Grade 8

Grade 8 · Science

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Science · 2018 framework

Lessons

  1. 01Infer the composition and properties of Earth's interior from the behavior of seismic wavesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 02Explain the evidence for plate tectonics and how each boundary type moves and behavesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  3. 03Explain how constructive and destructive geologic processes together formed Earth's surface, using Ohio's landscapeExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  4. 04Determine relative and absolute ages of rock layers and read the geologic record as evidence of change through timeExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  5. 05Use the geologic record, including Ohio's fossils, to identify past environmental and climate conditionsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  6. 06Explain forces that act at a distance with the field modelExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  7. 07Add forces on a force diagram and predict how motion changesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  8. 08Use speed-time records from a cart and ramp as evidence of net forceExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  9. 09Explain how variation of traits, natural selection and extinction produce the diversity of species over many generationsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  10. 10Explain why every living organism descends from an unbroken line of ancestors that reproduced successfully, and evaluate evidence of common ancestryExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  11. 11Predict inherited traits for single-gene cases with Punnett squares and explain what the predictions do and do not meanExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  12. 12Compare sexual and asexual reproduction and explain why offspring vary from their parents and one anotherExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers