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Tennessee State Standards
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Parents and Students,
The standards listed below are the things your child will be learning in 8th grade Science this year. These standards are required to be taught by the State of Tennessee for this year. The first two major areas, embedded inquiry and embedded technology and engineering will be learned throughout the year by using these to learn the other standards.
We will constantly review the standards that we have already studied. Look for the standards in blue to know which ones we have studied and you will see on Bellwork as well as quizzes and tests. For standards we are currently working on look for pink!
Embedded Inquiry
SPI 0807.Inq.1 Design a simple experimental procedure with an identified control and appropriate variables.
SPI 0807.Inq.2 Select tools and procedures needed to conduct a moderately complex experiment.
SPI 0807.Inq.3 Interpret and translate data into a table, graph, or diagram.
SPI 0807.Inq.4 Draw a conclusion that establishes a cause and effect relationship supported by evidence.
SPI 0807.Inq.5 Identify a faulty interpretation of data that is due to bias or experimental error.
Embedded Technology & Engineering
SPI 0807.T/E.1 Identify the tools and procedures needed to test the design features of a prototype.
SPI 0807.T/E.2 Evaluate a protocol to determine if the engineering design process was successfully applied.
SPI 0807.T/E.3 Distinguish between the intended benefits and the unintended consequences of a new technology.
SPI 0807.T/E.4 Differentiate between adaptive and assistive bioengineered products (e.g., food, biofuels, medicines, integrated pest management).
Life Science
Standard 5 - Biodiversity and Change
SPI 0807.5.1 Use a simple classification key to identify an unknown organism.
SPI 0807.5.2 Analyze structural, behavioral, and physiological adaptations to predict which populations are likely to survive in a particular environment
SPI 0807.5.3 Analyze data on levels of variation within a population to make predictions about survival under particular environmental conditions.
SPI 0807.5.4 Identify several reasons for the importance of maintaining the earth’s biodiversity.
SPI 0807.5.5 Compare fossils found in sedimentary rock to determine their relative age.
Physical Science
Standard 9 - Matter
SPI 0807.9.1 Recognize that all matter consists of atoms.
SPI 0807.9.2 Identify the common outcome of all chemical changes.
SPI 0807.9.3 Classify common substances as elements or compounds based on their symbols or formulas.
SPI 0807.9.4 Differentiate between a mixture and a compound.
SPI 0807.9.5 Describe the chemical makeup of the atmosphere.
SPI 0807.9.6 Compare the particle arrangement and type of particle motion associated with different states of matter.
SPI 0807.9.7 Apply an equation to determine the density of an object based on its mass and volume.
SPI 0807.9.8 Interpret the results of an investigation to determine whether a physical or chemical change has occurred.
SPI 0807.9.9 Use the periodic table to determine the properties of an element.
SPI 0807.9.10 Identify the reactants and products of a chemical reaction.
SPI 0807.9.11 Recognize that in a chemical reaction the mass of the reactants is equal to the mass of the products (Law of Conservation of Mass).
SPI 0807.9.12 Identify the basic properties of acids and bases.
Standard 12 - Forces in Nature
SPI 0807.12.1 Recognize that electricity can be produced using a magnet and wire coil.
SPI 0807.12.2 Describe the basic principles of an electromagnet.
SPI 0807.12.3 Distinguish among the Earth’s magnetic field, a magnet, and the fields that surround a magnet and an electromagnet.
SPI 0807.12.4 Distinguish between mass and weight using appropriate measuring instruments and units.
SPI 0807.12.5 Determine the relationship among the mass of objects, the distance between these objects, and the amount of gravitational attraction.
SPI 0807.12.6 Illustrate how gravity controls the motion of objects in the solar system.
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