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Standard 1.1 Ask questions and state hypotheses that lead to different types of scientific investigations
Standard 5.1
A controlled experiment must have comparable results when repeated
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Essential Learning Target:
Students will design scientific investigations and apply the processes of the scientific method
Student Friendly:
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Follow the steps of the Scientific Process:
Develop a question,
State a hypothesis,
Make observations,
Plan the experiment,
Develop conclusions
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Core Science Text
Science Fair entry requirements
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When asked, the students will explain the steps of the scientific process
The students will use a rubric to design a scientific investigation
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2nd
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Grade 8 Science
Essential Learning Targets and Common Assessments
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Standard 1.2
Use appropriate tools, technologies and metric measurements to gather and organize data and report results
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Essential Learning Target:
Choose appropriate scientific tools and technologies to gather data related to an investigation
Student Friendly:
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Use of metric and scientific tools to get information
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Lab materials list
Computers
Metric equipment
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Students will choose the correct tools (metric) and use proper technologies to gain valuable information 90% of the time
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1st – 4th
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Burlington School District RE-6J
Grade 8 Science
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Standard 1.2
Use appropriate tools, technologies and metric measurements to gather and organize data and report results
Standard 1.3
Interpret and evaluate data in order to formulate logical conclusions
Standard 1.6
Communicate results of their investigations in appropriate ways
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Essential Learning Target:
The student will communicate data and conclusions discovered during a scientific investigation
Student Friendly:
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Use logic in forming conclusions
Demonstrate knowledge of material while sharing information
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Core Science Text
Science Fair project
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Follow rubric for Science Fair presentation
Lab write-ups for investigations during study
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1st – 4th
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Burlington School District RE-6J
Essential Learning Targets and Common Assessments
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Standard 1.3
Interpret and evaluate data in order to formulate logical conclusions
Standard 1.4
Demonstrate that scientific ideas are used to explain previous observations and to predict future events
Standard 1.5
Identify and evaluate alternative explanations and procedures
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Essential Learning Target:
Students will analyze scientific investigations
Student Friendly:
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Repeat an experiment following a set procedure
Identify errors in an experimental procedure
Use conclusions from one experiment to determine what will happen in future experiments
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Teacher modeling
Science Fair experiments
Text
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Students will repeat and/or improve an experiment
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1st – 4th
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Burlington School District RE-6J
Essential Learning Targets and Common Assessments
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Standard 2.1
Physical properties of solids, liquids, gases and the plasma state and their changes can be explained using the particulate nature of matter model
Standard 2.2
Mixtures of substances can be separated based on their properties
Standard 2.4
Mass and weight can be distinguished
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Essential Learning Target:
Students will compare and explain common properties of matter
Student Friendly:
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Identify the states of matter and where they can be found
Use the periodic table to discuss properties of different elements
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Videos about the periodic table
Text
The periodic table
www.brainpop.com
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Create an Alien Periodic Table
Chapter Test
Identify the first twenty elements on the periodic table
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1st – 2nd
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Burlington School District RE-6J
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Standard 2.5
All matter is made up of atoms that are comprised of protons, neutrons, and electrons and when a substance is made up of only one type of atom it is an element
Standard 2.6
When two or more elements are combined a compound is formed which is made up of molecules
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Burlington School District RE-6J
Essential Learning Targets and Common Assessments
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Standard 2.8
There are different forms of energy and those forms of energy can be transferred and stored but total energy is conserved
Standard 2.9
Electric circuits provide a means of transferring electrical energy when heat, light, sound, magnetic effects and chemical changes are produced
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Essential Learning Target:
Students can identify and explain the relationship between common forms of energy
Student Friendly:
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Compare and Contrast potential and kinetic energy
Identify the six forms of energy:
Mechanical
Thermal
Electrical
Chemical
Nuclear
Electromagnetic
Describe a prism and how it works
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Core Science Text
Guest Speaker
Experimentation
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Construct a hot-air balloon following directions and a rubric
When asked, the student will distinguish between the six forms of energy
Explain the reasoning behind the fact that a rainbow occurs during a shower and sunshine
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3rd – 4th
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Burlington School District RE-6J
Essential Learning Targets and Common Assessments
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Standard 2.10
White light is made up of different colors that correspond to different wavelengths
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Burlington School District RE-6J
Essential Learning Targets and Common Assessments
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Standard 2.3
Mass is conserved in a chemical or physical change
Standard 2.7
Quantities that characterize moving objects and their interactions within a system can be described, measured, and calculated
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Essential Learning Target:
Students analyze and test common changes in matter and energy
Student Friendly:
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State
the Law of Conservation of Mass,
the Law of Conservation of Matter,
and the Law of Conservation of Energy
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Core Science Text
Create a mousetrap car
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Use a rubric to create and analyze the mousetrap car
Chapter Test
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1st – 4th
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Burlington School District RE-6J
Essential Learning Targets and Common Assessments
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Standard 5.2
Scientific knowledge changes as new knowledge is acquired and previous ideas are modified
Standard 5.3
Contributions to the advancement of science have been made by people in different cultures and at different times in history
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Essential Learning Target:
Students will identify how the very nature of science involves a particular way of building knowledge
Student Friendly:
All scientists follow the same basic paths to discovery in science
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Students will know the contributions of scientists:
Archimedes
Bernoulli
Boyle
Charles
Fahrenheit
Joule
Kelvin
Lavoisier
Mendeleev
Newton
Ohm
Pascal
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Videos
Core Science Text
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Chapter Assessment
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1st – 4th
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Burlington School District RE-6J
Essential Learning Targets and Common Assessments
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Standard 5.4
Models can be used to predict change
Standard 5.5
There are interrelationships among science, technology, and human activity that affect the world
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Essential Learning Target:
Students will analyze science concepts and integrate the ideas into the natural world
Student Friendly:
Students will create models to explain science and the natural world
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Students will create an example of the atomic model and state which scientist would have used this idea
Students will create a scale model of a hot-air balloon
Students will create a model of their science fair project for display
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Videos
Core Science Text
Science Fair material
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Science Fair Rubric
Chapter test
Hot-air balloon rubric
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1st – 3rd
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Burlington School District RE-6J
Essential Learning Targets and Common Assessments
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