Horizontal Curriculum Map by 3-Week Block
Block
Standard(s)
1A
PS 1b, 9, 9a –c,
8a, 8b, 8c, 2f
RST 1, 2, 4
PS 3a, 2b, 3c,
3d,
1B
RST 3, 7
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
What is physical
science? What are
steps scientists take
to answer
questions? What
purpose do models
serve? What tools
do we use for
measurements?
What is matter?
What is the
difference between
a physical property
and a chemical
property? What is
the difference
between a physical
change and a
chemical change?
What are the
properties of
matter?
What are the states
of matter? How do
particles move?
How does matter
change from one
state to another?
COURSE:___Physical Science Grade 8_____________
Content/Materials
Intro to Physical Science, Scientific
Method,
Density, Mass, Volume
Chapter 1
Annotating, Reading science books
Matter
Chapter 2, 3
Writing science reports
Assessments
From test bank,
Scientific method,
Models,
Measurements
From test bank,
Properties of matter,
Mass, Volume,
Density, Chemical
properties
Academic
Vocabulaty
Scientific method,
technology,
observation,
hypothesis, data,
theory, law, model,
meter, volume,
mass, temperature,
area, density
Matter, volume,
meniscus, mass,
gravity, weight,
newton, inertia,
physical property,
physical change,
chemical change,
states of matter,
solid, liquid, gas,
pressure, Boyle’s
law, Charles’s
Law, plasma,
change of state,
melting, freezing,
vaporization,
boiling,
evaporation,
condensation,
sublimation
Block
Standard(s)
1C
2a- 2g, 3a-d
RST 1,2,3
2A
1a-1f, 2c-2f
WHST 2, 6, 7
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
Content/Materials
Assessments
What is an element?
What is a
compound? How
are compounds and
mixtures different?
What are solutions?
How do we measure
motion? What is
force? What
influences motion?
Matter/Motion
Chapter 4, 5
Reading science specific publications
From test bank,
Characteristics of
elements, compounds,
solutions, speed,
velocity, acceleration,
laws of gravity
What are the laws
of motion? What is
gravity? What a
Motion/Forces
Chapter 6
Writing for science
From test bank,
Rules of motion,
acceleration,
momentum
Academic
Vocabulaty
Element, pure
substance, metals,
nonmetals,
metalloids,
compound,
mixture, solution,
solute, solvent,
concentration,
solubility,
suspension,
colloid, motion,
speed, velocity,
acceleration, force,
newton, net force
friction, gravity,
weight, mass
Terminal velocity,
free fall, projectile
motion, inertia,
momentum
Standard(s)
2B
Block
2a-2f,
RST 1, 7, 8
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
What is fluid? How
is fluid pressure
exerted? What
forces influence the
movement of
fluids?
What does it mean
to do work?
Content/Materials
Forces
Chapter 7, 8
Reading skills for science, data, charts
Assessments
Exam bank,
atmospheric
pressure, Pascal’s
principles,
buoyancy force,
Archimedes
principle,
Academic
Vocabulaty
Fluid, pressure,
pascal,
atmospheric
pressure, density,
Pascal’s principle,
buoyant force,
Archimedes’
principle,
Bernoulli’s
Principle, lift,
thrust, drag, work,
joule, power, watt,
machine, work
input, work output,
mechanical
advantage,
mechanical
efficiency, lever,
inclined plane,
wedge, screw,
wheel and axle,
pulley, compound
machine
Block
Standard(s)
2C
5c-e
RST 1, 2, 7
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
What is energy?
How does energy
change? What is an
energy resource?
How do you
measure object?
Content/Materials
Energy/heat
Chapter 9/10
Comparing sources
Assessments
Exam Bank
Types of energy, laws
of conservation of
energy, energy
resources,
Academic
Vocabulaty
Energy, kinetic
energy, potential
energy, mechanical
energy, energy
conversion,
friction, law of
conservation of
energy, energy
resource,
nonrenewable
resources, fossil
fuels, renewable
resources,
temperature,
thermal expansion,
absolute zero, heat,
thermal energy,
conduction,
conductor,
insulator,
convection,
radiation, specific
heat capacity,
states of matter,
change of state,
insulation, heat
engine, thermal
pollution,
3A
Block
Standard(s)
7a-c, 5a-b, 3aWhat are atoms?
f
WHST 1, 2, 4, How are atoms
arranged? What
5, 6
makes elements
alike/different?
How are
elements
organized on the
periodic table?
3a – f,
RST 1, 2, 8, 9
3B
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
What are chemical
bonds? How are
ionic bonds
different from
covalent bonds?
How do you
identify chemical
reaction? What are
types of chemical
reactions?
Content/Materials
Assessments
Chemistry/Periodic Table
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Observation writing
Test bank
Atoms, structure of
atoms, mass number,
periodic table
Chemistry
Chapter 13, 14
Evaluating scientific arguments
Test bank,
Ionic bonds, covalent
bonds, properties of
metals, Chemical
reaction,
Academic
Vocabulaty
atom, theory,
electrons, model,
nucleus, electron
clouds, protons,
atomic mass unit,
neutrons, atomic
number, isotopes,
mass number,
atomic mass,
periodic, periodic
law, period, group,
alkali metals,
alkaline-earth
metals, halogens,
noble gas
Chemical bonding,
chemical bond,
valence electrons,
ionic bond, ions,
crystal lattice,
covalent bond,
molecule, metallic
bond, chemical
reaction, chemical
formula, chemical
equation, reactants,
reactants, products,
law of
conservation of
mass, exothermic,
endothermic, law
of conservation of
energy, activation
energy, catalyst,
inhibitor
3C
Block
Standard(s)
7a-c, 6a-c
WHST 2, 7
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
What is the
difference between
ionic compounds
and covalent
compounds? What
is an acid? What is
a hydrocarbon?
What is nuclear
radiation? What are
radioactive
materials?
Content/Materials
Chemistry
Chapter 15, 16
Writing scientific arguments
Assessments
Test bank,
Ionic compounds,
covalent
compounds, acids,
base, organic
compounds, decay,
radiation, nuclear
fusion
Academic
Vocabulaty
Ionic compounds,
covalent
compounds, acid,
base, pH, salt,
organic
compounds,
biochemical,
carbohydrates
lipids, proteins,
nucleic acids,
hydrocarbons,
nuclear radiation,
radioactivity,
radioactivity,
radioactive decay,
alpha decay, mass
number, beta
decay, isotopes,
gamma decay,
half-life, nuclear
fission, nuclear
chain reaction,
nuclear fusion,
4A
Block
Standard(s)
2a
WHST 1
RST 1,2,4
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
What is a wave?
What happens when
waves interact?
How does sound
travel? What
determines sound
pitch and loudness?
How do sound
waves interact with
each other?
Content/Materials
Waves, Sound
Chapter 20, 21
Observation writing
Assessments
Test bank,
Waves, wavelengths,
sound waves, pitch,
echo, echolocation,
bending sound waves
Academic
Vocabulaty
Wave, medium,
transverse wave,
longitudinal wave,
amplitude,
wavelength,
frequency, wave
speed, reflection ,
refraction,
diffraction,
interference,
standing wave,
resonance, sound
quality, noise,
4B
Block
Standard(s)
9, 2, RST 2,
6, 7
WHST 2, 4, 6,
7
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
What is light? How
does light interact?
How do you see
different colors?
What are sources of
light? How do
mirrors and lenses
work? How does
the human eye
work?
Content/Materials
Light,
Chapter 22, 23
Astronomy (see below)
Scientific Arguments
Assessments
Test bank,
Electromagnetic wave,
characteristics of light,
types of light, sources
of light, rays, mirrors,
eyes,
Academic
Vocabulaty
electromagnetic
wave, radiation,
electromagnetic
spectrum,
reflection, law of
reflection,
absorption,
scattering,
refraction,
diffraction,
interference,
transmission,
transparent,
translucent,
opaque, pigment,
luminous,
illuminated,
incandescent light,
fluorescent light,
neon light, vapor
light, plane mirror,
concave mirror,
focal point, convex
mirror, lens,
convex lens,
concave lens,
cornea, pupil, iris,
retina, laser,
hologram
4C
Block
Standard(s)
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
Content/Materials
What is astronomy?
4a-4e, 2g
How do we measure
RST 2, 6, 7
Astronomy
the universe? How
WHST 2, 4, 5, is the solar system http://ems.goddardusd.com/page/57822_4
structure? How
6, 7
Scientific Arguments
does the sun interact
with the planets?
Assessments
Test bank
Tools of astronomy,
cycle of the stars,
formation of the
galaxy, formation of
the solar system,
phases of the moon,
planetary motion
Academic
Vocabulaty
Astronomy,
Doppler effect,
HertzsprungRussell diagram,
Law of Universal
Law of
Gravitation, light
year, eclipses,
tides,