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Grade 8 General Science |
Scientific Method and Graphing Obseration and Inference Scientific Method Measurement Graphing
General Science Skills Mathematical Skills Measuring with Metric Ruler Determing Volume Measuring with Triple Beam Balance Determining Density Measuring with a Microscope Measuring and Graphing Motion Classification of Organisms
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Chemistry of Matter What are Atoms? What are Elements? What is the Periodic Table? Phases of Matter Changes in phases of matter What is Density? Difference between Physical and Chemical changes Chemistry of Matter What are Chemical Reactions? Endothermic and Exothermic The 4 Basic Tyes of Chemical Reactions
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Ecological Systems Ecosystems Relationships Among Organisms Producers, Consumers and Decomposers Energy Flow and Order of Consumers Forms of Competition, Symbiosis and Predation Energy Flow in the Ecosystem Cycles: Water Cycle, Nitrogen Cycle, Oxygen and Carbon Cycles Changes in Ecosystems Ecological Succession Human Effects on Ecosystems Environmental Conservation Pollution
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Physiology Cells to Organ Systems Nutrition Types of Nutrients Organic vs Inorganic compounds Carbohydrates Fats and Oils Proteins Enzymes Nucleic Acids Other Types of Nutrients Vitamins, Minerals, Water Human Physiology Tisues Organs and Organ Systems Disease and Virus Plants |
Diversity of Life What are differences between microorganisms and macroorganisms? Seeds of Life What are parts of seed? How do seeds become organisms? How plants breathe: observing transpiration. How do plants reproduce? How animals differ from other living things.
Genetics What is Heredity? What are Traits? Keeping Track of Traits Using Pedigrees Dominant and Recessive Traits Phenotype vs Genotype Probability of Inheritance Mendelian Genetics What are Genes? Where do Genes Come From? Predicting Inheritance Punnett Squares What is Incomplete Dominance? Human Inheritance What is DNA?
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