8th Grade Science Syllabus
Unit E
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1.1
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1.2
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1.3
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2.1
Objective: L.5.1 – Summarize how food provides the energy and
molecules required for building materials, growth and survival of
all living things.
The cell is the basic unit of living things.
a) Living things are different than nonliving things
b) All living things are made of cells
c) The microscope led to the discovery of cells
d) Cells come from other cells
e) The cell theory is important to the study of biology
f) Homework
Microscopes allow us to see inside cells.
a) The microscope is an important tool
b) Cells are diverse
c) Plant and animal cells have eukaryotic cells
d) Microscope lab
e) Homework
Different cells perform different functions
a) Organisms can be classified by cell type
b) Cells in multi-cellular organisms specialize
c) A multi-cellular organism is a community of cells
d) Scientist use models to study cells
e) Homework
f) Quiz
Cells need energy to grow, develop, and heal
a) Six essential nutrients
b) Cell City
c) Homework
Chemical reactions take place inside cells
a) All cells are made of the same element
b) Large molecule support cell function
c) About two thirds of every cell is water
d) I am Joes cell activity
Cells scavenger hunt in computer lab
a) Homework
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2.2
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2.3
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3.1
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3.2
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3.3
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5.1
Cells capture and release energy
a) All cells need energy
b) Some cells capture light energy
c) All cells release energy
d) Cellular Respiration lab
e) Homework
Materials move across the cell membrane
a) Some materials move by diffusion
b) Some transport requires energy
c) Cell size affects transport
d) Fermentation lab
e) Homework
f) Quiz
Cell division occurs in all organisms
a) Cell division is involved in many functions
b) Genetic material of eukaryotes is organized in chromosomes
c) Cell division is involved in growth, development, and repair
d) Homework
Cell division is part of the cell cycle
a) The cell cycle includes interphase and cell division
b) Cell division produces two genetically identical cells
c) Homework
Sexual and asexual reproduction
a) Asexual reproduction involves one parent
b) Sexual reproduction involves two parents
c) Regeneration
d) Homework
L.5.1 Review
Test on objective L.5.1
Objective: L.1.1 – Summarize the basic characteristics of viruses,
bacteria, fungi, and parasites relating to the spread, treatment,
and prevention of disease.
Single celled organisms have all the characteristics of living things.
a) Living things come in many shapes and sizes
b) Living things share common characteristics
c) Living things need energy to grow
d) Viruses are not alive
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5.2
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5.2
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5.3
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5.3
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5.4
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4.3
e) Homework
Bacteria are single celled organisms without nuclei.
a) Bacteria and Archaea are the smallest living things
b) Archaea and bacteria are found in many environments
c) Bacteria may help or harm other organisms
d) Homework
Viruses are not alive but affect living things
a) Viruses share some characteristics with living things
b) Quiz
c) Homework
d) Viruses multiple inside living things
e)Viruses may harm host cells
f) Homework
Protists are a diverse group of organisms.
a) Most protists are single celled
b) Protists obtain their energy in three ways
c) Protozoa
d) Homework
e) Culture preparation Lab
f) Homework
L.1.1 Review
Test on objective L.1.1
Objective: L.1.2 – Explain the difference between epidemic and
pandemic as it relates to the spread, treatment, and prevention
of disease.
Science helps people prevent and treat disease.
a) Vectors are mechanisms that spread disease
b) The germ theory describes how some diseases spread
c) Growing germ cultures lab
d) Homework
a) Infectious diseases spread in many ways
b) Growing germ cultures lab
c) Noninfectious diseases are not contagious
d) Homework
a) Biomedical Research explains the cause of infectious disease
b) Various techniques are used to analyze data
c) Growing germ cultures lab
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Homework
Industrial microbiology helps prevent the spread of disease
Growing germ cultures lab
Epidemics versus pandemics
Growing germ cultures lab
Quiz
Homework
Review L.1.2
Growing germ cultures lab completion
Objective: L.2.1 – Summarize aspects of biotechnology including:
specific genetic information available, careers, economic
benefits to NC, ethical issues, and implications for agriculture.
Biotechnology has given us numerous advancements in science
a) Making medicines in large quantities
b) Benefits to NC
c) Ethical issues
d) Homework
a) Forensic science advances the solving of crime
b) Benefits to NC
c) Ethical issues
d) Homework
a) Reducing pollution through bioremediation
b) Benefits to NC
c) Ethical issues
d) Homework
d) Review L.1.2 and L.2.1
Test on L.1.2 and L.2.1
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Unit A 2.3
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Unit B 1.1
Objective: L.4.1 - Summarize the use of evidence drawn from
geology, fossils, and comparative anatomy to form the basis for
biological classification systems and the theory of evolution.
The geologic time scale shows Earth’s past
a) The theory of Uniformitarianism
b) The geologic time scale
Earth has been home to living things for about 3.8 million years
a) Fossils provide evidence of earlier life
b) More complex organisms develop over time
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1.2
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1.3
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1.3
c) Earth’s history includes mass extinctions
d) Homework
Species change over time
a) The theory of evolution
b) Natural selection
c) Speciation
d) Homework
Many types of evidence supports evolution
a) Observations provide evidence for theories
b) Fossil evidence supports evolution
c) Biological evidence supports evolution
d) Homework
Objective: L.4.2 – Explain the relationship between genetic
variation and an organism’s ability to adapt to its environment.
Genetic evidence supports evolution
a) Living things inherit traits
b) Patterns of heredity can be predicted
c) Quiz
d) Homework
Changes in DNA can cause variation
a) DNA and the genetic code
b) DNA replication
c) Phenotypic variations
d) Homework
e) Mutation
f) Homework
Review
Test on L.4.1 and L.4.2