Course Organizer Course Standards: Eighth Grade Science CONTENT: The Course Organizer Teacher(s): Student: Time: Course Dates: 2016-2017 School Year Course Standards: This Course: Eighth Grade Science 3 1 CONTENT: What? How? Value? Major Grades—tests, projects– 60% Daily Grades—classwork, homework, quizzes, warm-ups– 40% how scientists do science within defined disciplines of science including chemistry, physics, earth and space sciences, biology, and scientific investigations. is about PROCESS: class participation, preparation, social skills, by units, ROAR expectations. Course Questions: How is scientific data used as evidence to develop scientific theories? Why do all scientific models have limitations? Why is science relevant to society? How are tools and safety equipment used in a science lab? Why are tools and safety equipment important? How is the Periodic Table of Elements connected to matter and energy? How is the Law of Conservation of Energy related to your knowledge of chemical reactions and force and motion? How can you relate Newton’s Laws to the forces that change our Earth? How do oceans and atmosphere affect local patterns of weather? How are organisms affected by patterns of the Earth, Moon, and Sun system? How do long-term environmental changes affect traits in future populations of organisms? COURSE PROGRESS GRAPH

Course Map Eighth Grade Science Learning Rituals Community Performance Principles Learning Rituals Course Map This Course: includes Performance Options Student: Critical Concepts Learned in these Units Eighth Grade Science 8 6 7 Course Organizer Unit Organizers Frames Interactive Journals (with big pocket) Projects Investigations Note taking Resilient Optimistic Accountable Reflective ---------------- ACHIEVE!! Group work Vocabulary Agendas Warm-ups Quizzes ACHIEVE Independent work Group and class discussions Stations Exams Tutorial times: _________ Class notes Retest Peer tutoring Student/teacher conferences 4 12. Student-Designed Investigations Safety Scientific Inquiry and Reasoning Matter Energy Force and Motion Earth and Space Organisms and Environment _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Change and Constancy Patterns and Cycles Systems Models Scale 1. Atoms 11. Interdependence AmongLiving Systems 2. Periodic Table of Elements 5 3. Chemical Formulas, Equations, and Reactions 10. Characteristics of the Universe 8. Earth Cycles 5. Newton’s Laws of Motion 9. Light Years and Theories 4. Force and Motion 6. Forces That Change The Earth 7. Climatic Interactions