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Mt. Diablo Unified School District Wide 8 Grade Physical Science Common Pacing Guide 2010 – 2011 th Committee Members: Mt. Diablo Unified School District Teachers Qtr Textbook Chapters & Sections 1 *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 1 8.7.b Mt. Diablo Unified School District Wide 8 Grade Physical Science Common Pacing Guide 2010 – 2011 th Committee Members: Mt. Diablo Unified School District Teachers Qtr Textbook Chapters & Sections 2 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 2 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 th Committee Members: Mt. Diablo Unified School District Teachers Qtr Textbook Chapters & Sections 3 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 3 8.2 e, f 8.2 e Mt. Diablo Unified School District Wide 8 Grade Physical Science Common Pacing Guide 2010 – 2011 th Committee Members: Mt. Diablo Unified School District Teachers Qtr Textbook Chapters & Sections ***4 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 4 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