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ND.1.Unifying Concepts: Students understand the unifying concepts and processes of science.
Unifying Concepts: Students understand the unifying concepts and processes of science.
8.1.1. Organize changes (e.g., patterns, cycles) that occur sequentially in systems
ND.2.Science Inquiry: Students use the process of science inquiry.
Science Inquiry: Students use the process of science inquiry.
8.2.1. Understandings About Scientific Inquiry: Explain how science advances through legitimate skepticism
8.2.2. Abilities Necessary To Do Scientific Inquiry: Use evidence to generate descriptions, explanations, predictions, and Models
8.2.3. Abilities Necessary To Do Scientific Inquiry: Use basic mathematics and statistics (e.g., operations, mean, median, mode, range, and estimation) to interpret quantitative data
ND.3.Physical Science: Students understand the basic concepts and principles of physical science.
Physical Science: Students understand the basic concepts and principles of physical science.
8.3.1. Properties of Matter: Identify elements and compounds
8.3.2. Properties of Matter: Explain the relationship between phases of matter and temperature
8.3.3. Force and Motion: Interpret the effect of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object (e.g., convection currents, orbital motion, tides)Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Forces Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Forces
8.3.5. Energy Transfer and Transformation: Identify when heat can be transferred by conduction, convection, or radiation.
8.3.6. Vibrations and Waves: Explain the characteristic properties (e.g., wavelength, frequency) and behaviors (e.g., reflection, refraction) of waves
ND.4.Life Science: Students understand the basic concepts and principles of life science.
Life Science: Students understand the basic concepts and principles of life science.
8.4.1. Natural Selection and Biological Evolution: Identify the evidence of biological evolution. (e.g., adaptation, radiation, extinction) as found in the fossil record
ND.5.Earth and Space Science: Students understand the basic concepts and principles of earth and space science.
Earth and Space Science: Students understand the basic concepts and principles of earth and space science.
8.5.1. Weather, Seasons, and Climate: Explain how factors (i.e., fronts, winds, air masses, air pressure, humidity, temperature, location) affect weatherQuiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Climate Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Climate
8.5.10. The Universe: Identify the composition (e.g., stars, galaxies) and scale of the universe
8.5.2. Geologic Processes: Understand the rock cycleQuiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Rocks Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Rocks
8.5.3. Geologic Processes: Explain the water cycle
8.5.4. Geologic Processes: Explain how landforms are changed (e.g., crustal deformation, volcanic eruption, deposition, weathering, erosion)Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Rocks Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Rocks
8.5.5. Geologic Processes: Identify evidence for plate tectonics theory (e.g., fit of continents, location of earthquakes, volcanoes, mid-ocean ridge, plate boundaries)Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Volcanoes
8.5.6. Geologic Processes: Identify a variety of methods (e.g., rock sequences, fossil correlation, radiometric dating) used to determine geologic timeQuiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Fossils Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Fossils
8.5.7. Geologic Processes: Explain the changes Earth has undergone over geologic time (e.g., fossil record, plate tectonics, climate change, glaciation)
8.5.8. Characteristics of the Earth: Explain how phenomena on Earth (i.e., day, year, seasons, lunar phases, eclipses, tides) are related to the position and motion of the Sun, Moon, and Earth
8.5.9. The Universe: Identify characteristics of stars (e.g., color, size, temperature, life cycle)
ND.7.Science and Other Areas: Students understand relations between science and personal, social, and environmental issues.
Science and Other Areas: Students understand relations between science and personal, social, and environmental issues.
8.7.1. Science and Social Issues: Explain the interaction of science and technology with social issues (e.g., mining, natural disasters)
ND.CC.6-8.RST.Reading Standards for Information Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects
Reading Standards for Information Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas6-8.RST.7. Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).
6-8.RST.9. Compare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video, or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text on the same topic.
Craft and Structure6-8.RST.4. Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6-8 texts and topics.
ND.CC.6-8.WHST.Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
Research to Build and Present Knowledge6-8.WHST.7. Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
Production and Distribution of Writing6-8.WHST.4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Text Types and Purposes6-8.WHST.2. Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.6-8.WHST.2.a. Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories as appropriate to achieving purpose; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
6-8.WHST.2.f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
