8th Grade Daily Agenda
Every day ...
... complete the "Trek" of the day (warm-up)
... take complete notes in your spiral
... actively participate in the day's lesson
... turn in any work that is due that day
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6 Weeks Agendas
First 6 weeks Agenda: Matter is composed of atoms. But what are atoms? Students will describe the structure and parts of an atom and identify properties of different atoms (different elements). (TEK 8.8) Students will also understand that different substances have different chemical and physical properties which are used to organize elements on the periodic table. They will also demonstrate that substances can react chemically to form new substances that have different properties. (TEK 8.9)
Matter is composed of atoms. Students will identify the electrical charges of atoms (ions) and the relationship of atomic number and mass including isotopes. (TEK8.8). They will recognize that formulas and equations represent substances and what happens when new substances are formed and observe the evidence (signs) of chemical changes. Students will identify types of reactions and recognize balanced equations and the Law of Conservation of Mass. (TEK 8.9)
Second 6 weeks Agenda: Students will identify that specific physical and chemical properties influence the development and application of everyday materials. (TEK 9.9) Students will illustrate interactions between matter and energy, including potential and kinetic energy, specific heat, states of matter, energy and temperature, and the effects of the law of conservation of matter and energy. They will identify and demonstrate that loss or gain of heat energy occurs during exothermic and endothermic chemical reactions. (TEK 8.10)
The student will demonstrate how unbalanced forces cause changes in the speed or direction of an object's motion, including speed, force, gravity, acceleration, inertia, friction, and the application of Newton's Three Laws of motion. They will also learn the properties and types and behaviors of waves and how they are generated and can travel through different types of media. (TEK 8.7)
Third 6 weeks Agenda: Cycles exist in Earth systems. Students will analyze the processes in the rock cycle. (TEK 8.12) Natural events can alter Earth systems. Students will predict land features that result from gradual changes such as beach erosion, land subsidence, plate tectonics action (mountain building, sea floor spreading, continental drift). (TEK 8.14)
Students will describe interactions among solar energy, weather, and ocean systems by identifying the role of oceans, the sun, and the weather in the water cycle. (TEK 8.10) Regarding cycles in Earth systems, they will relate the role of oceans in climatic changes, including the effects of hurricanes and rainfall patterns. (TEK 8.12)
Fourth 6 weeks Agenda: More on cycles in Earth systems: Students will analyze the effects the lunar cycles has on the Earth, including Moon phases and tides (TEK 8.12) Students will describe the characteristics of the universe including stars, galaxies, constellations, clusters, comets, meteors, meteoroids, meteorites. They will explain how light years describe the distances in the universe and understand parallax and the Doppler shift. They will research and describe historical scientific theories of the origin of the universe, including the Big Bang Theory. (TEK 8.13)
Students will identify that change in environmental conditions can affect the survival of individuals and of species (climate, competition, human impact, adaptations). They will distinguish between inherited traits and other characteristics that result from interactions with the environment (natural selection, adaptations, variations, behaviors). (TEK 8.11) They will describe interactions between ecosystems, including the roles of organisms and they will analyze the various types of relationships in a food chain of web. (TEK 8.6)
Fifth 6 weeks Agenda: Distinguish between inherited traits and other characteristics that result from interactions with the environment, including genotype and phenotype. They will make predictions about possible outcomes of various genetic combinations of inherited characteristics. They will distinguish between dominant and recessive traits, incomplete dominance and co-dominance and understand pedigree. (TEK 8.11)
Students will describe interactions among systems in the human organism, regarding regulating metabolism and maintaining homeostasis. They will identify both negative and positive feedback mechanisms that maintain equilibrium of systems pertaining to maintaining body temperature, blood sugar levels, respiration, heart rate, hunger and thirst, and blood clotting and change during childbirth. (TEK 8.6)
Sixth 6 weeks Agenda: Students will study more Earth cycles this six week period. They will analyze and predict changes and interactions in the carbon, nitrogen and water cycles. They will predict the modification of these cycles from human effects. (8.12)
Students will analyze how natural or human events may have contributed to the extinction of some species. They will also describe how human activities have modified soil, water, and air quality. (TEK 8.14)
