Science

8th Grade Science

Curriculum

Course Title: Science

Department: Science

Primary Resources:

· Amplify Science

Units of Study:

· Topic 1: Geology on Mars

· Topic 2: Natural Selection

· Topic 3: Natural Selection Engineering Internship

· Topic 4: Evolutionary History

· Topic 5: Force and Motion

· Topic 6: Force and Motion Engineering Internship

· Topic 7: Thermal Energy

· Topic 8: Earth Changing Climate

· Topic 9: Earth’s Changing Climate Engineering Internship

· Topic 10: Light Waves

Curriculum-Based Assessments: Performance Tasks, Summative Assessments

Standardized Assessments: PSSA’s

Description of Course: This is course three of three in the middle school science grade band. Over the course of the year, students will continue to engage in 21^st century science and engineering practices to investigate real-world problems and scientific phenomena. Students work with visual models to build explanations for the phenomena. Students will apply their understanding of the traits and reproduction to investigate how traits are selected based on environmental pressures. They will then research evidence of this selection process from the past. They will also apply their understanding of energy transfer to investigate force and motion and Earth’s changing climate.