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8th Grade Science
2013-2014
Assessment Guideline Questions/Recommended Pacing
CROSS CUTTING CONCEPT: Energy and Matter: Flows, cycles and conservation
Week
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
8-5
8-6
8-7
8-8
8-9
New Teachers Report
8-12
School Inservice
8-13
District Inservice
8-14
Workday
8-15
Workday
8-16
Workday
8-19
FIRST DAY for
STUDENTS
Lab Safety
Scientific Method
8-20
(8-1.3) What is the
difference between
observation/inference?
(8-1.7) Lab Safety
(8-1.1) and (8-1.2)
Scientific Method
8-21
What is the difference
between quantitative
and qualitative?
(8-1.4) Independent
variables
(8.1.5) Replication
8-22
How do you interpret
data and graphs?
(8-1.6) Tools
Science Fair Information
8-26
(8-5.1) & (8-5.2) What
do graphs tell you about
motion?
8-27
(8-5.1) & (8-5.2) What is
the relationship between
speed, time and
distance?
8-28
(8-5.4) & (8-5.5) How
is force illustrated and
measured?
8-29
(8-5.4) What are
balanced and
unbalanced forces and
why are they different?
8-23
Fall MAP Testing
Begins
(8-5.1) & (8-5.2) How
does a change in
position from a
reference point indicate
motion?
8-30
(8-5.4) What factors
affects the force applied
on an object?
9-2
9-3
(8-5.4) How does the
movement of objects
influence other objects?
9-4
(8-5.4) What is the
effect of mass on the
movement of the
stationary (parked)
car?
9-5
(8-5.3) How does mass
and distance affect the
force of gravity?
9-6
(8-5.3) How does friction
affect motion?
Labor Day Holiday
9-9
(8-5.3) & (8-5.4) How do
forces acting on an
object affect its motion?
9-10
(8-5.6) What is the
relationship between
inertia and mass?
9-11
(8-5.6) How would the
inertia of each object
used in the 3 mini labs
affects its motion?
9-12
(8-5.3) & (8-5.4) & (85.6) How do forces work
against gravity?
9-16
(8-5.3) & (8-5.6) How
can you increase the
distance a balloon
travels?
9-17
(8-6.1) & (8-6.2) How do
waves transfer energy
without transferring
matter?
9-19
Interims Issued
(8-6.3) What are the
basic properties of
waves?
7
9-23
(8-6.3) Explain how
amplitude and frequency
are related to the energy
of a wave?
9-24
(8-6.4) How do waves
change as they encounter
a barrier?
9-18
½ Day/Planning
(8-6.2) What are the
similarities and
differences between
electromagnetic and
mechanical waves?
9-25
(8-6.4) How do waves
behave when
interacting with a
different medium or
barrier?
9-13
Fall MAP Testing Ends
(8-5.3) & (8-5.6) How do
you create a balloon
powered car for
maximum speed and
distance?
9-20
(8-6.3) How is a wave’s
speed related to its
wavelength and
frequency?
9-26
(8-6.5) How sound
waves are detected by
the ear?
9-27
(8-6.5) How is sound
transmitted through a
medium?
8
9-30
(8-6.2) & (8-6.8) How do
electromagnetic waves
differ from mechanical
waves?
10-1
(8-6.8) What does an
electromagnetic wave
consist of?
10-2
8-6.8) How is invisible
light important in your
life?
10-4
(8-6.4) & (8-6.7) Why do
we see color?
10-7
(8-6.4) & (8-6.7) Why do
the colors of an object
appear to change when
you look at them through
transparent color
sheets?
10-14
(8-6.4) How do plane
mirrors produce
images?
10-8
(8-6.4) & (8-6.7) How
does light interact with
matter?
10-9
(8-6.4) & (8-6.7) How
does the appearance
of objects of different
colors appear in
different colors of light?
10-3
(8-6.8) How does a
prism separate light into
various
frequencies/wave
lengths/colors?
10-10
(8-6.4) & (8-6.7) How is
the color of an object
determined?
10-15
(8-6.6) How does the
human eye see?
10-16
(8-6.6) How does the
eyeball work?
10-17
Review
10-18
District Inservice
1
2
3
4
5
6
9
10
10-11
8-6.4) How are light
waves diffracted and
scattered?
8th Grade Science
2013-2014
Assessment Guideline Questions/Recommended Pacing
CROSS CUTTING CONCEPT: Energy and Matter: Flows, cycles and conservation
Week
11
Monday
10-21
(8-3.9) How do you read
and understand a
topographic map?
Tuesday
10-22
End of 1st Quarter
(8-3.9) What features are
shown on a topographic
map?
Wednesday
10-23
First Day of 2nd
Quarter
Thursday
Friday
10-25
School Inservice
(8-3.9) How can you
use a topographic map
to pinpoint a location?
10-30
½ Day/Planning
(8-3.5) How do you
identify minerals?
10-24
(8-3.9) How can a
topographic map help
you get from place to
another? (8-3.9) How do
you read and analyze
satellite images?
10-31
(8-3.5) What are some
everyday uses of
Minerals?
10-28
Report Cards Issued
(8-3.5) What are
minerals?
10-29
(8-3.5) What are some
common characteristics of
minerals?
11-4
(8-3.4) Why do some
igneous rocks look
different?
11-5
(8-3.4) & (8-3.5) How do
you identify the
differences between
intrusive and extrusive
rocks?
11-12
(8-3.4) What conditions
causes one type of rock
to change into another
type of rock?
11-6
(8-3.4) What kinds of
materials make up
sedimentary rocks?
11-7
(8-3.4) How and why
sedimentary rocks form
in layers?
11-8
(8-3.4) Under what
conditions do
metamorphic rocks
form?
11-13
(8-3.4) What causes
rocks to change?
11-14
(8-3.4) What properties
can be used to classify
rocks?
11-15
(8-3.4) What
characteristics or
processes do you think
might differentiate rocks
from each other?
Veterans Day Holiday
11-18
(8-3.4) Can you identify
rocks with a few
characteristics?
11-19
(8-3.5) How do natural
resources help to support
life on Earth?
11-20
(8-3.5) Describe the
possible advantages
and disadvantages of
using fossil fuels?
11-21
Interims Issued
(8-3.1) What is the
Composition of Earth’s
layers?
11-22
(8-3.1) What is the
structure of the Earth’s
interior?
11-25
11-26
11-27
11-28
11-29
Thanksgiving Holiday
12-3
(8-3.6) How does the
theory of plate tectonics
helps explain how the
plates move?
Thanksgiving Holiday
12-4
(8-3.6) What makes
the lithospheric plates
move?
Thanksgiving Holiday
12-5
(8-3.6) How might
convection in the Earth’s
mantle affect tectonic
plates?
Thanksgiving Holiday
12-6
(8-3.6) How do
continents change
position over time?
18
Thanksgiving Holiday
12-2
Winter MAP Testing
Begins
(8-3.1) Of all the layers
that make up the Earth,
which layer is the
densest and which is the
least dense?
12-9
(8-3.6) How does seafloor spreading help to
support the idea that
continents drift?
12-10
(8-3.6) How are fossils
useful evidence for
continental drift?
12-11
(8-3.6) & (8-3.7) How
do tectonic forces form
mountains?
12-12
(8-3.6) & (8-3.7) How do
the Earth’s movements
affect the locations of
mountains?
12-13
(8-3.7) What kinds of
geologic features form
when certain forces act
upon them?
19
12-16
(8-3.7) How does the
presence of gas
increase pressure inside
a volcano?
12-17
(8-3.7) & (8-3.8) How
does stress in the crust
change the Earth’s
surface?
12-18
(8-3.7) How does
faulting contribute to
the dynamic properties
of the earth?
12-19
(8-3.8) How do
Earthquakes release
energy?
12-23
12-24
12-25
12-26
12-20
Winter MAP Testing
Ends
(8-3.2) & (8-3.8) How
does seismic energy
travel through Earth?
12-27
Winter Holiday
12-30
Winter Holiday
12-31
1-1
Winter Holiday
Winter Holiday
12
13
11-11
14
15
11-1
(8-3.4) & (8-3.5) What is
the difference between a
mineral and a rock?
16
17
20
21
Winter Holiday
Winter Holiday
1-2
Winter Holiday
Winter Holiday
1-3
Winter Holiday
Winter Holiday
8th Grade Science
2013-2014
Assessment Guideline Questions/Recommended Pacing
CROSS CUTTING CONCEPT: Energy and Matter: Flows, cycles and conservation
Week
Monday
1-6
Students Return
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1-10
(8-2.2) What do fossils
reveal about the
geographic and
environmental changes
throughout geological
history?
1-17
Workday
1-7
(8-3.2) & (8-3.8) Why do
some earthquakes occur
deeper than others?
1-8
(8-2.2) How are fossils
formed?
1-9
(8-2.2)How is Earth’s
past revealed in fossils?
22
(8-3.3) & (8-3.8) How
can you locate an
earthquake’s epicenter?
23
1-13
(8-2.2) & (8-2.6) How
are index fossils used to
determine the ages of
rock layers?
1-14
(8-2.2) How do fossils
provide concrete
evidence of past life?
1-15
8-2.6) Can you
determine the relative
ages of rock layers?
1-16
End of 2nd Quarter/1st
Semester
Review
1-20
1-21
First Day of 3rd Quarter
1-22
(8-2.6) How do
paleontologists
determine relative ages
of fossils?
1-23
(8-2.6) What is the Law
of Superposition?
1-24
(8-2.2) and (8-2.6)
How do organisms
become fossils?
1-28
(8-2.4) What are the
different units of the
geologic time scale?
1-29
(8-2.5) How can a model
of geologic time scale
help you understand
Earth’s History?
1-30
(8-2.5) Why is the
Precambrian the most
significant part of Earth’s
History?
1-31
(8-2.5) What were the
significant events
during the Mesozoic
and Cenozoic Eras?
2-3
(8-2.5) How has our
area’s landform changed
from the geologic time
period?
2-4
(8-2.3) What is mass
extinction?
2-5
½ Day/Planning
2-6
(8-2.1) How do new
species arise from older
species?
2-10
(8-2.1) How does an
increase in survival
through adaptations
enhance reproduction in
a living population?
2-11
(8-2.1) How can an
organism best adapt to
its environment to survive
and reproduce?
2-12
(8-2.1) What
characteristics do an
animal need to be well
suited to its
environment?
2-7
(8-2.1) How do various
adaptations ensure the
survival of the different
species within an
ecosystem?
2-14
(8-2.7) How can
human activity affect
populations within the
ecosystem?
2-17
District Inservice
2-18
STAR Performance
Task Assessment
Begins
(8-4.4) & (8-4.5) What
causes the cycle of
seasons on Earth?
2-25
(8-4.1) & (8-4.4) What
shape does the Moon
appear to be when it is at
a small angle to the Sun?
2-19
(8-4.4) & (8-4.5) What
causes patterns of
temperature changes
and weather trends over
a year’s time?
3-4
STAR Performance
Task Assessment Ends
(8-4.1) How do the inner
planets compare to each
other?
3-11
(8-4.1) How do the
Planets and other objects
form a system around
our Sun?
3-5
½ Day Planning
(8-4.1) What
characteristics do the
inner planets have in
common?
3-12
(8-4.1) What are
comets?
3-18
PASS Writing Test
3-19
PASS Writing Test
24
25
26
27
(8-2.6) Why fossils are
important to scientists
Martin Luther King Jr.
Holiday
1-27
Report Cards Issued
(8-2.4) Why is the
geologic time scale used
to show Earth’s history ?
28
2-24
Interims Issued
29
30
31
32
(8-4.1) & (8-4.4) Why
does the Moon appear
to change shape?
3-3
(8-4.1) How was the
solar system formed?
3-10
(8-4.1) How can a
dichotomous key help to
classify the planets?
3-17
(8-4.1) How do you
identify the distinctive
features of impact
craters?
(8-2.3) What is mass
extinction?
2-26
(8-4.4) What causes
eclipses?
2-13
(8-2.7) What are
examples of
environmental changes
that can cause the
formation or extinction of
species?
2-20
(8-4.4) & (8-4.5) How are
temperatures throughout
the year affected by the
angles of sunlight?
2-21
(8-4.1) & (8-4.4) What
causes the phases of
the moon?
2-27
(8-4.4) Can a model be
devised to show the
positions of the sun, the
moon, and Earth during
various phases and
eclipses?
3-6
(8-4.1) What
characteristics do the
outer planets have in
common?
2-28
(8-4.4) and (8-4.7)
What causes tides?
3-13
(8-4.1) What are the
major parts of a comet?
3-14
(8-4.1) How does the
impact of asteroids,
meteoroids, and
comets affect the
Earth?
3-21
(8-4.2) How does
energy flow through
the sun’s layers?
3-20
(8-4.1) How does one
characteristic of an
impact or a colliding
object affect the resulting
crater?
3-7
(8-4.1) What are the
atmospheres of the
giant planets like?
8th Grade Science
2013-2014
Assessment Guideline Questions/Recommended Pacing
CROSS CUTTING CONCEPT: Energy and Matter: Flows, cycles and conservation
Week
33
34
35
36
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
3-24
(8-4.2) How does the
Sun’s energy move
through its layers?
3-25
End of 3rd Quarter
(8-4.2) and (8-4.3) What
are sunspots, solar
flares, and
prominences?
3-27
(8-4.3) Why is the sun
the Earth’s most
important energy
source?
3-28
(8-4.2) & (8-4.3) How
are magnetic storms
related to sunspot
activity and what causes
auroras to form?
3-31
Report Cards Issued
(8-4.10) What
information can be
determined by using a
star’s color?
4-7
(8-4.6) Why don’t you
notice the force of
gravity between you and
all of the objects around
you?
4-14
(8-4.10) How do
astronomers gather
information about
space?
4-1
(8-4.9) How are galaxies
classified?
3-26
First Day of 4th Quarter
Spring MAP Testing
Begins
(8-4.2) and (8-4.3) What
are sunspots, solar
flares, and
prominences?
4-2
(8-4.9) How are galaxies
classified?
4-3
(8-4.9) How does the
solar system move
relative to the Milky Way
galaxy?
4-4
(8-4.6) & (8-4.8) What is
the difference between
mass and weight?
4-8
(8-4.6) How does the
study of pendulums help
us with the concept of
gravitational forces?
4-9
(8-4.10) How has space
technology enhanced
space exploration?
4-11
(8-4.10) What tools and
technology can we use
to increase our
knowledge of space?
4-15
PASS REVIEW
4-16
PASS REVIEW
4-10
(8-4.10) How does a
telescope help
astronomers analyze
and interpret the data
from space?
4-17
PASS REVIEW
4-21
4-22
4-23
4-24
Spring Holiday
4-25
Spring Holiday
4-28
PASS REVIEW
Spring Holiday
4-29
PASS REVIEW
Spring Holiday
4-30
PASS REVIEW
Spring Holiday
5-1
PASS REVIEW
Spring Holiday
5-2
PASS REVIEW
5-5
Interims Issued
5-6
PASS Testing
5-7
PASS Testing
5-8
PASS Testing
5-9
PASS Testing
5-12
PASS Make-up
5-13
PASS Make-up
5-14
PASS Make-up
5-15
PASS Make-up
5-16
PASS Make-up
5-19
Review
5-20
Review
5-21
Review
5-22
Review
5-23
Review
5-26
5-27
Review
5-28
Review
5-29
Review
5-30
Review
6-3
Review
6-4
Review
6-5
End of 4th Qtr.
Last Day for Students
6-6
Workday
Crestwood/Lakewood
Graduations
Saturday 6-7
Sumter Graduation
4-18
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
Memorial Day Holiday
6-2
Review