IXL skill plan | Science 8th grade plan for the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System

Skill plan for the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System - Science 8th grade

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Earth and Space Sciences
Earth's Place in the Universe		Earth-Sun-Moon system 1. Analyze models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system 2. Identify phases of the Moon 3. What causes the seasons on Earth? Fossils 4. Compare ages of fossils in a rock sequence
Earth's Place in the Universe
Earth-Sun-Moon system 1. Analyze models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system 2. Identify phases of the Moon 3. What causes the seasons on Earth? Fossils 4. Compare ages of fossils in a rock sequence

Earth's Systems		Earth's plates 1. Describe tectonic plate boundaries around the world Water cycle 2. Select parts of water cycle diagrams Air masses 3. Identify and compare air masses 4. How do air masses form? Climate 5. Factors affecting climate: distance from the ocean
Earth's Systems
Earth's plates 1. Describe tectonic plate boundaries around the world Water cycle 2. Select parts of water cycle diagrams Air masses 3. Identify and compare air masses 4. How do air masses form? Climate 5. Factors affecting climate: distance from the ocean

Earth and Human Activity		1. Analyze natural hazard maps 2. Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels 3. The carbon cycle 4. The greenhouse effect
Earth and Human Activity
1. Analyze natural hazard maps 2. Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels 3. The carbon cycle 4. The greenhouse effect

Life Science
From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes		Cells and cell parts 1. Plant cell diagrams: label parts 2. Animal cell diagrams: label parts 3. Compare cells and cell parts Body systems 4. The chemistry of cellular respiration Structures and traits 5. How can animal behaviors affect reproductive success? Identify evidence to support a claim 6. Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement 7. How do genes and the environment affect plant growth?
From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
Cells and cell parts 1. Plant cell diagrams: label parts 2. Animal cell diagrams: label parts 3. Compare cells and cell parts Body systems 4. The chemistry of cellular respiration Structures and traits 5. How can animal behaviors affect reproductive success? Identify evidence to support a claim 6. Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement 7. How do genes and the environment affect plant growth?

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics		1. Use food chains to predict changes in populations 2. Classify symbiotic relationships 3. Interpret food webs II 4. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem 5. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions
Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
1. Use food chains to predict changes in populations 2. Classify symbiotic relationships 3. Interpret food webs II 4. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem 5. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions

Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits		1. Describe the effects of gene mutations on organisms 2. Mitosis and the cell cycle 3. Genetic variation in sexual reproduction
Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
1. Describe the effects of gene mutations on organisms 2. Mitosis and the cell cycle 3. Genetic variation in sexual reproduction

Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity		1. Construct explanations of natural selection
Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
1. Construct explanations of natural selection

Physical Science
Matter and Its Interactions		Atomic composition 1. Describe the atomic composition of molecules 2. Classify elementary substances and compounds using models Physical and chemical changes 3. Compare physical and chemical changes Particle motion 4. Identify how particle motion affects temperature and pressure 5. Particle motion and changes of state Chemical reactions 6. Calculate amounts of reactants or products in chemical reactions
Matter and Its Interactions
Atomic composition 1. Describe the atomic composition of molecules 2. Classify elementary substances and compounds using models Physical and chemical changes 3. Compare physical and chemical changes Particle motion 4. Identify how particle motion affects temperature and pressure 5. Particle motion and changes of state Chemical reactions 6. Calculate amounts of reactants or products in chemical reactions

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions		1. Electric forces and fields 2. Predict forces using Newton's third law 3. How does mass affect force and acceleration?
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
1. Electric forces and fields 2. Predict forces using Newton's third law 3. How does mass affect force and acceleration?

Energy		Gravitational energy 1. Identify changes in gravitational potential energy Kinetic energy 2. Use tables and graphs to identify patterns about kinetic energy Energy transformations 3. Compare thermal energy transfers 4. Explore energy transformations: roller coaster ride 5. Explore energy transformations: bike ride
Energy
Gravitational energy 1. Identify changes in gravitational potential energy Kinetic energy 2. Use tables and graphs to identify patterns about kinetic energy Energy transformations 3. Compare thermal energy transfers 4. Explore energy transformations: roller coaster ride 5. Explore energy transformations: bike ride

Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer		1. Compare amplitudes, wavelengths, and frequencies of waves 2. Compare energy of waves 3. Transmission, reflection, and absorption of waves
Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
1. Compare amplitudes, wavelengths, and frequencies of waves 2. Compare energy of waves 3. Transmission, reflection, and absorption of waves

Technology/Engineering
Engineering Design		1. Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon!
Engineering Design
1. Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon!

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