IXL skill plan | NM-ASR Science 8th grade plan for the New Mexico Statewide Student Assessment Program

Skill plan for the New Mexico Statewide Student Assessment Program - NM-ASR Science 8th grade

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Physical Sciences
Matter and Its Interactions		Atomic composition 1. Describe the atomic composition of molecules Models 2. Identify chemical formulas for ball-and-stick models 3. How are substances represented by chemical formulas and models? Chemical reactions 4. Calculate amounts of reactants or products in chemical reactions 5. Describe energy changes in chemical reactions 6. Explore chemical structure and properties: food flavors 7. Synthetic materials Particle motion 8. Identify how particle motion affects temperature and pressure 9. Particle motion and changes of state
Matter and Its Interactions
Atomic composition 1. Describe the atomic composition of molecules Models 2. Identify chemical formulas for ball-and-stick models 3. How are substances represented by chemical formulas and models? Chemical reactions 4. Calculate amounts of reactants or products in chemical reactions 5. Describe energy changes in chemical reactions 6. Explore chemical structure and properties: food flavors 7. Synthetic materials Particle motion 8. Identify how particle motion affects temperature and pressure 9. Particle motion and changes of state

Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions		Force and motion 1. Predict forces using Newton's third law 2. Collisions and car safety features 3. How does mass affect force and acceleration? 4. Balanced and unbalanced forces Electricity and magnetism 5. Compare magnitudes of magnetic forces 6. Electric forces and fields
Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
Force and motion 1. Predict forces using Newton's third law 2. Collisions and car safety features 3. How does mass affect force and acceleration? 4. Balanced and unbalanced forces Electricity and magnetism 5. Compare magnitudes of magnetic forces 6. Electric forces and fields

Energy		Kinetic and potential energy 1. Use tables and graphs to identify patterns about kinetic energy 2. Identify changes in gravitational potential energy Thermal energy 3. Compare thermal energy transfers Particle motion 4. How does particle motion affect temperature? Energy transformations 5. Explore energy transformations: bike ride
Energy
Kinetic and potential energy 1. Use tables and graphs to identify patterns about kinetic energy 2. Identify changes in gravitational potential energy Thermal energy 3. Compare thermal energy transfers Particle motion 4. How does particle motion affect temperature? Energy transformations 5. Explore energy transformations: bike ride

Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer		1. Transverse waves 2. Longitudinal waves 3. Compare amplitudes, wavelengths, and frequencies of waves 4. Transmission, reflection, and absorption of waves
Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
1. Transverse waves 2. Longitudinal waves 3. Compare amplitudes, wavelengths, and frequencies of waves 4. Transmission, reflection, and absorption of waves

Life Sciences
From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes		Understanding cells 1. Understanding cells 2. Compare cells and cell parts 3. Animal cell diagrams: label parts Body systems 4. Science literacy: how does the nervous system produce phantom pain? 5. Organization in the human body Traits and behaviors 6. Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement 7. How can animal behaviors affect reproductive success? Identify evidence to support a claim Plant growth 8. How do genes and the environment affect plant growth? Energy in cells 9. How do plants use and change energy? 10. The chemistry of cellular respiration
From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
Understanding cells 1. Understanding cells 2. Compare cells and cell parts 3. Animal cell diagrams: label parts Body systems 4. Science literacy: how does the nervous system produce phantom pain? 5. Organization in the human body Traits and behaviors 6. Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement 7. How can animal behaviors affect reproductive success? Identify evidence to support a claim Plant growth 8. How do genes and the environment affect plant growth? Energy in cells 9. How do plants use and change energy? 10. The chemistry of cellular respiration

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics		Interactions 1. Classify symbiotic relationships Cycling of matter 2. How does matter move in food chains? 3. Interpret food webs II 4. Use food chains to predict changes in populations Changes in ecosystems 5. Investigate primary succession on a volcanic island 6. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem
Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
Interactions 1. Classify symbiotic relationships Cycling of matter 2. How does matter move in food chains? 3. Interpret food webs II 4. Use food chains to predict changes in populations Changes in ecosystems 5. Investigate primary succession on a volcanic island 6. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem

Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits		1. Describe the effects of gene mutations on organisms 2. Complete and interpret Punnett squares 3. Mitosis and the cell cycle
Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
1. Describe the effects of gene mutations on organisms 2. Complete and interpret Punnett squares 3. Mitosis and the cell cycle

Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity		Fossils 1. Compare ages of fossils in a rock sequence 2. Compare fossils to modern organisms Genetic variation 3. Calculate the averages of traits in a population Natural selection 4. Construct explanations of natural selection
Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
Fossils 1. Compare ages of fossils in a rock sequence 2. Compare fossils to modern organisms Genetic variation 3. Calculate the averages of traits in a population Natural selection 4. Construct explanations of natural selection

Earth and Space Sciences
Earth's Place in the Universe		1. Analyze models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system 2. Identify phases of the Moon 3. Lunar eclipses 4. Solar eclipses 5. What causes the seasons on Earth? 6. Analyze data to compare properties of planets
Earth's Place in the Universe
1. Analyze models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system 2. Identify phases of the Moon 3. Lunar eclipses 4. Solar eclipses 5. What causes the seasons on Earth? 6. Analyze data to compare properties of planets

Earth's Systems		Rock cycle 1. Select parts of rock cycle diagrams Earth's features 2. Describe tectonic plate boundaries around the world Water cycle 3. Select parts of water cycle diagrams Air masses 4. Identify and compare air masses Climate 5. Factors affecting climate: latitude 6. Factors affecting climate: altitude 7. Factors affecting climate: distance from the ocean 8. Factors affecting climate: surface ocean currents
Earth's Systems
Rock cycle 1. Select parts of rock cycle diagrams Earth's features 2. Describe tectonic plate boundaries around the world Water cycle 3. Select parts of water cycle diagrams Air masses 4. Identify and compare air masses Climate 5. Factors affecting climate: latitude 6. Factors affecting climate: altitude 7. Factors affecting climate: distance from the ocean 8. Factors affecting climate: surface ocean currents

Earth and Human Activity		1. Analyze natural hazard maps 2. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions 3. Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels 4. The greenhouse effect
Earth and Human Activity
1. Analyze natural hazard maps 2. Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions 3. Evaluate claims about natural resource use: fossil fuels 4. The greenhouse effect

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