8th

Grade

Quarter 3
Jan 18 22

January Jan 25 29

Feb 1 - 05

Feb 8 - 12

Fabric of Space-Time
Relativity & Motion
Motion = Position, Direction, Speed
Forces & Motion (F=MA)
Newtons Third Law
Electrical Currents and Magnets
Review of Unit
Unit Assessment
The Solar System & Planets
The Stars & The Sun
Planets comets & asteroids
Solar Energy

The Moon & Reflected Light

Earths Rotation & Days
Februar
Earths Revolution & Years
y
Earths Tilt & Seasons
Feb 15 - 22
Mid-Winter Recess
Feb 22 - 26
Planetarium Visit (Martian Movie)
Unit Review
Unit Test
Energy: Law of Conservation, Energy
Transformations
Feb 29 Energy Forms: heat,light,electrical,
March 4
mechanical,sound,nuclear,andchemical
ElectricalCircuits
TriptoPowerPlant
March 7 - 11
EnergySources:solarenergy,geothermal
energy,fossilfuels,solarenergy,wind,
movingwater,biomass
March 14 - 18 Ecology
Natural Cycles
March
Competition
Extinction
March 21 - 25 Ecological Succession
Overpopulation
Pollution
Disease, Infectious Disease
March 28 Nature Trip (Randolls or Governors
April 1
Island)
Review & Unit Test
Science
Calendar of Topics

Unit 2:
Forces &
Motion

Unit 3:
Sun,
Earth,
Moon

Unit 4:
Humans &
the
Environme
nt

Quarter 4

April

April 4
April 8

Observation+Inference=Hypothesis
Independentanddependentvariables

April 11
April 15

ControlGroupandExperimentalGroup
DataAnalysis
Conclusion
Energy&SimpleMachines
Energy&MatterDynamic
Geology,Weather&Atmosphere
Biodiversity&Interdependence
DynamicEquilibriumtheHumanAnimal
DynamicEquilibriumOtherOrganisms
Spring Break

April 18
April 22

May 25 29
May 2 6

May 9 - 13

May

May 16
20

June

May 23
27
May 30
June 4
June 6 11
June 13
18
June 20
25

Review of
the
Scientific
Method

Grade 6 &
7
Review

Review of
Unit 1:
Reproduct
ion,
Heredity
&
Evolution

DNA&Genes&Chromosomes
AsexualReproduction
SexualReproduction
CellDivision&CancerInternal&ExternalFertilization
Developmentamonganimals
Developmentamongplants
The Solar System & Planets, The Stars & The
Sun, Planets comets & asteroids, Solar
Energy, The Moon & Reflected Light, Earths Review of
Units 3
Rotation & Days, Earths Revolution & Years,
4:
Earths Tilt & Seasons
Forces &
Relativityofmotion,Motionasposition,direction&
Motion,
speed,Forces&Motion,F=MA,Newtons3rdLaw,
Sun,
ElectricCurrents&Magnets
Earth and
Energy Forms (heat,light,electrical,mechanical,
Moon
sound,nuclear,andchemical),ElectricalCircuits,
Systems,
EnergySources(solarenergy,geothermalenergy,
Humans &
fossilfuels,solarenergy,wind,movingwater,biomass
the
Ecology), Natural Cycles, Competition,
Environm
Extinction, Ecological Succession,
ent
Overpopulation, Pollution, Disease,
Infectious Disease
TestingSkills
Testing
MultipleChoice
Skills
ShortAnswer
PreparationforLaboratoryPerformanceTest
AdministrationofLaboratoryPerformanceTest
State Test
AdministrationofStateTest
Laboratory Activities
LaboratoryActivities
LaboratoryActivities

June 27, 28

LaboratoryActivities