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Science
Properties of Matter: Create models of common compounds: water, carbon dioxide, salt, iron oxide, ammonia
Describe characteristics common to living things, including growth and development, reproduction, cellular organization, use of energy, exchange of gases, and response to the environment.
Identifying homeostasis as the process by which an organism responds to its internal or external environment
The student develops an understanding of the processes of science by asking questions, predicting, observing, describing, measuring, classifying, making generalizations, inferring and communicating.
Determine habitat conditions that support plant growth and survival. Examples: deserts support cacti, wetlands support ferns and mosses
Craft and Structure
Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6-8 texts and topics.
Identify global patterns of atmospheric movement, including El Nino, the Gulf Stream, the jet stream, the Coriolis effect, and global winds that influence local weather.
Predicting local weather and weather patterns. Examples: cold and warm fronts, high and low pressure areas
Describe components of the universe and their relationships to each other, including stars, planets and their moons, solar systems, and galaxies.
Identifying the impact of space exploration on innovations in technology. Examples: MRI, microwave, satellite imagery, GPS
Know and apply concepts that explain how living things function, adapt and change.
Compare and contrast how different forms and structures reflect different functions (e.g., similarities and differences among animals that fly, walk or swim; structures of plant cells and animal cells).
The student demonstrates understanding of the interactions between matter and energy and the effects of these interactions on systems by recognizing that most substances can exist as a solid, liquid, or gas depending on temperature.
Craft and Structure
Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6-8 texts and topics.
Describe factors that cause changes to Earth's surface over time. Examples: earthquakes, volcanoes, weathering, erosion, glacial erosion or scouring, deposition, water flow, tornadoes, hurricanes, farming and conservation, mining and reclamation, deforestation and reforestation, waste disposal, global climate changes, greenhouse gases
Comparing constructive and destructive natural processes and their effects on land formations. Examples: constructive - volcanic and mountain-building processes; destructive - erosion by wind, water, and ice
Structure and Function: Model and explain the function of plant organs: leaves, roots, stems, flowers
The student demonstrates an understanding that all organisms are linked to each other and their physical environments through the transfer and transformation of matter and energy by recognizing that organisms can cause physical and chemical changes (e.g., digestion, growth, respiration, photosynthesis) to matter and recognizing the importance of energy transfer in these changes.
Water on Earth is distributed and circulated through oceans, glaciers, rivers, ground water, and the atmosphere. Students can:
Identify the various causes and effects of water pollution in local and world water distributions
Craft and Structure
Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6-8 texts and topics.
Explain the plate tectonic theory. Example: using terminology such as continental drift, seafloor spreading, lava, magma, eruption, epicenter, focus, seismic wave, and subduction zone
Determining energy release through seismographic data. Example: using data from the Mercalli scale and the Richter scale
Craft and Structure
Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6-8 texts and topics.
Craft and Structure
Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6-8 texts and topics.
Know and apply concepts that explain how living things function, adapt and change.
Compare and contrast how different forms and structures reflect different functions (e.g., similarities and differences among animals that fly, walk or swim; structures of plant cells and animal cells).
Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations. As a basis for understanding this concept and addressing the content in the other three strands, students should develop their own questions and perform investigations. Students will:
Read a topographic map and a geologic map for evidence provided on the maps and construct and interpret a simple scale map.