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Eighth Grade Science Pacing and Resources for New CCRS (These are day by day outlines. Therefore, you may need to expand each day and add additional information, which can be found in the additional links below or the folders in the shared files. You will need to expand on each day in order to ensure each standard is fully covered.)Websites for all Units: Method- Inquiry (2-3 classes)Waves:Waves Links/Activities: One: (Waves Introduction)Chapter 17 PowerPoint from Lawson’s website- Slide 1-21Demonstrations- slinkys, ropeDefine all of the unit vocabularyDraw and label a wave- crest, trough, wavelength, frequencyEighth Science Waves Activity- Tingle EmailDay Two: (Electromagnetic Spectrum)Chapter 17 PowerPoint from Lawson's website- Slide 22-23Darvill.emagElectromagnetic Spectrum Three:Formal Assessment- vocabularyChapter 17 PowerPoint from Lawson's website- Slide 24-40Reflection and Refraction: Mirror ExperimentDay Four: (Sound Waves)Chapter 17 PowerPoint from Lawson's website- Slide 41-62Lab- 8.6.5 & 8.6.4 Five:Light with lab- Mirror experiment continuingExperiment:Beaker full of oil; test tube full of water; demonstrates refraction; put test tube in beaker; then put test tube with oil in the beaker with oiDay Six:Light and sound waves movement- which needs a medium (Light doesn't)Day Seven:Timeline of communication- what was better about each addition?Day Eight: AssessmentGenetics- Punnett Squares & Heredity:Helpful Links: Day One:Teaching CellsReview/Teach Organelles (Cell Song)Prokaryotic and EukaryoticOrganelles (Nucleus, ribosomes, nucleolus, cytoplasm, nuclear membrane)DNA to RNA to protein to trait (Dr. Pepper Time)Focus on the basics of cellsDay Two:Cell Assessment/QuizGenetics/Heredity PowerPoint (Slide 1-24)Practice Punnett SquaresDay Three:Genetics/Heredity PowerPoint (Slide 25-34)Practice sex-linked traitsColor blindnessHemophiliaIntro Genetics Project (Dragons, Alien, Monster, Tater etc.)Day Four:Assessment-quizPractice Incomplete/codominanceReviewDay Five:AssessmentMitosis/Meiosis: End of First Nine WeeksDay One:Introduce with PowerPoint (1-38)Introduce important vocabularyCentrioles, microtubules, chromatids, chromosomes, chromatids, centromeres, sister chromatids, DNAHands on Activity- FoldableDay Two:Genetics/Heredity 39-51Disorders, Karyotyping, pedigreesSelective breeding, cloning, genetic engineeringAdvanced Genetics lab Three/Four:Debate ethics of artificial selection advantages and disadvantagesEnd of Second Nine WeeksNatural Selection/Evolution:Day One:Natural Selection PowerPointDarwin's Theory WSAnimal Behavioral Adaptations pptDay TwoBasic Principles of Darwin to be covered:Variations –Speciation, mutations, behavioral, and environmentalOver Production-reproductive factors and efficiencyAdaptations-Survival of the fittestDescent with modifications-Inherited traitsDay Three- Data AnalysisDarwin's FinchesPepper MothDay FourHomologous and Analogous StructuresEarly developmental stages compare/contrastNatural Selection Resources: (VIDEO) vs Analogous Structures: Renewable & Nonrenewable Resources:Day oneRenewable and Nonrenewable pptHuman Impact-Propose methods to reduce environmental effectDay twoRenewable - Energy Lab from NovaDay three-Nonrenewable Lab- Kessler ScienceEngineering Design ProjectResources Cycle/Rocks:Geology: oneRocks PPT (used for review on webpage) (webquest for 7.4) 2Rock Cycle LabEarth's HistoryDay oneFossil PPTFossils: twoLaw of Superposition, Law of Horizontality, Law of Fossil SuccessionIndex Fossil Lab three Gradual and Sudden Changes in EvolutionCatastrophism and Uniformitarianism pptEnd of Third Nine WeeksEarth/Plate Tectonics:Day onePreview The Core trailerInside Earth PPTInteractive Dynamic Earth CW/HW with Test (CK-12 Earth Science)Day twoConstructive and Destructive Forces PPTInteractive Constructive and Destructive SimulationDay threeConstructive and Destructive Graham Cracker LabEarthquake PPT FormationDay OneSoil Formation PPTDay TwoWeathering LabWaterDay One Surface water PPTGround Water PPTResearch and map various types of natural hazards...Day oneNatural Disaster Detection PPT (this is the website to teach from) and design ................
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