SFUSD 8th Grade Science Overview
SFUSD 8th Grade Science Overview
In the first unit of eighth grade, Unit 1: Understanding the Universe, students will revisit the larger context of the Earth in space and then focus on how life on Earth has changed over time. Students describe the solar system and models of our universe as well.
In the first unit of eighth grade, Unit 1: Understanding the Universe, students will revisit the larger context of the Earth in space and then focus on how life on Earth has changed over time. Students describe the solar system and models of our universe as well.
In Unit 2:Applications of Physics and Engineering, students have an opportunity to be more metacognitive around engineering principles in the context of middle school physics. In these first two units, we begin with Earth’s place in Universe and the physical forces that the Earth and the Universe operate under.
In Unit 2:Applications of Physics and Engineering, students have an opportunity to be more metacognitive around engineering principles in the context of middle school physics. In these first two units, we begin with Earth’s place in Universe and the physical forces that the Earth and the Universe operate under.
The next unit, Unit 3: Earth’s Impact on Evolution, investigates how physical forces impact geologic changes, that have in turn influenced life on Earth.
The next unit, Unit 3: Earth’s Impact on Evolution, investigates how physical forces impact geologic changes, that have in turn influenced life on Earth.
In Unit 4: Earth’s Impact on Organisms, students focus on natural selection and genetics to provide explanations for the changes of life on Earth over time and how the Earth has come to its current form.
In Unit 4: Earth’s Impact on Organisms, students focus on natural selection and genetics to provide explanations for the changes of life on Earth over time and how the Earth has come to its current form.