Iowa Core Standards and Learning Targets for 8th Grade Science Students will be able to: Science as Inquiry:
Identify and generate questions that can be answered through scientific investigations.
Design and conduct different kinds of scientific investigations.
Understand that different kinds of questions suggest different kinds of scientific investigations.
Select and use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze and interpret data.
Incorporate mathematics in scientific inquiry.
Use evidence to develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models.
Think critically and logically to make the relationships between evidence and explanations.
Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and predictions.
Communicate and defend procedures and explanations.
Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.
Earth and Space
Understand and apply knowledge of the structure and processes of the earth system and the processes that change the earth and its surface.
Understand and apply knowledge of earth history based on physical evidence.
Understand and apply knowledge of the earth’s atmospheric properties and how they influence weather and climate.
Understand and apply knowledge of the components of our solar system.
Physical Science
Understand and apply knowledge of:
Understand and apply knowledge of forms of energy and energy transfer.
Understand and applyknowledge of motions and forces.
elements, compounds, mixtures, and solutions based on the nature of their physical and chemical properties.
physical and chemical changes and their relationship to the conservation of matter and energy.
Life Science
Understand and apply knowledge of the basic components and functions of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems and determine the chemical composition of living and non-living specimen.
Understand and applyknowledge of:
interdependency of organisms, changes in environmental conditions, and survival of individuals and species.
Welcome to Physical Science
East Middle 8th Grade TeachersMrs. Burnight
Mr. Henriks
Mr. Fiegel
Iowa Core Standards and Learning Targets for 8th Grade Science
Students will be able to:
Science as Inquiry:
- Identify and generate questions that can be answered through scientific investigations.
- Design and conduct different kinds of scientific investigations.
- Understand that different kinds of questions suggest different kinds of scientific investigations.
- Select and use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze and interpret data.
- Incorporate mathematics in scientific inquiry.
- Use evidence to develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models.
- Think critically and logically to make the relationships between evidence and explanations.
- Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and predictions.
- Communicate and defend procedures and explanations.
- Use appropriate safety procedures when conducting investigations.
Earth and Space- Understand and apply knowledge of the structure and processes of the earth system and the processes that change the earth and its surface.
- Understand and apply knowledge of earth history based on physical evidence.
- Understand and apply knowledge of the earth’s atmospheric properties and how they influence weather and climate.
- Understand and apply knowledge of the components of our solar system.
Physical Science- Understand and apply knowledge of:
- Understand and apply knowledge of forms of energy and energy transfer.
- Understand and applyknowledge of motions and forces.
- elements, compounds, mixtures, and solutions based on the nature of their physical and chemical properties.
- physical and chemical changes and their relationship to the conservation of matter and energy.
Life Science