Grand Canyon Preparatory Academy
8 GRADE SCIENCE
Scope and Sequence
Unit Theme
Life Science:
FOLOWING Chapters:
1.Animals without
Backbones, animals With
Back bones.
2. Asexual reproduction
3. Sexual reproduction
Unit Dates and
Duration
Q1:
Aug12-Aug21
Aug 24-Aug31
Sept 2- Sept 11
Unit Focus
Description
Study of invertebrates : Sponges, jellyfish
,hydra, roundworms, annelides,
Echinodermata, Archanides, importance of
Insects. Amphibians ,Mammals, reptiles,
Aves.
Binary fission, Budding, Spore formation,
vegetative Propagation,Grafting,
regeneration
Sexual reproduction in Plants, Sexual
reproduction in animals, Life cycle of
plants and animals.
Science
Standards
1(a),(b)
1(B),3(A)
4(a),
4(b)
4©,4(d)
4. Heredity and Genetics
5. Heredity and Evolution
Sept 14 – Sept 19
Sept 20-Sept 26
What is genetics, what is inheritance,
Punnet square,
How traits are passed through Generations,
how can be combination of DNA change the
gametophyte of Next Generation
4 (D),2(b)
Literacy in
Science & Technical Subjects
Standards
Reading
Writing
Read the
chapter from
Life Science
Book Pg.no.2-10
Do scientific Terms
Do all Questions
Worksheets f or
classroom Practice
and as a
Homework
assignments
Power point: Role
of A Scientist
Benjamin franklin,
Charles Darwin
Essay : Detailed
essay about
Asexual and Sexual
reproduction in
Plants and animals
in Detail.
Lab work: 1.
Poster/Model of
Life cycle of butter
fly, and
reproduction in
plants
Video about
evolution and
natural selection.
Read the Life
History of
various
scientists
Find out the
slides of
different parts
of Plants and
animals and
their cells
Grand Canyon Preparatory Academy
8 GRADE SCIENCE
Scope and Sequence
EARTH SCIENCE:
FOLLOWING Chapters:
1Earth’s rivers
Q2:
Oct 14 – Oct 22
2. Ground water on earth
Oct 26- Nov 04
3. The work of Glaciers
Nov06- Nov13
4.The restless ocean
Nov16- Nov20
5.EARTH’S History,Gelogic
Time,
Nov23- Nov27
6. Charctersitic of Earth’s
Parts of rivers, erosion by river, eroding
power, deposition by river, sorting and
conclusion and misconceptions
.
Water in the ground, Groundwater returns
to the surface, Groundwater Conservation,
Groundwater erosion.
6 (a),6 (b)
1 (a),2(b)
6(b),3(a),(b)
What is Glaciers? Types of Glaciers, Erosion
6©,6 (d)
By Glaciers, Deposition of glaciers, Glacial
Lakes, The Ice Age, the changing face of
Geology.
The ocean floor, compostion of ocean
floor and water, ocean temperature,
Ocean currents ocean tides, ocean waves,
erosion and deposititon by ocean waves.
The formation of earth, Fossil record,
interpretating fossil record, Changes in the
rock cycle, Absolute age, Geologic time
scale, Paleozoic area,, Mesozoic area
,cenozopic area, organic evolution ,
magnitude of geologic time
Read the
chapter from
earth science
Book from page
no.137-144
(Read
Vocabulary)
Chapter reading
from pg.
no.147-155,
(Read
Vocabulary)
Chapter reading
from pg. no.156
– 166( Read
Vocabulary)
6©, 6 (d)
2©,2 (d)
Chapter reading
from pg. no.168
–180 (Read
Vocabulary)
3©,3(d)
Chapter reading
from pg.
no.182-200
( Read
Vocabulary)
Do all the
questions at the
end of all chapters.
Worksheets for
rivers
Worksheets for
deposition
Worksheet of
Groundwater.
Power point:
Detailed
information about
Rivers and
Groundwater.
Essay: write and
Essay about
Glalciers, how they
are formed and get
deposited?
Lab work:
1. Activity to show
the measurement
of Glaciers,
Depositions.
Grand Canyon Preparatory Academy
8 GRADE SCIENCE
Scope and Sequence
Atmosphere.Atmospheric
Temperature.
Nov23- Nov27
CHEMICAL SCIENCE
; Following Chapters;
Q3:
1.Metallic resources
Nov.28- Dec07
Composition of atmosphere, layers of
atmosphere ,temperature, humidity,
States of matter
5 (a) 5(b)
Ores, types of ores, Separation of mixtures
from their ores, extraction of metals from
their ores, extraction of sulfide from ores,
Read the
Chapter from
Page no. 101110,
Do all Scientific
terms.
2. Mixtures of matter
: solutions
Jan06 - Jan 14
Compounds and mixtures, mixtures and
solutions, Characteristics of liquid
solutions, solubility curves, factors
affecting the rate of dissolving
chromatography.
5(A),5(b)
Read the
Chapter from
Page no.112122
Do all Scientific
terms.
3. Mixtures of matter
; suspensions and
emulsions
Jan 18 – Feb 01
Suspensions, their characteristics,
separation of suspensions emulsions,
colloidal suspensions,
5(A),5(b)
Read the
Chapter from
Page no. 127133
4.How dissolved particles
affect the properties of
water.
5. Acids, bases and Salts.
Feb03-feb29
Properties of solutions, Boling temperature 5(A),5(b)
of water effect of solutes on the boiling
point of a pure solvent
Acids, bases, PH meter, ph scale, colloids,
Read the
Chapter from
Page no. 15- 23,
Do all Scientific
terms.
Do all the
questions at the
end of all chapters.
Worksheets ores
and minerals.l.
Worksheets for
Theories of an
suspensions.
Worksheets for
Mixtures,
Seperation.
Worksheets for
Properties of
suspensions and
emulsions
Lab : Activity :
Experiment to
show different
types of
suspensions,
colloid, and
emulsions
1. How can You
separate a mixture
by filteration,
heating,,,
centrifuge..
Grand Canyon Preparatory Academy
8 GRADE SCIENCE
Scope and Sequence
Power point: Make
power point
ofdifferent types of
solution and their
ndensities..
ESSAY : How a
suspension can be
different from
emulsions?
Physical Science
Following chapters;
1.Heat energy
Q4:
March 14 – March
28
3 ©,.3(d)
5 ©,5(d)
Heat and motion of the molecules,
expansion of liquid, expansion of gases,
temperature and pressure of gases, The
farenheit and Celsius scale of temperature
scales. The Kelvin scales. Measuring heat,
conduction,calories and Food, exchange of
heat in systems.
2. Sound energy
March 30 – April
08
3. Light energy
April 11 – April 22
Production of sound ,transmission of
sound, Sound waves, Characteristic of
sounds finding the speed of sound, motion
of sound, reflection of sound .changing the
pitch of viberating sound, Forced
viberations.
4. Light Energy
; Refraction, lense and
color
April 25 – May 12
Revision Of all
chapters after
May 12.
Transmission of light, Behavior of light,
Reflection of light, wave motion,
Properties of motion, and waves,
Polarization of light,
5©,5
(D)
Read the
Chapter from
Page no.246
Do all Scientific
terms.
Read the
Chapter from
Page no.263,
Do all Scientific
terms.
Read the
Chapter from
Page no. 296
from physical
science Book,
Do all Scientific
terms.
Do all the
questions at the
end of all chapters.
Worksheets for
het energy
Worksheets for
different forms of
sounds and
frequencies which
build a pitch.
Worksheets for
Light refraction.
Worksheets for
Viberations, sound
and relfection.
Lab activity : make
a project to show
souns and
reflection of lIght.
Grand Canyon Preparatory Academy
8 GRADE SCIENCE
Scope and Sequence
5. Nuclear energy