Science Curriculum

8th Grade

Course Purpose:

 Eighth grade students will use scientific principles to quantify interactions among the components of the world they see.

Outcomes and Components:

SC.8.8 Students will relate photosynthesis to respiration in plants and verify the role of water in survival of plants.

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Standard(s)
  SC.8.8.1 Define photosynthesis and describe role of basic needs of living organisms. MS-LS1-6
  SC.8.8.2 Investigate and explain the importance of light in process of photosynthesis. MS-LS1-6
  SC.8.8.3 Describe process of photosynthesis in relation to reactants and products. MS-LS1-6
  SC.8.8.4 Model cellular respiration using snap cubes (inverse of photosynthesis). MS-LS1-6
  SC.8.8.5 Design a self sustaining environment for plants to grow (terrarium).

MS-ETS1-1

MS-ETS1-2
  SC.8.8.6 Explain photosynthesis in terms of a chemical change. MS-PS1-4
  SC.8.8.7 Model photosynthesis using snap cubes to show chemical equation and conservation of matter. MS-LS1-6

Academic Vocabulary: Model, investigate, describe, design, test, explain, verify

Content Vocabulary: photosynthesis, chlorophyll, cellular respiration, reactant, product, stomata, Transportation, tropism, phototropism, gravitropism, Evergreen, deciduous, gas exchange, dormant, terrarium