Identifying Essential Standards 8th

Identifying Essential Standards
Grade Level:
8TH
Subject:
SCIENCE
Essential Standard/Description
Teacher: FULLER
Assessment
Big Idea: PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

Strand: ME1 Aa
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is)
Description
Identify elements and compounds as pure substances
that have characteristic properties.
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Explain the difference between and element,

a compound, and a mixture in terms of
having characteristic properties that are
specific to that kind of matter.
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Other notes of importance:

Physical properties
Chemical properties
Matter composed of moving particles
Compounds are composed of elements
Compounds make up living and nonliving substances

Grade Level:
8TH
Subject:
SCIENCE
Teacher: FULLER
Assessment
Big Idea: CHANGES IN MATTER

Strand: ME1 Da

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Description
Using the Kinetic Theory model, illustrate and account
for the physical properties of a solid, liquid, or gas in
terms of the arrangement and motion of particles in a
substance.
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Draw a diagram, using boxes and dots, to

illustrate the kinetic theory model of matter.
Be sure to label each box as a solid, liquid, or
gas and show the kinetic energy changes that
occur within this model.
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Volume
Shape
Viscosity
Malleability
Temperature changes
Phase changes

Grade Level:
8TH
Subject:
SCIENCE
Teacher: FULLER
Assessment
Big Idea: SCIENTIFIC METHOD

Strand: IN1 Aa
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is)
Description
Be able to formulate and execute a testable question
and hypothesis.
Using the substance water, design an

experiment to demonstrate the kinetic
theory model. Be sure to include a testable
question and hypothesis.
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Scientific method
Independent variable
Dependent variable
Testable question
Hypothesis

Grade Level:
8TH
Subject:
SCIENCE
Teacher: FULLER
Big Idea: CHANGES IN MATTER
Strand : ME1 Ia
Assessment
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Description
Provide evidence that mass is conserved during a
chemical change in a closed system.
To balance the chemical equation in which

hydrogen and oxygen are combined to yield
water, explain what one would need to do to
provide evidence that mass is conserved.
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The amount of matter remains constant while being recycled
The amount of matter remains constant in food chains

Grade Level:
8TH
Subject:
SCIENCE
Teacher: FULLER
Assessment
Big Idea: CHEMICAL ENERGY

Strand: ME2 Aa

is)
Description
Recognize and describe how chemical energy is stored
in compounds.
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How is it possible to detect when a chemical

reaction has taken place in terms of the
energy that is stored in chemical bonds.
Explain using the burning of wood and
sawdust.
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Food molecules
Batteries
Nitrogen explosives
Fireworks
Organic fuels
Chemical bonds

Grade Level:
8TH
Subject:
SCIENCE
Teacher: FULLER
Assessment
Big Idea: SCIENTIFIC METHOD

Strand: IN1 Ab

is)
Description
Analyzing an experiment, identify the independent
variable, dependent variable, and controls. Be able to
explain their importance to the design of the
experiment.
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Baking soda and vinegar is a common

chemical reaction that we have all been
exposed to since elementary school. Taking
this reaction design an experiment to show
that this reaction follows the law of
conservation of mass. Be sure to identify the
dependent and independent variables, and
make sure that your experiment has a
control.
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Controls
Testable question
Scientific method
Independent variable (manipulated variable)
Dependent variable (responding variable)

Grade Level:
8TH
Subject:
SCIENCE
Teacher: FULLER
Assessment
Big Idea: PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Strand: LO2 Ba

is)
Description
Describe photosynthesis as a chemical change with
reactants and products.
In living systems there are chemical changes

that occur constantly. Using photosynthesis
explain how this shows a chemical change, be
sure to draw a chemical equation that shows
the reactants and the products.
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Sun light
Chlorophyll
Oxygen and respiration
Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide

Grade Level:
8TH
Subject:
SCIENCE
Teacher: FULLER
Assessment
Big Idea LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION

Strand: LO2 Ca

is)
Description
Identify and give examples of each level of organization
in multicellular organisms.
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Identify the 4 levels of organization in a

human. Then give an example, from a
human, of each of these levels.
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Cell, tissue, organ, organ systems
Plants and animals
Transport and circulatory systems
Digestive system
Nervous and muscular systems

Grade Level:
8TH
Subject:
SCIENCE
Teacher: FULLER
Assessment
Big Idea: INTERNAL BALANCE

Strand: LO2 Fa

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Description
Predict the response the body may take to maintain
internal balance during an environmental change.
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Discuss a situation in which an human would

need to maintain internal balance because of
an environmental change such as:
Temperature
Exercise
Eating
Be sure to explain how the environmental

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Shivering
Adrenalin rush
Slowing metabolism

Grade Level:
8TH
Subject:
SCIENCE
Teacher: FULLER
Assessment
Big Idea: REPRODUCTION

Strand: LO3 Aa

is)
Description
Compare and contrast the processes of asexual and
sexual reproduction, including the type of number of
cells involved and the number of gene sets passed from
parents to offspring.
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Discuss the difference between sexual and

asexual reproduction. Be sure your
discussion includes the number of cells
involved and the number and origin of gene
sets that are passed to the offspring.
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Budding
Binary fission
Internal and external fertilization
Chromosomes
Genetic information passed on to offspring

Grade Level:
8TH
Subject:
SCIENCE
Teacher: FULLER
Assessment
Big Idea: ROCK CYCLE

Strand: ES1 Aa

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Description
Differentiate between minerals and rocks.
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Compare and contrast mineral and rocks. Be

sure to include the characteristics that are
used to classify each.
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Properties used to classify
Texture, smell, luster, hardness, shape, streak
Reaction to magnets and acids
Sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic

Grade Level:
8TH
Subject:
SCIENCE
Teacher: FULLER
Assessment
Big Idea: REPRODUCTION

Strand: LO3 Aa

is)
Description
Explain convection currents are the result of uneven
heating inside the mantle resulting in the melting of
rock materials, convection of magma, eruption/flow of
magma, and movement of crustal plates.
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Draw a diagram to show how the uneven

heating of the mantel causes convection
currents inside the earth. Be sure to explain
the results on the currents in terms of plate
movements, earthquakes and volcanic
activity.
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Rock layers
Crust folding, breaking, and uplifting
Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
Age of the Earth
Processes of rock cycle

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Big Idea: PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

Assessment Attached ___X____ (check if it

Explain the difference between and element,

Other notes of importance: