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Mt. Diablo Unified School District Wide
8 Grade Physical Science Common Pacing Guide 2010 – 2011
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Textbook Chapters & Sections
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*Chapter 1 – Intro to Physical Science
Section 2 Scientific Inquiry
Section 3 Measurement
Section 5 Graphs in Science
Chapter 2 - Nature of Matter
Section 1 Describing Matter
Section 2 Changes in Matter
***Section 3 Energy and Matter
Chapter 3 Solids, Liquids, Gases
Section 1 States of Matter
Section 2 Changes of State
**Section 3 Behavior of Gases
Chapter 4 Elements and the Periodic Table
Section 1 Introduction to Atoms
Chapter 5 Atoms and Bonding
*Section 1 Atoms, Bonding, and the Periodic
Table
Section 2 Organizing Elements
Key Topics
California Content
Standards Assessed
Scientific method, investigation and experimentation
Length, volume, mass, density (calculating density)
Graphing (excluded slope) (manipulated vs responding)
8.9 a, c
8.8 a, b 8.9 f
8.9 e, g
Physical/Chemical properties, classifying matter
Chemical/Physical changes (conservation of matter)
Endo/Exothermic changes, (excluded types of energy)
8.3 b
8.5 b
8.5 c
Molecular motion of states of matter
Physical changes of states of matter
Volume, temperature and pressure of gases (graphing)
8.3 e
8.3d, 8.5d
8.3 d, e, 8.9 e, g
Subatomic particles, atom as related to periodic table,
atomic structure
Periodic table organization
8.3 a, 8.7 b
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8.7.b
Mt. Diablo Unified School District Wide
8 Grade Physical Science Common Pacing Guide 2010 – 2011
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Committee Members: Mt. Diablo Unified School District Teachers
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Textbook Chapters & Sections
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Chapter 4 Elements and the Periodic Table
Section 3 Metals
Section 4 Nonmetals, Inert Gases, &
Semimetals
Chapter 5 Atoms and Bonding
Section 1 Atoms, Bonding and the Periodic
Table
Section 2 Ionic Bonds
Key Topics
California Content
Standards Assessed
Properties of metals, location on periodic table
Properties & Families of nonmetals, inert gases and
semimetals, location on per. table.
8.7 a, c
8.7 a ,c
8.3 f
Section 3 Covalent Bonds
Chemical bonds and valence electrons, chemical
compounds
Ionic bonding and crystalline structures, chemical
compounds
Covalent bonding
Chapter 8 Carbon Chemistry
Section 1 Properties of Carbon
Properties of carbon ( and carbon compounds)
8.6a
Polymers and monomers
Carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids, nucleotides,
elements of living organisms
8.6 a, 8.3 c
8.6 b, c
Reactants and products, evidence for chemical reactions
Conservation of matter, balancing chemical equations,
types of chemical reactions, chemical symbols and
formulas
Exothermic and endothermic reactions
8.5 a, c
8.5 b, 8.3 f
Properties of acids and bases
pH scale
8.5 e
8.5 e
** Section 2 Carbon Compounds
Section 3 Polymers and Composites
Section 4 Life with Carbon
Chapter 6 Chemical Reactions
Section 1 Observing Chemical Change
Section 2 Describing Chemical Reactions
Section 3 Controlling Chemical Reactions
Chapter 7 – Acids, Bases, and Solutions
Section 3 Describing Acids and Bases
Section 4 Acids and Bases in Solutions
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8.3 c, f
8.3 b
8.5 a, c
Mt. Diablo Unified School District Wide
8 Grade Physical Science Common Pacing Guide 2010 – 2011
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Committee Members: Mt. Diablo Unified School District Teachers
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Textbook Chapters & Sections
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Chapter 9 Motion
Section 1 Describing Motion
Section 2 Speed and Velocity
Section 3 Acceleration
Chapter 1 Introduction to Physical Science
Section 5 Graphs in Science
Chapter 10 Forces
Section 1 Nature of Force
Section 2 Friction, Gravity & Elastic Forces
Section 3 Newton’s 1st and 2nd Laws
Section 4 Newton’s 3rd Law
Chapter 11 Forces in Fluids
Section 2 Floating and Sinking
Key Topics
California Content
Standards Assessed
Reference points and distance
Calculating speed, velocity and graphing, introduce slope
Defining, calculating, and graphing acceleration
8.1 a
8.1 b, c, d, f, 8.9 d
8.1 e, d, f, 8.9 e, g
Net force, balanced and unbalanced forces
Friction, gravity and elastic forces, calculating weight,
re-state differences between weight and mass
Inertia, calculating acceleration, relationship between
acceleration, force and mass
Action and reaction
8.2 a, b, c
8.2 b, d
Buoyancy, re-visiting density
8.8 c, d
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8.2 e, f
8.2 e
Mt. Diablo Unified School District Wide
8 Grade Physical Science Common Pacing Guide 2010 – 2011
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Committee Members: Mt. Diablo Unified School District Teachers
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Textbook Chapters & Sections
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Chapter 12 Earth, Moon, and Sun
Section 2 Gravity and Motion
Chapter 14 The Solar System
Section 1 Observing the Solar System
Key Topics
California Content
Standards Assessed
Gravity and motion-Inertia and orbital motion
2g
Astronomical Units (AU), components of the solar
system
Features of the Sun, nuclear fusion
Terrestrial planets
Gaseous (Jovian) planets
Composition and motion
8.4 c, d
Section 2 The Sun
Section 3 The Inner Planets
Section 4 The Outer Planets
Section 5 Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors
Chapter 15 Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe
Section 2 Characteristics of Stars
Classifying stars, brightness, distances measured
Section 3 Lives of Stars
Life and death of stars, star types
Section 4 Star Systems and Galaxies
Types of galaxies, clusters, the Milky Way, scale of the
Universe
*Applicable to all quarters of study
**Supplementary Chapters/Material
***Spiral or fold into first three quarters
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8.4 b
8.4 e
8.4 e
8.4 e
8.4 b, c
8.4 b, d
8.4 a, b, c