8th Grade Science

8^th Grade Science
April 28^th-May 2^nd

South Dakota Science Standard(s) Covered:

8.E.2.1. Students are able to compare celestial bodies within the solar system using composition, size, and orbital motion.

Describe the composition of the Sun, the planets, asteroids, and comets.

8.E.1.3. Students are able to explain the factors that create weather and the instruments and technologies that assess it.

Monday

	Learn vocabulary aligned with the solar system.
	Learn about the history of space travel.

Assignment: Pink Words Quiz. When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions.

Tuesday

Learn about the history of space travel.

Assignment: When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions.

Wednesday

	Demonstrate that air takes up space, and puts pressure, or pushes, on everything around it.
	Hypothesize why air pressure changes with altitude.
	Interpret how air temperature changes with altitude.
	Determine the layers of the atmosphere.

Assignment: Properties of Air Activities.

Thursday

	Demonstrate that air takes up space, and puts pressure, or pushes, on everything around it.
	Hypothesize why air pressure changes with altitude.
	Interpret how air temperature changes with altitude.
	Determine the layers of the atmosphere.

Assignment: Properties of Air Activities.

Friday

	Demonstrate that air takes up space, and puts pressure, or pushes, on everything around it.
	Hypothesize why air pressure changes with altitude.
	Analyze the composition of Earth’s atmosphere.
	Hypothesize why air pressure changes with altitude.
	Interpret how air temperature changes with altitude.
	Determine the layers of the atmosphere.

Assignment: Properties of Air Activities. Reinforcement WS - Earth's Amazing Atmosphere.