Science 8

$295.00$495.00
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Grade:

6th – 8th Grade

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Duration:

2 Semesters

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Credit:

1.0

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Prerequisites:

Math 7
Science 7

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Materials:

Basic Kitchen Lab Supplies

Science 8 is an integrated course in which the fields of science are not compartmentalized. Instead, earth and space science, life science, and physical science are integrated within each semester.

Description
Outline

Semester A

 

Science 8 A covers topics in Physical Science and Earth & Space Science. The course covers topics in the scientific method, the history of science, simple, complex, and modern machines, Earth’s history and structure, as well as air, climate, weather, and water. Students will work on developing skills in data recording, classifying, measuring, observing, hypothesizing, analyzing, evaluation and inferring.

 

Semester B

 

Science 8 B covers topics in Life Science, Earth Science, and Physical Science. The course covers topics reproduction, heredity, evolution, the classification of living things, invertebrates & vertebrates, pollution, and the human impact on populations.. Students will work on developing skills in data recording, classifying, measuring, observing, hypothesizing, analyzing, evaluation and inferring.

Semester A

 

Science Then and Now
Simple and Compound Machines
Modern Machines
Earth’s History and Structure
Air, Climate, and Weather
Water

 

Semester A Syllabus

 

Semester B

 

Reproduction, Heredity, and Evolution
Classification of Living Things
Invertebrates
Vertebrates
Pollution
Human Impacts on Populations

 

Semester B Syllabus