8th Grade Science
SUMMER SCHOOL 2016: GOOGLE CLASSROOM CODE: i40n1k9
Unit 1: Scientific Inquiry
Summer School: All work for this unit will be on Google Classroom/ NewsEla. You will (1) create a presentation on a Planet of your choice, using information gathered from different sources (must save all links). (2) You will research and select an article from News ELA that connects with your planet/research and summarize it and discuss WHY you selected this article/what it has in common with what you researched.
Text Book Unit 1 Ch. 1 (pg. 6-33) - bias, conclusion, constant, control, data, dependent variable, evidence, experiment, hypothesis, independent variable, inference, model, observation, scientific method
Unit 2: Electricity
Text Book Unit 7 Ch. 22 (pg. 636-663) - circuit, conductor, electric current, electric discharge, electric field, electric force, electric power, insulator, ion, Ohm's Law, parallel circuit, resistance, series circuit, static charge, voltage
Unit 3: Motion
Text Book Unit 6 Ch 18 (pg. 522-533)- acceleration, average speed, distance, displacement, speed, scalar, vector, velocity
Analyzing Graphs
Unit 4: Forces
Newton's Laws, gravity, applied force, normal force, friction