Tri Jr. High School Curriculum Mapping
Science – Grade 8
1st Nine Weeks
Unit/
Lessons
Unit 1
Chapter 1
Lesson 1
Standard
Key Questions
Resources/Activities
Vocabulary
Assessments
(Basic Skills)
8.1.1
8.1.5
8.4.3
Chapter Fast File
Animation
What is the relationship among atoms, BrainPop
Webquest
elements, and compounds? How are
some mixtures different from solutions? Lab
How do mixtures and compounds
differ?
Substances and Mixtures
matter, atom,
element,
molecule,
compound,
mixture,
heterogeneous
mixture,
homogenous
mixture
Leveled Quiz
Lab write-ups
8.1.1 Explain that all matter is composed of particular arrangements of atoms and that there are approximately one hundred types of atoms (i.e., elements).
8.1.5 Explain that atoms join together to form molecules and compounds and illustrate with diagrams the relationship between atoms and compounds and
between atoms and molecules.
8.4.1 Investigate the properties (i.e., mechanical, chemical, electrical, thermal, magnetic and optical) of natural and engineered materials.
Chapter 1
Lesson 2
8.1.4
8.1.5
The Structure of Atoms
Where are protons, neutrons, and
electrons located in an atom?
How is the atomic number related to
the number of protons in an atom?
What effect does changing the number
of particles in an atom have on the
atom’s identity?
Chapter Fast File
Animation
BrainPop
Webquest
Math practice
Lab
nucleus, proton,
neutron,
electron,
electron cloud,
atomic number,
isotope, ion
Leveled quiz
Chapter test
8.1.4 Describe the structure of atoms and relate the arrangement of electrons to how atoms interact with other atoms.
8.1.5 Explain that atoms join together to form molecules and compounds and illustrate with diagrams the relationship between atoms and compounds and
between atoms and molecules.
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Chapter 2
Lesson 1
8.4.1
8.4.2
Solids. Liquids, and Gases
How do particles move in liquids,
solids, and gases?
How are the forces between particles
different in solids, liquids, and gases?
Chapter Fast File
Animation
Lab
solid, liquid,
viscosity,
surface tension,
gas, vapor
Leveled quiz
8.4.1 Understand how the strength of attractive forces among particles in a material helps to explain many physical properties of the material, such as why
different materials exist as gases, liquids or solids at a given temperature.
8.4.2 Rank the strength of attractions among the particles of room-temperature materials.
Chapter 2
Lesson 2
8.4.1
Changes in state
How is temperature related to particle
motion?
How are temperature and thermal
energy different?
What happens to thermal energy when
matter changes from one state to
another?
Chapter Fast File
Animation
Video: Arson
Investigation
BrainPop
Lab
kinetic energy,
temperature,
thermal energy,
vaporization,
evaporation,
condensation,
sublimation,
deposition
Leveled quiz
8.4.1 Understand how the strength of attractive forces among particles in a material helps to explain many physical properties of the material, such as why
different materials exist as gases, liquids or solids at a given temperature.
Chapter 2
Lesson 3
8.4.3
The Behavior of Gases
How does the kinetic molecular theory
describe the behavior of a gas?
How are temperature, pressure, and
volume related to Boyle’s Law?
How is Boyle’s Law different form
Charles’s Law?
Chapter Fast File
Animation
Virtual Lab/Lab
Activity
Math Practice
Video: Under
Pressure
Lab
kinetic
molecular
theory,
pressure,
Boyle’s Law,
Charles’s Law
Leveled quiz
Chapter Test
8.4.3 Investigate the properties (i.e., mechanical, chemical, electrical, thermal, magnetic and optical) of natural and engineered materials.
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Chapter 3
Lesson 1
8.1.2
Using the Periodic Table
How are elements arranged on the
periodic table?
What can you learn about elements
form the periodic table?
Chapter Fast File
BrainPop
Animations: Atomic
structure, Periodic
Table of Elements
Math Practice
Lab
periodic table,
group, period
Leveled quiz
metal, luster,
ductility,
malleability,
alkali metal,
alkaline earth
metal, transition
element
Leveled quiz
8.1.2 Understand that elements are organized on the periodic table based on atomic number.
Chapter 3
Lesson 2
8.1.6
Metals
What elements are metals?
What are the properties of metals?
Chapter Fast File
Animations: Alkali and
Transition Metals
Lab
8.1.6 Explain that elements and compounds have characteristic properties such as density, boiling points and melting points that remain unchanged regardless of
sample size.
Chapter 3
Lesson 3
8.1.6
8.4.3
Nonmetals and Metalloids
What are nonmetals and metalloids on
the periodic table?
What are the properties of nonmetals
and metalloids?
Chapter Fast File
Personal Tutor:
Conductivity
Webquest
Lab
nonmetal,
halogen, noble
gas, metalloid,
semiconductor
Leveled quiz
Chapter Test
8.1.6 Explain that elements and compounds have characteristic properties such as density, boiling points and melting points that remain unchanged regardless of
sample size.
8.4.3 Investigate the properties (i.e., mechanical, chemical, electrical, thermal, magnetic and optical) of natural and engineered materials.
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Curriculum Mapping
Science – Grade 8
2nd Nine Weeks
Unit/
Lessons
Unit 2
Chapter 4
Lesson 1
Standard
Key Questions
Resources/Activities
Vocabulary
Assessments
(Basic Skills)
8.1.4
Electrons and Energy Levels
How is an electron’s energy related to
its distance from the nucleus?
Why do atoms gain, lose, or share
electrons?
Chapter Fast File
Animation: Elements
Personal Tutor: Parts
of the Atom
BrainPop: Atomic
Model
Lab
chemical bond,
valence
electron,
electron dot
diagram
Leveled quiz
8.1.4 Describe the structure of atoms and relate the arrangement of electrons to how atoms interact with other atoms.
Chapter 4
Lesson 2
8.1.3
8.1.4
8.1.5
8.1.6
Compounds, Chemical Formulas,
and Covalent Bonds
How do elements differ from the
compounds they form?
What are some common properties of
a covalent compound?
Why is water a polar compound?
Chapter Fast File
Personal Tutor:
Chemical Formula
WebQuest: Recycling
Plastics
Lab
covalent bond,
molecule, polar
molecule,
chemical
formula
Leveled quiz
8.1.3 Explain how the arrangement of atoms and molecules determines chemical properties of substances.
8.1.4 Describe the structure of atoms and relate the arrangement of electrons to how atoms interact with other atoms.
8.1.5 Explain that atoms join together to form molecules and compounds and illustrate with diagrams the relationship between atoms and compounds and
between atoms and molecules.
8.1.6 Explain that elements and compounds have characteristic properties such as density, boiling points and melting points that remain unchanged regardless of
sample size.
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Chapter 4
Lesson 3
8.1.3
8.1.4
8.1.5
8.1.6
Ionic and Metallic Bond
What is an ionic compound?
How do metallic bonds differ from
covalent and ionic bonds?
Chapter Fast File
Animations: Ionic,
NaCl, & Metallic
Bonding
Mater Personal Tutor:
percentages
Lab
ion, ionic bond,
metallic bond
Leveled quiz
Chapter Test
8.1.3 Explain how the arrangement of atoms and molecules determines chemical properties of substances
8.1.4 Describe the structure of atoms and relate the arrangement of electrons to how atoms interact with other atoms.
8.1.5 Explain that atoms join together to form molecules and compounds and illustrate with diagrams the relationship between atoms and compounds and
between atoms and molecules.
8.1.6 Explain that elements and compounds have characteristic properties such as density, boiling points and melting points that remain unchanged regardless of
sample size.
Chapter 5
Lesson 1
8.1.7
8.1.8
8.4.3
Understanding Chemical Reactions
What are some signs that a chemical
reaction might have occurred?
What happens to atoms during a
chemical reaction?
What happens to the total mass in a
chemical reaction?
Chapter Fast File
Interactive Table
Personal Tutor:
Balancing Equations
Lab
chemical
reaction,
chemical
equation,
reactant,
product, law of
conservation of
mass,
coefficient
Leveled quiz
8.1.7 Explain that chemical changes occur when substances react and form one or more different products, whose physical and chemical properties are different
from those of the reactants.
8.1.8 Demonstrate that in a chemical change the total numbers of each kind of atom in the product are the same as in the reactants and that the total mass of the
reacting system is conserved.
8.4.3 Investigate the properties (i.e., mechanical, chemical, electrical, thermal, magnetic and optical) of natural and engineered materials.
Chapter 5
Lesson 2
8.1.7
8.1.8
Types of Chemical Reactions
How can you recognize the type of
chemical reaction by the number or
type of reactants and products?
What are the different types of
chemical reactions?
Chapter Fast File
Animation: Reactions
Video: Arson
Lab
synthesis,
decomposition,
single
replacement,
double
replacement,
combustion
Leveled quiz
8.1.7 Explain that chemical changes occur when substances react and form one or more different products, whose physical and chemical properties are different
from those of the reactants.
8.1.8 Demonstrate that in a chemical change the total numbers of each kind of atom in the product are the same as in the reactants and that the total mass of the
reacting system is conserved.
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Chapter 5
Lesson 3
8.4.3
Energy Changes and Chemical
Reactions
Why do chemical reactions always
involve a change in energy?
What is the difference between an
endothermic and an exothermic
reaction?
What factors can affect the rate of a
chemical reaction?
Chapter Fast File
Math Practice
Lab Activity
endothermic,
Leveled quiz
exothermic,
Chapter test
activation
energy, catalyst,
enzyme,
inhibitor
8.4.3 Investigate the properties (i.e., mechanical, chemical, electrical, thermal, magnetic and optical) of natural and engineered materials.
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Curriculum Mapping
Science – Grade 8
3rd Nine Weeks
Unit/
Lessons
Unit 3
Chapter 6
Lesson 1
Standard
Key Questions
Resources/Activities
Vocabulary
Assessments
(Basic Skills)
8.2.4
Describing Earth’s Atmosphere
How did Earth’s atmosphere form?
What is Earth’s atmosphere made of?
What are the layers of the
atmosphere?
How do air pressure and temperature
change as altitude increases?
Chapter Fast File
Animation: Layer of
the atmosphere
Webquest
Video: Sky Show
Lab
atmosphere,
water vapor,
troposphere,
stratosphere,
ozone layer,
ionosphere
Leveled quiz
8.2.4 Describe the physical and chemical composition of the atmosphere at different elevations.
Chapter 6
Lesson 2
8.2.1
Energy Transfer in the Atmosphere
Chapter Fast File
radiation,
Leveled quiz
Animation:
conduction,
How does energy transfer from the Sun Greenhouse Effect
convection,
to Earth and the atmosphere?
Personal Tutor: C, C
stability,
How are air circulation patterns within
&R
temperature
the atmosphere created?
Lab
inversion
8.2.1 Recognize and demonstrate how the sun’s energy drives convection in the atmosphere and in bodies of water, which results in
ocean currents and weather patterns.
Chapter 6
Lesson 3
8.2.1
Air Currents
How does uneven heating of Earth’s
surface result in air movement?
How are air currents on Earth affected
by Earth’s spin?
What are the main wind belts on
Earth?
Chapter Fast File
Personal Tutor:
Coriolis Effect
Video: Electrifying
Wind
Lab
wind, trade
Leveled quiz
wind, westerlies,
polar easterlies,
jet stream, sea
breeze, land
breeze
8.2.1 Recognize and demonstrate how the sun’s energy drives convection in the atmosphere and in bodies of water, which results in ocean currents and weather
patterns.
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Chapter 6
Lesson 4
8.2.4
8.2.6
Air Quality
How do humans impact air quality?
Why do humans monitor air quality
standards?
Chapter Fast File
Math Practice
Webquest
BrainPop
Lab
air pollution,
acid
precipitation,
photochemical
smog,
particulate
matter
Leveled quiz
Chapter Test
8.2.4 Describe the physical and chemical composition of the atmosphere at different elevations.
8.2.6 Identify, explain and discuss some effects human activities (e.g., air, soil, light, noise and water pollution) have on the biosphere.
Chapter 7
Lesson 1
8.2.2
Describing Weather
What is weather?
What variables are used to describe
weather?
How is weather related to the water
cycle?
Chapter Fast File
Animation: The water
cycle
Video – weather
BrainPop – Clouds
Lab
weather, air
pressure,
humidity,
relative
humidity, dew
point,
precipitation,
water cycle
Leveled quiz
8.2.2 Describe and model how water moves through the earth’s crust, atmosphere and oceans in a cyclic way as a liquid vapor and solid.
Chapter 7
Lesson 2
8.2.1
8.2.5
Weather Patterns
What are two types of pressure
systems?
What drives weather patterns?
Why is it useful to understand weather
patterns?
What are some examples of severe
weather?
Chapter Fast File
Animations: Tornados
Video – weather
Lab
high and low
pressure
systems, air
mass, front,
tornado,
hurricane,
blizzard
Leveled quiz
8.2.1 Recognize and demonstrate how the sun’s energy drives convection in the atmosphere and in bodies of water, which results in ocean currents and weather
patterns.
8.2.5 Describe the conditions that cause Indiana weather and weather-related events such as tornadoes, lake effect snow, blizzards, thunderstorms and flooding.
Chapter 7
Lesson 3
8.2.4
Weather Forecast
What instruments are used to measure
weather variables?
How are computer models used to
predict the weather?
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Chapter Fast File
Concepts in Motion
Animation: weather
map
Lab
surface report,
upper-air report,
Doppler radar,
isobar,
computer model
Leveled quiz
Chapter test
8.2.4 Describe the physical and chemical composition of the atmosphere at different elevations.
Chapter 8
Lesson 1
8.2.2
Composition and Structure of
Earth’s Oceans
Why are the oceans salty?
What does the seafloor look like?
How do temperature, salinity, and density
affect ocean structure?
Chapter Fast File
Animation: Ocean
Basin Features
BrainPop: Ocean
Floor
Lab
salinity,
seawater,
brackish,
abyssal plain
Leveled quiz
8.2.2 Describe and model how water moves through the earth’s crust, atmosphere and oceans in a cyclic way as a liquid vapor and solid.
Chapter 8
Lesson 2
Ocean Waves and Tides
8.2.2
What causes ocean waves?
What causes tides?
Chapter Fast File
Animation: Water
Waves
BrainPop: Tides
Lab
tsunami, sea
level, tide, tidal
range, spring
tide, neap tide
Leveled quiz
8.2.2 Describe and model how water moves through the earth’s crust, atmosphere and oceans in a cyclic way as a liquid vapor and solid.
Chapter 8
Lesson 3
8.2.1
8.2.2
8.2.3
Ocean currents
What are the major types of ocean
currents?
How do ocean currents affect weather
and climate?
Chapter Fast File
Personal Tutor:
Coriolis Effect
BrainPop: Ocean
Currents
Lab
ocean current,
gyre, Coriolis
effect, upwelling
Leveled quiz
8.2.1 Recognize and demonstrate how the sun's energy drives convection in the atmosphere and in bodies of water, which results in ocean currents and weather
patterns.
8.2.2 Describe and model how water moves through the earth’s crust, atmosphere and oceans in a cyclic way as a liquid vapor and solid.
8.2.3 Describe the characteristics of ocean currents and identify their effects on weather patterns.
Chapter 8
Lesson 4
8.2.6
8.2.8
Environmental Impacts on Oceans
How does pollution affect marine
organisms?
How does global climate change affect
marine ecosystems?
What is it important to keep oceans
healthy?
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Chapter Fast File
Video: Coral Condos
Lab
marine, harmful
algal bloom,
coral bleaching
Leveled quiz
Chapter test
8.2.6 Identify, explain and discuss some effects human activities (e.g., air, soil, light, noise and water pollution) have on the biosphere.
8.2.8 Explain that human activities, beginning with the earliest herding and agricultural activities, have drastically changed the environment and have affected the
capacity of the environment to support native species. Explain current efforts to reduce and eliminate these impacts and encourage sustainability.
Chapter 9
Lesson 1
8.2.6
8.2.7
8.2.8
People and Environment
What is the relationship between
resource availability and human
population growth?
How do daily activities impact the
environment?
Chapter Fast File
BrainPop: Population
Growth
Lab
population,
carrying
capacity
Leveled quiz
8.2.6 Identify, explain and discuss some effects human activities (e.g., air, soil, light, noise and water pollution) have on the biosphere.
8.2.7 Recognize that some of Earth’s resources are finite and describe how recycling, reducing consumption and the development of alternatives can reduce the
rate of their depletion.
8.2.8 Explain that human activities, beginning with the earliest herding and agricultural activities, have drastically changed the environment and have affected the
capacity of the environment to support native species. Explain current efforts to reduce and eliminate these impacts and encourage sustainability.
Chapter 9
Lesson 2
8.2.6
8.2.7
8.2.8
Impacts on the Land
What are the consequences of using
land as a resource?
How does proper waste management
help prevent pollution?
What actions help protect the land?
Chapter Fast File
Math practice:
percentages
Lab
deforestation,
desertification,
urban sprawl,
reforestation,
reclamation
Leveled quiz
8.2.6 Identify, explain and discuss some effects human activities (e.g., air, soil, light, noise and water pollution) have on the biosphere.
8.2.7 Recognize that some of Earth’s resources are finite and describe how recycling, reducing consumption and the development of alternatives can reduce the
rate of their depletion.
8.2.8 Explain that human activities, beginning with the earliest herding and agricultural activities, have drastically changed the environment and have affected the
capacity of the environment to support native species. Explain current efforts to reduce and eliminate these impacts and encourage sustainability.
Chapter 9
Lesson 3
10
8.2.6
8.2.7
8.2.8
Impacts on Water
How do humans use water as a
resource?
How can pollution affect water quality?
What actions help prevent water
pollution?
Chapter Fast File
Personal Tutor: Water
Cycle
Webquest
Lab
point-source
and nonpointsource pollution
Leveled quiz
8.2.6 Identify, explain and discuss some effects human activities (e.g., air, soil, light, noise and water pollution) have on the biosphere.
8.2.7 Recognize that some of Earth’s resources are finite and describe how recycling, reducing consumption and the development of alternatives can reduce the
rate of their depletion.
8.2.8 Explain that human activities, beginning with the earliest herding and agricultural activities, have drastically changed the environment and have affected the
capacity of the environment to support native species. Explain current efforts to reduce and eliminate these impacts and encourage sustainability.
Chapter 9
Lesson 4
8.2.6
8.2.7
8.2.8
Impacts on the Atmosphere
What are some types of air pollution?
How are global warming and the
carbon cycle related?
How does air pollution affect human
health?
Chapter Fast File
Animations: Carbon
Cycle, Greenhouse
Effect
Table: Air Quality
Personal Tutor: What
is pH?
Lab
photochemical
Leveled quiz
smog, acid
Chapter test
precipitation,
particulate
matter, global
warming,
greenhouse
effect, air quality
index
8.2.6 Identify, explain and discuss some effects human activities (e.g., air, soil, light, noise and water pollution) have on the biosphere.
8.2.7 Recognize that some of Earth’s resources are finite and describe how recycling, reducing consumption and the development of alternatives can reduce the
rate of their depletion.
8.2.8 Explain that human activities, beginning with the earliest herding and agricultural activities, have drastically changed the environment and have affected the
capacity of the environment to support native species. Explain current efforts to reduce and eliminate these impacts and encourage sustainability.
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Curriculum Mapping
Science – Grade 8
4th Nine Weeks
Unit/
Lessons
Unit 3
Chapter
10
Lesson 1
Standard
Key Questions
Resources/Activities
Vocabulary
Chapter Fast File
Animations: Meiosis
Interactive Tables
Math practice:
proportions
BrainPop: Fertilization
and birth
Lab
sexual
reproduction,
egg, sperm,
fertilization,
zygote, diploid,
homologous,
haploid, meiosis
Assessments
(Basic Skills)
8.3.1
8.3.2
8.3.3
8.3.10
Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis
What is sexual reproduction, and why
is it beneficial?
What is the order of the phases of
meiosis, and what happens during
each phase?
Why is meiosis important?
Leveled quiz
8.3.1 Explain that reproduction is essential for the continuation of every species and is the mechanism by which all organisms transmit genetic information.
8.3.2 Compare and contrast the transmission of genetic information in sexual and asexual reproduction.
8.3.3 Explain that genetic information is transmitted from parents to offspring mostly by chromosomes.
8.3.10 Recognize and describe how new varieties of organisms have come about from selective breeding.
Chapter
10
Lesson 2
8.3.1
8.3.2
Asexual Reproduction
What is asexual reproduction, and why
is it beneficial?
How do the types of asexual
reproduction differ?
Chapter Fast File
Virtual Lab
Lab
asexual
reproduction,
fission, budding,
regeneration,
vegetative
reproduction,
cloning
Leveled quiz
Chapter test
8.3.1 Explain that reproduction is essential for the continuation of every species and is the mechanism by which all organisms transmit genetic information.
8.3.2 Compare and contrast the transmission of genetic information in sexual and asexual reproduction.
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Chapter 11
Lesson 1
8.3.1
Mendel and His Pea
Why did Mendel perform crosspollination experiments?
What did Mendel conclude about
inherited traits?
How do dominant and recessive
factors interact?
Chapter Fast File
Interactive Table:
Hybrid Crosses
BrainPop: Heredity
Lab
heredity,
genetics,
dominant trait,
recessive trait
Leveled quiz
8.3.1 Explain that reproduction is essential for the continuation of every species and is the mechanism by which all organisms transmit genetic information.
Chapter 11
Lesson 2
8.3.3
8.3.5
Understanding Inheritance
What determines the expression of
traits?
How can inheritance be modeled?
How do some patterns of inheritance
differ from Mendel’s model?
Chapter Fast File
Animations: polygenic
inheritance
Personal Tutor:
Punnett Squares
BrainPop: Heredity
Lab
gene, allele,
phenotype,
genotype,
homozygous,
heterozygous,
Punnett square,
incomplete
dominance,
codominance,
polygenic
inheritance
Leveled quiz
8.3.3 Explain that genetic information is transmitted from parents to offspring mostly by chromosomes.
8.3.5 Identify and describe the difference between inherited traits and the physical and behavioral traits that are acquired or learned.
Chapter 11
Lesson 3
8.3.4
DNA and Genetics
What is DNA?
What is the role of RNA in protein
production?
How do changes in the sequence of
DNA affect traits?
Chapter Fast File
Animations: DNA
Lab
8.3.4 Understand the relationship between deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), genes and chromosomes.
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DNA,
nucleotide,
replication,
RNA,
transcription,
translation,
mutation
Leveled quiz
Chapter Test
Chapter 12
Lesson 1
8.3.9
Fossil Evidence of Evolution
How do fossils form?
How do scientists data fossils?
How are fossils evidence of biological
evolution?
Chapter Fast File
Math Practice
Virtual Lab: using
rocks to date fossils
BrainPop: Fossils
Lab
fossil record,
Leveled quiz
mold, cast, trace
fossil, geologic
time scale,
extinction,
biological
evolution
8.3.9 Describe the effect of environmental changes on populations of organisms when their adaptive characteristics put them at a disadvantage for survival.
Describe how extinction of a species can ultimately result from a disadvantage.
Chapter 12
Lesson 2
8.3.7
8.3.8
8.3.10
Theory of Evolution by Natural
Selection
Who was Charles Darwin?
How does Darwin’s theory of evolution
by natural selection explain how
species change over time?
Chapter Fast File
Personal Tutor:
Natural Selection
Video: Killer Bees
Webquest: Origins of
Birds
Lab
naturalist,
variation,
natural
selection,
adaptation,
camouflage,
mimicry,
selective
breeding
Leveled quiz
8.3.7 Recognize and explain that small genetic differences between parents and offspring can accumulate in successive generations so that descendants may be
different from their ancestors.
8.3.8 Examine traits of individuals within a population of organisms that may give them an advantage in survival and reproduction in given environments or when
the environments change.
8.3.10 Recognize and describe how new varieties of organisms have come about from selective breeding.
Chapter 12
Lesson 3
8.3.6
8.3.8
8.3.9
Biological Evidence of Evolution
What evidence from living species
supports the theory that species
descended from other species over
time?
How are Earth’s organisms related?
Chapter Fast File
Lab
comparative
anatomy,
homologous
structure,
analogous
structure,
embryology
Leveled quiz
Chapter test
8.3.6 Observe anatomical structures of a variety of organisms and describe their similarities and differences. Use the data collected to organize the organisms into
groups and predict their relatedness.
8.3.8 Examine traits of individuals within a population of organisms that may give them an advantage in survival and reproduction in given environments or when
the environments change.
8.3.9 Describe the effect of environmental changes on populations of organisms when their adaptive characteristics put them at a disadvantage for survival.
Describe how extinction of a species can ultimately result from a disadvantage.
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Chapter 13
Lesson 1
8.3.6
What defines an animal?
What characteristics do all animals
have?
How are animals classified?
Chapter Fast File
Animation: Animal
Classifications
Webquest: Classifying
and comparing worms
Lab
vertebrate,
Leveled quiz
invertebrates,
radial symmetry,
bilateral
symmetry,
asymmetry
8.3.6 Observe anatomical structures of a variety of organisms and describe their similarities and differences. Use the data collected to organize the organisms into
groups and predict their relatedness.
Chapter 13
Lesson 2
8.3.6
Invertebrate Phyla
What are the characteristics of
invertebrates?
How do the invertebrate phyla differ?
Chapter Fast File
Virtual Lab:
Classifications
BrainPop:
Invertebrates
Lab
exoskeleton,
appendage
Leveled quiz
8.3.6 Observe anatomical structures of a variety of organisms and describe their similarities and differences. Use the data collected to organize the organisms into
groups and predict their relatedness.
Chapter 13
Lesson 3
8.3.6
Phylum Chordata
What are the characteristics of all
chordates?
What are the characteristics of all
vertebrates?
How do the classes of vertebrates
differ?
Chapter Fast File
chordate
BrainPop” Vertebrates notochord
Lab
Leveled quiz
Chapter test
8.3.6 Observe anatomical structures of a variety of organisms and describe their similarities and differences. Use the data collected to organize the organisms into
groups and predict their relatedness.
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