Curriculum Map – 8th grade – Integrated Science
Month
August
Main Concept
Standards/Objectives
(General terms)
Nature of
ILOs – esp. 1
Science
Assessments
Lab Safety
Common
Assessment
Vocabulary
generalize, conclude,
hypothesis, theory,
variable, measure,
evidence, data, inference,
infer, compare, predict,
interpret, analyze, relate,
calculate, observe,
describe classify,
technology, experiment,
investigation, tentative,
assumption
science, observation,
inference, hypothesis,
prediction, scientific
theory, scientific law,
technology, critical
thinking, description,
explanation, International
System of Units, scientific
notation, percent error,
base unit (length [meter],
mass [gram], time
[second], electric current
[ampere], temperature
[kelvin, Celsius]), prefix
(mega, kilo, hecto, deka,
deci, centi, milli, micro),
variable, constant,
independent variable,
dependent variable,
experimental group,
1
Resources
Glencoe text:
Chapter 1 and
Science Skill
Handbook
Flinn Safety
Month
Main Concept
(General terms)
Standards/Objectives
Assessments
Vocabulary
Resources
control group, qualitative
data, quantitative data
September
September
Ecology - Energy Standard 2; Objective 2
and Living
Organisms Relationships
Ecology –
Human Impact
3 CFAs
1 CSAs
food web, food chain,
Glencoe text:
photosynthesis,
Chapter 9
respiration, predator,
energy flow, solar energy,
chemical energy,
mechanical energy,
producer, consumer, prey,
mutualism, parasitism,
competition, environment,
capacity
ecosystem, abiotic factor,
biotic factor, population,
community, biome,
succession, limiting factor,
biotic potential, carrying
capacity, habitat, niche,
symbiotic relationship,
producer, consumer, food
chain, food web, energy
pyramid
food web, food chain,
Glencoe text:
photosynthesis,
Chapter 10
respiration, predator,
energy flow, solar energy, isit.usu.edu
chemical energy,
mechanical energy,
producer, consumer, prey,
mutualism, parasitism,
competition, environment,
capacity
Standard 2; Objective 3
2
Month
October
End of 1st
Term
October
November
Main Concept
(General terms)
Ecology –
Energy and
Living
Organisms –
Photosynthesis
and Respiration
Chemistry Changes in
Matter
Standards/Objectives
Assessments
Vocabulary
Resources
population, carrying
capacity, deforestation,
desertification, urban
sprawl, reforestation,
reclamation, point-source
pollution, nonpoint-source
pollution, photochemical
smog, acid precipitation,
particulate matter, global
warming, greenhouse
effect, Air Quality Index
food web, food chain,
Glencoe text:
photosynthesis,
Chapter 8
respiration, predator,
energy flow, solar energy,
chemical energy,
mechanical energy,
producer, consumer, prey,
mutualism, parasitism,
competition, environment,
capacity
Standard 2; Objective 1
photosynthesis, cellular
respiration, stimulus,
tropism, photoperiodism,
plant hormone
chemical properties,
Glencoe text:
physical properties,
Chapters 2 & 3
chemical change, physical
change, reaction,
reactants, products,
respiration,
photosynthesis,
Standard 1; Objectives 1 & 2
3
Month
Main Concept
(General terms)
Standards/Objectives
Assessments
Vocabulary
temperature, molecules,
heat energy, chemical
energy, atoms, energy
solid, liquid, viscosity,
surface tension, gas,
vapor, kinetic energy,
temperature, thermal
energy, vaporization,
evaporation,
condensation,
sublimation, deposition,
kinetic molecular theory,
pressure, Boyle’s law,
Charles’s law, matter,
atom, substance, element,
compound, mixture,
heterogeneous mixture,
homogeneous mixture,
dissolve, physical
property, mass, density,
solubility, physical
change, chemical
property, chemical
change, concentration
4
Resources
Month
November
December
Main Concept
Standards/Objectives
(General terms)
Chemistry Standard 1; Objective 3
Changes in
Matter
Assessments
1 Common
Assessment
Vocabulary
chemical properties,
Glencoe text:
physical properties,
Chapters 4, 5 & 6
chemical change, physical
change, reaction,
reactants, products,
respiration,
photosynthesis,
temperature, molecules,
heat energy, chemical
energy, atoms, energy
periodic table, group,
period, metal, luster,
ductility, malleability, alkali
metal, alkaline earth
metal, transition element,
nonmetal, halogen, noble
gas, metalloid,
semiconductor, chemical
bond, valence electron,
electron dot diagram,
covalent bond, molecule,
polar molecule, chemical
formula, ion, ionic bond,
metallic bond, chemical
reaction, chemical
equation, reactant,
product, law of
conservation of mass,
coefficient, synthesis,
decomposition, single
replacement, double
replacement, combustion,
endothermic, exothermic,
5
Resources
Month
Main Concept
(General terms)
Standards/Objectives
Assessments
Vocabulary
Resources
activation energy,
catalyst,
enzyme, inhibitor
January
Physics Relationships
Among Energy,
Force, and
Motion
Standard 4; Objective 1
1 Common
Assessment
energy, potential energy,
kinetic energy, force,
gravity, complex machine,
wave, friction, amplitude
energy, potential energy,
chemical energy, nuclear
energy, kinetic energy,
electric energy,
mechanical energy,
thermal energy, wave,
sound energy, radiant
energy, law of
conservation of energy,
energy transfer, energy
transformation, work,
open system, closed
system, renewable energy
resource, nonrenewable
energy resource,
temperature, heat,
conduction, radiation,
6
Glencoe text,
Chapters 7, 20, &
21
Month
Main Concept
(General terms)
Standards/Objectives
Assessments
Vocabulary
Resources
convection, vaporization,
thermal conductor,
thermal insulator, energy,
kinetic energy, potential
energy, work, mechanical
energy, sound, energy,
thermal energy, electric
energy, radiant energy,
nuclear energy, law of
conservation of energy,
friction, mechanical wave,
electromagnetic wave,
transverse wave,
longitudinal wave,
frequency, amplitude,
refraction, radio wave,
infrared wave, ultraviolet
wave, transparent,
translucent, opaque,
intensity, compression,
rarefaction, pitch, decibel
February
Physics Relationships
Among Energy,
Force, and
Motion
Standard 4; Objective 2
1 Common
Assessment
energy, potential energy,
kinetic energy, force,
gravity, complex machine,
wave, friction, amplitude
energy, potential energy,
chemical energy, nuclear
energy, kinetic energy,
electric energy,
mechanical energy,
thermal energy, wave,
sound energy, radiant
7
Glencoe text:
Chapters 7, 17 &
18
Month
Main Concept
(General terms)
Standards/Objectives
Assessments
Vocabulary
energy, law of
conservation of energy,
energy transfer, energy
transformation, work,
open system, closed
system, renewable energy
resource, nonrenewable
energy resource,
temperature, heat,
conduction, radiation,
convection, vaporization,
thermal conductor,
reference point, position,
motion, displacement,
speed, constant speed,
instantaneous speed,
average speed, velocity,
acceleration, force,
contact force, noncontact
force, gravity, mass,
weight, friction, net force,
balanced forces,
unbalanced forces,
Newton’s first law of
motion, inertia, Newton’s
second law of motion,
circular motion, centripetal
force, Newton’s third law
of motion, force pair,
momentum, law of
conservation of
momentum
8
Resources
Month
February
March
Main Concept
Standards/Objectives
(General terms)
Relationships
Standard 4; Objective 3
Among Energy,
Force, and
Motion
Assessments
1 Common
Assessment
Vocabulary
energy, potential energy,
kinetic energy, force,
gravity, complex machine,
wave, friction, amplitude
Resources
Glencoe text:
Chapter 19
work, power, mechanical
advantage, efficiency,
simple machine, lever,
fulcrum, wheel and axle,
inclined plane, wedge,
screw, pulley
March
Relationships
Among Energy,
Force, and
Motion
Standard 4; Objective 4
1 Common
Assessment
energy, potential energy,
kinetic energy, force,
gravity, complex machine,
wave, friction, amplitude
March
Geology - Rock
and Fossil
Formation
Standard 3; Objectives 1 & 2
1 Common
Assessment
on Minerals
volcano, earthquake,
weathering, minerals,
fossils, sedimentary,
magma, metamorphic,
rock cycle, igneous,
sedimentation, deposition,
geology, paleontology
mineral, silicate,
crystallization, magma,
9
Glencoe text:
Chapters 11, 12 &
13
Month
April
Main Concept
(General terms)
Geology - Rock
and Fossil
Formation
Standards/Objectives
Assessments
Vocabulary
lava, mineralogist, luster,
streak, hardness,
cleavage, fracture,
density, ore, gemstone,
rock, grain, texture,
magma, lava, sediment,
rock cycle, extrusive rock,
volcanic glass, intrusive
rock, compaction,
cementation, clastic rock,
clast, chemical rock,
biochemical rock,
metamorphism, plastic
deformation, foliated rock,
nonfoliated rock, contact
metamorphism, regional
metamorphism,
weathering, mechanical
weathering, chemical
weathering, oxidation,
soil, organic matter, pore,
decomposition, parent
material, climate,
topography, biota, horizon
volcano, earthquake,
weathering, minerals,
fossils, sedimentary,
magma, metamorphic,
rock cycle, igneous,
sedimentation, deposition,
geology, paleontology
Standard 3; Objective 3
erosion, deposition,
meander, longshore
10
Resources
Glencoe text:
Chapters 14 & 16
Month
April
Main Concept
(General terms)
Geology - Rock
and Fossil
Formation
Standards/Objectives
Assessments
Vocabulary
current, delta, abrasion,
dune, loess, mass
wasting, landslide, talus,
glacier, till, moraine,
outwash, fossil,
catastrophism,
uniformitarianism, carbon
film, mold, cast, trace
fossil, paleontologist,
relative age,
superposition, inclusion,
unconformity, correlation,
index fossil, absolute age,
isotope, radioactive
decay, half-life
volcano, earthquake,
weathering, minerals,
fossils, sedimentary,
magma, metamorphic,
rock cycle, igneous,
sedimentation, deposition,
geology, paleontology
Standard 3; Objective 4
earthquake, fault, seismic
wave, focus, epicenter,
primary wave, secondary
wave, surface wave,
seismologist,
seismometer,
seismogram, volcano,
magma, lava, hot spot,
shield volcano, composite
volcano, cinder cone,
volcanic ash, viscosity
11
Resources
Glencoe text:
Chapter 15
12