8th Grade Standards & Lab Summary

This year 8th Grade is focused on the following Standards.  We will be working on Inquiry throughout the year while also working on the other standards as targeted units.

• 1.  Inquiry - Use and understand the following Scientific Processes:  Questioning; Planning, conducting, and communicating the results of investigations; Using appropriate tools and techniques to gather data; Think critically and logically about relationships between evidence and explanations.
• 2.  History and Nature of Science:  Explain how science and technology are ongoing processes, developed through human endeavor and revolutionized thinking.
• 3.  Science in Personal and Social Perspectives:  Describe the interactions between human populations, natural disasters, and the environment, and develop a viable solution to a problem.
• 4.  Life Science:  Analyze the relationships among various organisms and their environment.
• 5.  Physical Science:  Understand the physical and chemical properties of matter.  Understand the relationship between force and motion.

For EVERY lab, students are expected to write a summary.  The summary is required to be a minimum of one notebook page and answer the following questions:

1. What did you do during the lab?
2. What did you learn from the lab?
3. How does the lab relate to the standards?

Remember to support your answers with detailed information.