Science Curriculum Map

Eighth Grade

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	ESSENTIAL QUESTION (optional)	CONTENT	SKILLS	ASSESSMENT	RESOURCE
1/3	1.1.6 How are common ancestry or given characteristics used to classify living organisms? 1.2.6 What are the life functions of specialized cells? What are the life functions of specialized tissues? What are the life functions of specialized organs? What are the life functions of specialized organ systems? 1.2.7 How are physical characteristics affected by genetic information? How are physical characteristics affected by the environment? What is asexual reproduction? What is sexual reproduction? How does asexual and sexual reproduction compare in plants and animals? 1.2.8 How are physical characteristics affected by the environment? How does the human body system compare to other organisms body systems? 1.3.8 Where do matter and energy required for life processes come from? How do organisms get materials needed for life processes? How is matter cycled through life processes? How do plants and animals extract energy from food? 1.3.9 How do fossils show extinction as evidence of organisms that lived in the past: Why are some organisms with some traits more likely to survive that others? How does biological evolution account for the diversity of living organisms through gradual processes over many generations? What is mass?	G.L.E. 1.1.6- Characteristics of Living Matter 1.2.6- Structure and Organization of Living Systems 1.2.7- Molecular Basis of Heredity 1.2.8- Human Biology 1.3.8- Life Processes and the Flow of Matter and Energy 1.3.9 Core Concept: Life Processes and the Flow of Matter and Energy Biological Evolution	Cells, Heredity		Kit: Micro to Macro-STC PH Books: Cells & Heredity Bacteria to Plants
1/3	1.1.4 What are kinetic and potential energy? How do potential and kinetic energy interact within a system? 1.2.2 How is energy transferred within a system? 1.3.3 What is the difference between physical and chemical change? How can show that mass does not change when a substance changes physically? How can you show that mass is conserved when a chemical changes take place?	G.L.E. 1.1.1 Properties of Substances 1.1.4 Forms of Energy 1.2.2 Energy Transfer and Transformation 1.3.3 Conservation of Matter and Energy Core Concept: Conservation of Matter and Energy	Motion and Energy		Kit: Energy & Matter STC Kit PH Books: Motion, Energy and Focus
	1.1.1 What is volume? What is density? How do you use the properties of know substances to identify unknown substances? 1.1.4 What are kinetic and potential energy? How do potential and kinetic energy interact within a system? 1.2.2 How is energy transferred within a system? 1.3.3 What is the difference between physical and chemical change? How can show that mass does not change when a substance changes physically? How can you show that mass is conserved when a chemical changes take place?	G.L.E. 1.1.1 Properties of Substances	Solar System
	1.2.3 How do atoms combine to form molecules? What are the various compositions of atoms and molecules in mixtures? 1.2.5 1.3.7	G.L.E. 1.2.3 Structure of Matter Core Concept: Conservation of Matter and Energy 1.2.5. Understand the structure of the Solar System. 1.3.7. Understand the effects of the regular and predictable motions of planets and moons in the Solar System.	Chemistry Solar System		Energy & Matter STC Kit PH Books: Chemical Interactions, Astronomy