Science Fusion: Grade 8 (Ohio Edition)

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1: Unit 1: Science, Technology, and Engineering

1.2: Scientific Investigations

Effect of Environment on New Life Form
Growing Plants
Period of a Pendulum

1.3: Representing Data

Box-and-Whisker Plots
Graphing Skills
Histograms
Mascot Election (Pictographs and Bar Graphs)
Reaction Time 1 (Graphs and Statistics)
Reaction Time 2 (Graphs and Statistics)
Stem-and-Leaf Plots

1.4: The Engineering Design Process

Trebuchet

1.5: Methods of Analysis

Correlation
Mean, Median, and Mode
Reaction Time 1 (Graphs and Statistics)
Reaction Time 2 (Graphs and Statistics)
Solving Using Trend Lines
Time Estimation
Trends in Scatter Plots

1.6: Materials and Tools

Measuring Trees
Measuring Volume
Triple Beam Balance
Weight and Mass

2: Unit 2: Earth's Surface

2.1: Erosion and Deposition by Water

Rock Cycle
Water Cycle

2.3: Topographic Maps

Building Topographic Maps
Reading Topographic Maps

2.4: Images of Earth's Surface

Ocean Mapping

3: Unit 3: The Restless Earth

3.2: The Theory of Plate Tectonics

Building Pangaea
Plate Tectonics

3.3: Plate Tectonics and Landforms

Building Pangaea
Plate Tectonics

3.4: Earthquakes

Earthquake - Determination of Epicenter
Earthquake - Recording Station

4: Unit 4: Earth's History

4.1: Geologic Change over Time

Rock Cycle

4.3: Absolute Dating

Half-life

5: Unit 5: Reproduction and Heredity

5.1: Mitosis

Cell Division

5.3: Sexual and Asexual Reproduction

Cell Division
Inheritance

5.4: Heredity

Inheritance
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)

5.5: Punnett Squares and Pedigrees

Chicken Genetics
Human Karyotyping
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)

6: Unit 6: Life over Time

6.1: Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection

Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
Natural Selection
Rainfall and Bird Beaks

6.2: Evidence of Evolution

Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
Natural Selection
Rainfall and Bird Beaks

6.3: The History of Life on Earth

Human Evolution - Skull Analysis

7: Unit 7: Forces and Motion

7.1: Forces

Fan Cart Physics
Force and Fan Carts

7.2: Gravity and Motion

Free Fall Tower
Free-Fall Laboratory
Gravitational Force
Gravity Pitch

7.3: Electric Charge and Static Electricity

Charge Launcher
Coulomb Force (Static)
Pith Ball Lab

7.4: Magnets and Magnetism

Magnetism

7.5: Electromagnetism

Electromagnetic Induction
Magnetic Induction

7.6: Kinetic and Potential Energy

Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Potential Energy on Shelves
Roller Coaster Physics
Sled Wars

Content correlation last revised: 10/16/2014