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2013 - 2014
UNIT 1 - CHEMISTRY
Enduring
Understandings/
Essential
Questions
ATOMIC THEORY AND
STRUCTURE
1. Historical
contributions
(e.g., Rutherford)
2. Subatomic
particles (protons,
neutrons,
electrons)
3. Atomic number,
atomic mass
4. Ions, isotopes
Learning Standards
Addressed
Performance Indicators
3.3a
3.3e
Skills to be Targeted
(Students will be
able to)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Formative and
Summative
Assessments
Strategies/ Activities
1.
2.
Determine the
identity of an
unknown element
using physical and
chemical properties.
Construct models of
different atoms or
ions
Weekly Quizzes
Unit Exam
Science 8
2013 - 2014
UNIT 1 - CHEMISTRY
Enduring
Understandings/
Essential
Questions
MATTER
1. Substances &
mixtures
2. Physical vs.
chemical
changes
3. Temperature &
solubility
CHEMICAL
BONDING
1. Covalent
2. Ionic
Learning Standards
Addressed
Performance Indicators
3.1a 3.1i
3.2a 3.2c
3.3a 3.3b
Skills to be Targeted
(Students will be able
to)
Determine the
difference between
elements,
compounds, and
mixtures
Contrast the
arrangement of
atoms in solids,
liquids, and gases
Relate temperature
to the motion of
atoms/molecules
Relate bonding to
valence electrons
Formative and
Summative
Assessments
Strategies/ Activities
Students will
separate the
components of a
mixture
Students will
distinguish
between chemical
and physical
changes
Use molecular
model kits to
construct models
of various
molecules and
simulate the
covalent bonding
Weekly Quizzes
Unit Exam
Science 8
2013 - 2014
UNIT 1 - CHEMISTRY
Enduring
Understandings/
Essential
Questions
HEAT & ENERGY
1. Types of energy
2. Forms of
energy (kinetic
& potential)
3. Kinetic Theory
4. Heating &
Cooling (Phase
changes)
Conservation of
Energy
Learning Standards
Addressed
PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS
4.1d
4.1e
3.3b
3.1c
4.2a 4.2e
Skills to be Targeted
(Students will be able
to)
Distinguish
between types of
physical changes
that release energy
and absorb energy
Relate temperature
to the motion of
molecules (Kinetic
Molecular Theory)
Formative and
Summative
Assessments
Strategies/ Activities
Weekly Quizzes
Unit Exam
Science 8
2013 - 2014
UNIT 1 - CHEMISTRY
Enduring
Understandings/
Essential
Questions
CHEMICAL
REACTIONS
1. Types of
Reactions
2. Conservation of
Mass
3. Balancing
chemical
equations
Learning Standards
Addressed
PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS
3.3d
3.2e
4.3a
Skills to be Targeted
(Students will be
able to)
Identify different
types of chemical
reactions
Use the Law of
Conservation of
mass to determine
the mass of the
products of a
reaction
Use the Law of
Conservation of
Mass to balance
chemical equations
Formative and
Summative
Assessments
Strategies/ Activities
Conservation of
Mass Lab: Baking
soda and vinegar
Demonstrations of
reaction types
Weekly Quizzes
Unit Exam
Science 8
2013 - 2014
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Types of Faults
a. Normal
b. Reverse
c. Strike-slip
Primary, secondary, & surface waves
Epicenter vs. Focus
Seismic evidence of Earths layers
a. Inner & outer core
b. Mantle
c. Crust
Magnitude & Richter Scale
Tsunamis
Earthquake Safety
Learning
Standards
Addressed
PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS
2.2a 2.2f
Skills to be Targeted
(Students will be able
to)
9.
Contrast normal,
reverse, and strike-slip
faults
Contrast primary,
secondary, and surface
seismic waves
Contrast earthquake
focus and epicenter
Describe a method used
to determine the
location of an
earthquakes epicenter
Discuss seismic
evidence of Earths
interior structure
Relate the magnitude of
an earthquake to the
Richter scale
Explain how a tsunami
develops
Describe ways to
prepare for an
Earthquake
Discuss evidence
supporting plate
tectonics,
Strategies/
Activities
Use earthquake
data to map the
location of its
epicenter
Formative and
Summative
Assessments
Labs &
Activities
Do Nows
Exit Slips
Individual
whiteboards
Weekly
Quizzes
Unit Exam
Science 8
2013 - 2014
iii. Transform
continental drift,
and seafloor
spreading
Explain convection
within the molten
mantle and relate it
to the movement of
lithospheric plates
Contrast geologic
activity at
convergent and
divergent
boundaries
VOLCANOES
1.
2.
3.
Types/classification
Conditions that lead to eruption
Environmental impact
Study the
correlation of
geologic activity
and plate
boundaries using
a geodynamics
database