Course description:
Integrated Science 8 brings together the science topics of cells to organisms, evolution, genetics, waves, forces and motion, fields and interactions, and Earth's resources. One goal of this course is for students to develop an appreciation of the scientific processes that surround, interact, and affect us as they learn about and explore the different topics of science presented in this integrated approach. Students also learn about the crosscutting concepts of patterns, similarity, and diversity; cause and effect; scale, proportion and quantity; systems and system models; energy and matter; structure and function; and stability and change. These crosscutting concepts provide an organizational schema for interrelating knowledge from various science fields into a coherent and scientifically-based view of the world.
District adopted materials:
Issues and Science from the Science Education for Public Understanding Program (SEPUP) developed at the Lawrence Hall of Science, at the University of California, Berkeley, and distributed nationally by LAB-AIDS, Inc. SEPUP materials are supported by grants from the National Science Foundation.
Digital materials for students are accessible via single sign on through My.PPS
Units of Study Sequence (2021-22 Academic Year):
From Cells to Organisms / Evolution
Force and Motion / Fields and Interactions
Reproduction / Earth's Resources
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