1st Quarter

Quarter 1 - Priority Standards

Unit 1

8.ESS1.1

Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons.

8.ESS1.2

Develop and use model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.

8.ESS1.3

Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.

Unit 2 

8.PS3.1

Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object.

8.PS3.2

Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.