8th+Grade+Science

=__**North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Resources**__=

NC Essential Standards
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/new-standards/#science

Crosswalks
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/support-tools/#crscience

Unpacking Documents
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/support-tools/#unscience

=** __8th Grade Curriculum Guides (Draft)__ **=




 * ==__**Nine Weeks**__== || ==__**Essential Standards**__== || ==__**Unit Plan**__== ||
 * ==1st nine weeks== || ==Scientific Method== || [[file:8th Scientific Method Unit.pdf]] ||
 * || ==8.P.1== ||  ||
 * || ==8.L.5== ||  ||
 * ==2nd nine weeks== || ==8.L.1== ||  ||
 * || ==8.L.2== ||  ||
 * || ==8.L.3== ||  ||
 * ==3rd nine weeks== || ==8.E.1== ||  ||
 * ==4th nine weeks== || ==8.E.2== ||  ||
 * || ==8.L.4== ||  ||
 * || ==8.P.2== ||  ||

=**Scientific Inquiry and Scientific Method:**=

**Resources:**
D and T Activity (great for critical thinking and making inferences) Observation and Inference ppt. and worksheet (includes fill in the blank and completed definitions options) Practice with Qual. vs. Quan. data and Inferences vs. Observation Spongebob Scientific Method/Controls and Variables Worksheets Simpsons Control and Variable Worksheet (On Website) Controls and Variables

Spongebob Safety Scientific Method voc./foldable Popcorn Book questions Scientific Method Quiz

=8.P.1 - Understanding the properties of matter and changes that occur when matter interacts in an open and closed container.=

Resources 8.P.1.1
Messing with Mixtures student sheet Messing with Mixtures teacher notes Tasty Solution - activity with dissolving candy Matter Flow Chart Good intro to atomic structure and sub-atomic particles Atomic Structure ppt. and handout Matter ppt. and notes outline (and filled in copy)

Resources 8.P.1.2
Pre-made Jeopardy Power Point on the Periodic table and compounds - Starts pulling in periodic table to atomic structure Properties voc. phys. and chem. properties ppt. Element docs Element review and quiz

Resources 8.P.1.3
Bonding ppt. and worksheet/cards for lab if need for "reactivity" Goes over types of reactions in cartoon form. Adapted Lab using balloons. Reaction Labs Reactions voc. Phys. vs. chem. changes discovery ed video worksheet Phys. vs. Chem. matching activity phys. vs. chem. changes DPI ppt. and handouts (including compare and contrast) Reactions ppt. and handout Discovery Ed video worksheet

Resources 8.P.1.4
Webquest used with Classic ChemBalancer Balance equations workshee- Goes with bonding basics activity Lab Sheet for Law of Conservation of Matter/Mass

=8.P.2 - Explain the environmental implications associated with the various methods of obtaining, managing, and using energy resources=

=8.E.1 - Understand the hydrosphere and the impact of humans on local systems and the effects of hydrosphere on humans.=

SMART NOTEBOOK discovering about acids and bases... Text book activity which demonstrates the movement of dense H2O.

=8.E.2 - Understand the history of Earth and its life forms based on evidence of change recorded in fossil records and landforms.=

Inherit the Wind Video Clip []



=8.L.1 - Understand the hazards caused by agents of disease that effect living organisms.=

Resources 8.L.1.1
Disease Labs Bacteria/Virus ppt. and notes Protist/Fungi ppt. and chart Diseases ppts. doc to go with ppt. poison picnic activity

=8.L.2 - Understand how biotechnology is used to affect living organisms.=

Plant Genomes - Scientists (Careers) []

=8.L.3 - Understand how organisms interact with and respond to the biotic and abiotic components of their environments.=

Project Wild Activity Book 8.L.3.1 *Oh Deer Activity 8.L.3.2 *Hawk/Mouse Activity 8.L.3.2 *Hawk/Mouse Activity 8.L.3.3 * Group Project - Create a Symbiosis

=8.L.4 - Understand the evolution of organisms and landforms based on evidence, theories and processes that impact the Earth over time.=

Inherit the Wind Video []



=8.L.5 - Understand the composition of various substances as it relates to their ability to serve as a source of energy and building materials for growth and repair of organisms.=

Resources 8.L.5.1:
blank animal and plant cell pics to label organelle and function chart cell vocabulary Cell Process voc. and notes Cell Reproduction Egg Lab docs (Osmosis and Diffusion) Cell Connect 4 for SmartBoards Cell Quizzes

Resources 8.L.5.2
disc. ed video teacher guidelines