Welcome to Science 8!
You're going to be learning about a variety of concepts this year - here are the objectives that we'll be concentrating on.
Science Inquiry (There are many more listed in the AZ state standards that we'll be sure to get to - but here are the biggies.)
- Demonstrating safe behavior and appropriate procedures
- Designing and conducting controlled investigations
- Keeping records of observations and ideas
- Analyzing data to identifying trends
- Forming logical arguments based on empirical evidence
- Communicating results of an investigation
Physics Stuff
- Demonstrate velocity as the rate of change of position over time
- Creating graphs devised from measurements of moving objects
- Newton's first law
- Newton's second law
- Newton's third law
Chemistry Stuff
- Identify different kinds of matter based on physical properties
- Identify different kinds of matter based on chemical properties
- Identify types of evidence that a chemical reaction has occurred
- Classify matter in terms of elements, compounds, mixtures
- Classify mixtures as being homogeneous or heterogeneous
- Explain the organization of the periodic table
- Investigate how energy transfer affects properties of matter
Heredity Stuff
- Explain the purposes of cell division
- Explain the basic principles of heredity
- Distinguish between dominant and recessive traits
Ecology Stuff
- Explain how an organisms's behavior allows it to survive in its environment
- Describe how an organism can maintain a stable internal environment while living in a constantly changing external environment
- Determine characteristics of organisms that could change over several generations
- Compare symbiotic and competitive relationships in organisms within an ecosystem
- Analyze behavioral cycles of organisms
- Describe the following factors that allow for the survival of living organisms
