Grade Level Eight

Standards

Physical Science - Motion

1.0 The velocity of an object is the rate of change of its position. As a basis for understanding this concept:

  • 1d. Students know the velocity of an object must be described by specifying both the direction and the speed of the object.
    • Standards Correlation: Powerhouse Model (hydropower)

Physical Science - Forces

2.0 Unbalanced forces cause change in velocity. As a basis for understanding this concept:

  • 2a. Students know a force has both direction and magnitude.
    • Standards Correlation: Powerhouse Model (hydropower)
    • 2e. Students know that when the forces on an object are unbalanced, the object will change its velocity (that is, it will speed up, slow down, or change direction)
      • Standards Correlation: Powerhouse Model
    • 2f. Students know the greater the mass of an object, the more force is needed to achieve the same rate of change in motion.
      • Standards Correlation: Powerhouse Model

Physical Science - Structure of Matter

3.0 Each of the more than 100 elements of matter has distinct properties and a distinct atomic structure. All forms are composed of one or more of the elements. As a basis for understanding this concept:

  • 3d. Students know the states of matter (solid, liquid, gas) depend on molecular motion.
    • Standards Correlation: Water Cycle, Properties of Water
  • 3e. Students now that in solids the atoms are closely locked in position and can only vibrate; in liquids the atoms and molecules are more loosely connected and can collide with and move past one another; in gases the atoms and molecules are free to move independently, colliding frequently.
    • Standards Correlation: Water Cycle, Properties of Water

Earth Sciences - Reactions

5.0 Chemical reactions are processes in which atoms are rearranged into different combinations of molecules. As a basis for understanding this concept:

  • 5d. Students know physical processes include freezing and boiling, in which a material changes form with no chemical reaction.
    • Standards Correlation: Relief map (states of water)

Life Science - Chemistry of Living Systems

  • 6.0 Principles of chemistry underlie the functioning of biological systems. As a basis for understanding this concept:

    • 6b. Students know that living organisms are made of molecules consisting largely of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur.
      • Standards Correlation: Glass case: Plants and Animals, Kitchen
      • 6c. Students know that living organisms have many different kinds of molecules, including small ones, such as water and salt, and very large ones, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, and DNA.
        • Standards Correlation: Glass case: Plants and Animals, Kitchen

    History - Social Science - “United States History and Geography: Growth and Conflict”

    • 8.8 Students analyze the divergent paths of the American people in the West from 1800 to themed-1800's and the challenges they faced.
      • 8.8.3 Describe the role of pioneer women and the new status the western women achieved (e.g., Laura Ingalls Wilder, Annie Bidwell; slave women gaining freedom in the West; Wyoming granting suffrage to women in 1869)
        • Standards Correlation: American River Canyon, Sand table
      • 8.8.4 Examine the importance of the great rivers and the struggle over water rights.
        • Standards Correlation: American River Canyon, Sand table, Water Usage Display

    Language Arts

      1.0 Listening and Speaking Strategies - Students deliver focused, coherent presentations that convey ideas clearly and relate to the background and interests of the audience. They evaluate the content of oral communication.
    • Comprehension
      • 1.2 Paraphrase a speaker's purpose and point of view and ask relevant questions concerning the speaker's content and purpose.
    Last Updated: 11/4/20