Grade 8 - Florida Science
Florida: M/J Comprehensive Science 3 (Credit: 1.00)
M/J Comprehensive Science 3 is an eighth grade course that covers a variety of topics in the field of science. It begins with basic skills used in scientific investigations. Students will learn how to conduct a scientific investigation and use the scientific method when applicable. Students will also be able to demonstrate the skills used by scientists when conducting these investigations and communicating the results that they discover.
This curriculum will develop the students’ ability in scientific inquiry and apply these skills to experiments. The curriculum includes an overview of chemistry, Earth and space science, and life sciences. Students will also be able to apply mathematical concepts that apply to the field of science.
Florida: M/J Earth/Space Science (Credit: 1.00)M/J Earth and Space Science is a course that covers an overview of the structure of the Earth, our solar system, galaxy and universe. This course covers topics addressed in grade levels 6-8. A basic overview of scientific inquiry and how scientific investigations are conducted begins each grade level. This course will give an overview of basic cycles on Earth and how the Earth has changed over time, the layers of the Earth, how forces inside impact the surface, and how the Earth fits into our solar system and beyond.
The curriculum will develop the ability of the student to participate in scientific inquiry and investigate issues relevant to Earth and space science. Students will explore how the Earth has changed over time and what causes those changes.
Florida: M/J Life Science (Credit: 1.00)
M/J Life Science is a course that takes a focused approach to expose students to the building blocks of life and the processes that sustain life on Earth. Each grade begins with a focus on basic scientific inquiry skills to introduce how scientists perform investigations.
The curriculum for this course builds the student’s knowledge in Life Sciences starting from the sixth grade to the eighth grade. The course will use the student’s curiosity to understand life forms and how energy is passed from organism to organism. The student will also show ways that humans have impacted the Earth and how to lessen that impact. The units will cover interactions between living organisms from the microscopic level to the whole Earth and the atmosphere beyond.
Florida: M/J Physical Science (Credit: 1.00)M/J Physical Science introduces students to the basic skills that scientists use when making scientific investigations. It will build a base for the student to conduct scientific inquiry, which scaffolds up from sixth to eighth grade. This course covers the concepts of force and motion, light and the electromagnetic spectrum, and chemistry.
Upon building the foundation for scientific inquiry, students will use those skills to investigate the realm of physical science. The students will show their understanding through projects and experiments to demonstrate how different properties of matter are displayed.
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