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Skills available for Alaska eighth-grade science standards
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- Alaska Science Standards Alaska Science Standards
- Alaska Content Standards: Literacy for Reading in Science and Technical Subjects Grades 6-8 Alaska Content Standards: Literacy for Reading in Science and Technical Subjects Grades 6-8
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Key Ideas and Details
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RST.6-8.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.
- Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon! (6-C.4)
- How can animal behaviors affect reproductive success? Identify evidence to support a claim (6-R.1)
- Investigate primary succession on a volcanic island (6-X.6)
- Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon! (7-C.4)
- How can animal behaviors affect reproductive success? Identify evidence to support a claim (7-R.1)
- Investigate primary succession on a volcanic island (7-X.6)
- Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon! (8-C.4)
- How can animal behaviors affect reproductive success? Identify evidence to support a claim (8-R.1)
- Investigate primary succession on a volcanic island (8-W.6)
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RST.6-8.2 Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
- Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon! (6-C.4)
- How can animal behaviors affect reproductive success? Identify evidence to support a claim (6-R.1)
- Classify symbiotic relationships (6-X.5)
- Investigate primary succession on a volcanic island (6-X.6)
- Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon! (7-C.4)
- How can animal behaviors affect reproductive success? Identify evidence to support a claim (7-R.1)
- Classify symbiotic relationships (7-X.5)
- Investigate primary succession on a volcanic island (7-X.6)
- Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon! (8-C.4)
- How can animal behaviors affect reproductive success? Identify evidence to support a claim (8-R.1)
- Classify symbiotic relationships (8-W.5)
- Investigate primary succession on a volcanic island (8-W.6)
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RST.6-8.3 Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.
- Understand an experimental protocol about plant growth (6-B.5)
- Understand an experimental protocol about diffusion (6-B.6)
- Understand an experimental protocol about evaporation (6-B.7)
- Understand an experimental protocol about plant growth (7-B.5)
- Understand an experimental protocol about diffusion (7-B.6)
- Understand an experimental protocol about evaporation (7-B.7)
- Understand an experimental protocol about plant growth (8-B.5)
- Understand an experimental protocol about diffusion (8-B.6)
- Understand an experimental protocol about evaporation (8-B.7)
Craft and Structure
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RST.6-8.4 Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain?specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6?8 texts and topics.
- Identify parts of the engineering-design process (6-C.1)
- Identify reactants and products (6-F.1)
- Origins of scientific names (6-M.2)
- Describe populations, communities, and ecosystems (6-W.1)
- Identify ecosystems (6-W.2)
- Describe ecosystems (6-W.3)
- How does matter move in food chains? (6-X.1)
- Interpret food webs I (6-X.2)
- Interpret food webs II (6-X.3)
- Investigate primary succession on a volcanic island (6-X.6)
- Label Earth layers (6-BB.1)
- Label Earth features at tectonic plate boundaries (6-BB.4)
- Describe tectonic plate boundaries around the world (6-BB.5)
- Label parts of water cycle diagrams (6-DD.1)
- Select parts of water cycle diagrams (6-DD.2)
- The greenhouse effect (6-FF.1)
- Analyze models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system (6-HH.1)
- What causes the seasons on Earth? (6-HH.3)
- Identify parts of the engineering-design process (7-C.1)
- Identify reactants and products (7-F.1)
- Origins of scientific names (7-M.2)
- Describe populations, communities, and ecosystems (7-W.1)
- Identify ecosystems (7-W.2)
- Describe ecosystems (7-W.3)
- How does matter move in food chains? (7-X.1)
- Interpret food webs I (7-X.2)
- Interpret food webs II (7-X.3)
- Investigate primary succession on a volcanic island (7-X.6)
- Label Earth layers (7-BB.1)
- Label Earth features at tectonic plate boundaries (7-BB.2)
- Describe tectonic plate boundaries around the world (7-BB.3)
- Label parts of water cycle diagrams (7-DD.1)
- Select parts of water cycle diagrams (7-DD.2)
- The greenhouse effect (7-FF.1)
- Analyze models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system (7-HH.1)
- What causes the seasons on Earth? (7-HH.3)
- Identify parts of the engineering-design process (8-C.1)
- Identify reactants and products (8-F.1)
- Origins of scientific names (8-M.2)
- Describe populations, communities, and ecosystems (8-V.1)
- Identify ecosystems (8-V.2)
- Describe ecosystems (8-V.3)
- How does matter move in food chains? (8-W.1)
- Interpret food webs I (8-W.2)
- Interpret food webs II (8-W.3)
- Investigate primary succession on a volcanic island (8-W.6)
- Label Earth layers (8-AA.1)
- Label Earth features at tectonic plate boundaries (8-AA.2)
- Describe tectonic plate boundaries around the world (8-AA.3)
- Label parts of water cycle diagrams (8-CC.1)
- Select parts of water cycle diagrams (8-CC.2)
- The greenhouse effect (8-EE.1)
- Analyze models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system (8-GG.1)
- What causes the seasons on Earth? (8-GG.3)
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RST.6-8.5 Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to an understanding of the topic.
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RST.6-8.6 Analysis the author's purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
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RST.6-8.7 Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).
- Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon! (6-C.4)
- Plant cell diagrams: label parts (6-O.4)
- Animal cell diagrams: label parts (6-O.5)
- Genes, proteins, and traits: understanding the genetic code (6-Q.7)
- Flowering plant and conifer life cycles (6-T.1)
- Moss and fern life cycles (6-T.2)
- Evaluate claims about natural resource use: groundwater (6-Z.1)
- Label Earth layers (6-BB.1)
- Label Earth features at tectonic plate boundaries (6-BB.4)
- Describe tectonic plate boundaries around the world (6-BB.5)
- Label parts of water cycle diagrams (6-DD.1)
- Select parts of water cycle diagrams (6-DD.2)
- The greenhouse effect (6-FF.1)
- Analyze models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system (6-HH.1)
- What causes the seasons on Earth? (6-HH.3)
- Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon! (7-C.4)
- Plant cell diagrams: label parts (7-O.4)
- Animal cell diagrams: label parts (7-O.5)
- Genes, proteins, and traits: understanding the genetic code (7-Q.8)
- Angiosperm and conifer life cycles (7-T.1)
- Moss and fern life cycles (7-T.2)
- Evaluate claims about natural resource use: groundwater (7-Z.1)
- Label Earth layers (7-BB.1)
- Label Earth features at tectonic plate boundaries (7-BB.2)
- Describe tectonic plate boundaries around the world (7-BB.3)
- Label parts of water cycle diagrams (7-DD.1)
- Select parts of water cycle diagrams (7-DD.2)
- The greenhouse effect (7-FF.1)
- Analyze models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system (7-HH.1)
- What causes the seasons on Earth? (7-HH.3)
- Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon! (8-C.4)
- Plant cell diagrams: label parts (8-O.4)
- Animal cell diagrams: label parts (8-O.5)
- Genes, proteins, and traits: understanding the genetic code (8-Q.8)
- Angiosperm and conifer life cycles (8-T.1)
- Moss and fern life cycles (8-T.2)
- Evaluate claims about natural resource use: groundwater (8-Y.1)
- Label Earth layers (8-AA.1)
- Label Earth features at tectonic plate boundaries (8-AA.2)
- Describe tectonic plate boundaries around the world (8-AA.3)
- Label parts of water cycle diagrams (8-CC.1)
- Select parts of water cycle diagrams (8-CC.2)
- The greenhouse effect (8-EE.1)
- Analyze models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system (8-GG.1)
- What causes the seasons on Earth? (8-GG.3)
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RST.6-8.8 Distinguish among facts, reasoned judgment based on research findings, and speculation in a text.
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RST.6-8.9 Compare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video, or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text on the same topic.
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
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RST.6-8.10 By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 6?8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.