Mrs. Mulledy, mulledy.leslie@whrsd.org
Grade 8 Science
Trimester II - Pacing Guide (Common Assessment week of March 15)
Text: Glencoe Science Voyages
Topic 1 -Chapter 13 – Geologic Time
Week 1 – 11/29-12/3
a. 12/1 - Common Assessment 1 for Term 1 (chapters, 8, 9, 10, 11)
b. Due 12/2 – 13.1 Life and Geologic Time, pp. 364-171, outline, vocab., & Questions 1-3
Week 2 – 12/6-12/10
a. Due 12/7 – 13.2 Early Earth History, pp. 372-378, outline, vocab. & Questions 1-3
b. Due 12/9 – 13.3 Middle and Recent Earth History – pp. 382-387 outline, vocab, questions
1-3
c. Due 12/9 - Article 1 – Teacher’s Choice - Warm-blooded Dinosaurs Worked Up A Sweat,
Science Daily.com
d. 12/10 - Wordlist 10
Topic 2 - Chapter 12 – Change Through Time – Evolution (LS 9, 10, 11, 12, 18)
Week 3 – 12/13-12/17 – Video: Tree of Life: David Attenborough
a. Due 12/14 - 12.1 Mechanisms of Evolution, pp. 334-341, outline, vocab & questions 1-3.
b. Due 12/16 – 12.2 Evidence for Evolution, 349-351, outline, vocab.
c. 12/17 - Wordlist 11
Week 4 – 12/20-12/22
a. 12/20 – Test on Chapter 12 & 13 – Geologic time and Major Evolutionary Inventions; Essay
Topic: Tetrapod Evolution, from Water to Land (Lungs, legs and eggs)
HOLIDAY RECESS 12/23/10 -1/3/11
*Change Text: Prentice Hall – Cells and Heredity
Topic 3 - Chapter 5 – Changes over Time (LS 9, 10, 11, 12, 18)
Week 5 – 1/3 -1/7
a. 1/3 –Theories of Evolution in Historical Context: Kings, Churches & Evolution
b. 1/4 - Jean Baptiste de Lamarck; Theory of Acquired Characteristics, Primary Source: Zoological
Philosophie, 1809
c. Due 1/5 - 5.1 Darwin’s Voyages, pp. 140-150, outline, vocab. questions 1-4
d. 1/6 Charles Darwin in Historical Context: Primary Source: On the Origin of Species (1859)
e. Due: 1/19/11- Essay: Compare and Contrast Theories of Evolution, Lamarck and Darwin
f. 1/7 - Wordlist 12
Week 6 – 1/10-1/14
a. Darwin’s Observations and Evidence – Selective Breeding in Domesticated Animals
b. From Wolf to Dog – Read pp. 168-173, Video: PBS Nature: Man & Dog
c. Dog Project - Tracing the Ancestry of Your Dog’s Breed (Computer Labs for research)
d. Due 1/13 - Article 2: Teacher’s Choice - Early 20th Century Evolutionist May Have Discovered
Epigenetics, ScienceDaily.com
e. Video: Google: The Ghost in Your Genes!
f. Computer Labs to work on ESSAY!
g. 1/14 - Wordlist 13
Topic 4 - Chapter 1 – Prentice Hall: Cell Structure and Function
Week 7 – 1/18-1/21 – DARWIN LAMARCK ESSAY DUE 1/19/11
a. Due 1/18 - 1.1 Discovering Cells, pp. 14-22, outline, vocab., question 1-4
b. Due 1/20 - 1.3 Chemical Compounds in Cells, pp. 33-37, outline, vocab & questions
c. 1/21 – Wordlist 14
Week 8 – 1/24-1/28
a. Due 1/24 – 1.4 The Cell in Its Environment , pp. 40-44, Outline, vocab &
Questions 1-4
b. 1/24 – 1.2 - Looking Inside Cells
c. 1/25 – Microscope Lab: Looking at Cells: Histology Slides (Human Tissues)
d. 1/28 - Wordlist 15
Topic 4 - Chapter 2 - Cell Processes and Energy
Week 9 – 1/31-2/4
a. 1/31 Chapter 1 Test – Cell Structures and Function, Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes
b. Due 2/1 - 2.3 Cell Division, part 1, pp. 67-68; & 3.4 The DNA Connection, pp. 101-106,
Outline and vocab
c. Due 2/2 - 2.3 Cell Division, part 1, pp. 61-66, Stages of Mitosis (comic strip)
d. Due 2/3 - 2.4 Cancer, pp. 70-72
e. 2/4 Wordlist 16
Topic 5 - Chapter 3 - Genetics: The Science of Heredity
Week 10 - 2/7-2/11
a. 2/7 – Chapter 2 Quiz/Test – The Cell Cycle, Mitosis and DNA Transcription & Translation
(Gene to Protein)
b. Due 2/8 - 3.1 Mendel’s Work pp. 80-85, Outline, vocab & Questions 1-4
c. 2/9-2/10 Lab - Class Survey of Phenotypes, pp. 86-87
d. Dues 2/10 Article 4 – Key Protein That May Cause Cancer Cell Death Identified,
ScienceDaily.com
e. 2/11 - Wordlist 17
Week 11 – 2/14-2/18/11
a. Due 2/14 - 3.2 Probability and Genetics, pp. 88-93, outline, vocab & questions 1-4)
b. Due 2/15 – 3.3 The Cell and Inheritance, The DNA Connection Meiosis & Punnett
Squares, pp. 96-100, Outline, vocabulary & Questions 1-4
c. 2/16-2/18 – Baby Lab! Inheritance from Parents to Child
d. 2/18 - Wordlist 18
WINTER RECESS 2/21-2/25/11
Topic 6 Chapter 4 – Modern Genetics
Week 12 – 2/28-3/4
a. Due 2/28 - 4.1 Human Inheritance, pp. 112-118, outline & questions 1-3
b. 4.2 Due 3/2 – 4.2 Human Genetic Disorders, pp. 119-123
c. Sickle Cell Anemia and The Life Cycle of Malaria – Micro Slide Viewer packet
d. Due 3/3 – Article 5 - From Stem Cells To New Organs: Scientists Cross Threshold In
Regenerative Medicine, ScienceDaily.com
e. 3/4 Wordlist 19
Week 13 – 3/7-3/11/11
a. Due 3/8 – 4.3 Advances in Genetics, pp. 126-132, outline, vocab & question 1-5
b. Due 3/10 – Article 6 - Therapeutic Cloning Gets A Boost With New Research Findings,
ScienceDaily.com
c. Due 3/11 – Wordlist 20
* Term 2 Common Assessment March (14 or 15)