 / Vocab
WS Due
Dec 7 – Dec 11 / Dec 7 – Doing work with Fluids
Dec 8 - Chapter 3 Review
Dec 9 – Chapter 3 Test
Dec 10 – Unit Review Games Day 1
Dec 11 – Unit Review Games Day 2
Dec 14 – Dec 18 / Dec 14 – Unit Review Day 3
Dec 15 – Unit Test
Dec 16 – Movie Day
Dec 17 – Movie Day
Dec 18 – Finish Movie
Oct 5 – Oct 9