South Dakota State Standards for Science: Grade 8
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SD.8.N. Nature of Science: Students will explore, evaluate, and communicate personal and scientific investigations to understand the nature of science.
8.N.1. Understand the nature and origin of scientific knowledge.
8.N.1.1.
Students are able to differentiate among facts, predictions, theory, and law/principles in scientific investigations.
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Standard 8.N.1.1.
8.N.1.2.
Students evaluate important contributions to the advancement of science from people of differing cultures, genders, and ethnicity.
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Standard 8.N.1.2.
8.N.2. Apply the skills necessary to conduct scientific investigations.
8.N.2.1.
Students are able to design a replicable scientific investigation.
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Standard 8.N.2.1.
8.N.2.2.
Students evaluate the benefits and potential of scientific investigations.
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Standard 8.N.2.2.
SD.8.P. Physical Science: Students will use appropriate scientific models to describe and quantify the nature and interactions of matter and energy.
8.P.1. Describe structures and properties of, and changes in, matter.
8.P.1.1.
Students are able to classify matter as elements, compounds, or mixtures.
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Standard 8.P.1.1.
8.P.1.2.
Students are able to use the Periodic Table to compare and contrast families of elements and to classify elements as metals, metalloids, or non-metals.
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Standard 8.P.1.2.
8.P.1.3.
Students compare and contrast other atomic models.
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Standard 8.P.1.3.
8.P.1.4.
Students are able to compare properties of matter resulting from physical and chemical changes
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Standard 8.P.1.4.
8.P.1.5.
Students understand ionic/covalent bonding
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Standard 8.P.1.5.
8.P.2. Analyze forces, their forms, and their effects on motions.
8.P.3. Analyze interactions of energy and matter.
SD.8.L. Life Science: Students will describe structures and attributes of living things, processes of life, and interaction with each other and the environment.
8.L.1. Understand the fundamental structures, functions, classifications, and mechanisms found in living things.
8.L.2. Analyze various patterns and products of natural and induced biological change.
8.L.3. Analyze how organisms are linked to one another and the environment.
SD.8.E. Earth/Space Science: Students will analyze the composition, formative processes, and history of the universe, solar system, and Earth.
8.E.1. Analyze the various structures and processes of the Earth system.
8.E.1.1.
Students are able to identify and classify minerals and rocks.
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Standard 8.E.1.1.
8.E.1.2.
Students are able to explain the role of plate tectonics in shaping Earth.
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Standard 8.E.1.2.
8.E.1.3.
Students are able to explain the factors that create weather and the instruments and technologies that assess it.
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Standard 8.E.1.3.
8.E.1.4.
Students understand effects of the ocean on weather
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Standard 8.E.1.4.
8.E.1.5.
Students understand condensation
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Standard 8.E.1.5.
8.E.1.6.
Students understand evaporation
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Standard 8.E.1.6.
8.E.1.7.
Students understand cloud Formation
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Standard 8.E.1.7.
8.E.1.8.
Students are able to examine the chemical and physical properties of the ocean to determine causes and effects of currents and waves.
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Standard 8.E.1.8.
8.E.1.9.
Students are able to explain the impact of weathering and erosion on the Earth.
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Standard 8.E.1.9.
8.E.1.10.
Students use geospatial technologies to investigate natural phenomena.
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Standard 8.E.1.10.
8.E.2. Analyze essential principles and ideas about the composition and structure of the universe.
8.E.2.1.
Students are able to compare celestial bodies within the solar system using composition, size, and orbital motion.
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Standard 8.E.2.1.
8.E.2.2.
Students understand use of spectroscopic analysis of celestial bodies
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Standard 8.E.2.2.
8.E.2.3.
Students understand measurement in space
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Standard 8.E.2.3.
8.E.2.4.
Students understand constellations
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Standard 8.E.2.4.
8.E.2.5.
Students understand galaxies
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Standard 8.E.2.5.
8.E.2.6.
Students understand life cycle of a star
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Standard 8.E.2.6.
8.E.2.7.
Students understand HR Diagram
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Standard 8.E.2.7.
8.E.2.8.
Students understand Law of Gravitation
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Standard 8.E.2.8.
8.E.2.9.
Students understand Big Bang Theory
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Standard 8.E.2.9.
8.E.2.10.
Students understand Doppler Effect
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Standard 8.E.2.10.
8.E.2.11.
Students are able to differentiate the influences of the relative positions of the Earth, Moon, and Sun.
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Standard 8.E.2.11.
SD.8.S. Science, Technology, Environment, and Society: Students will identify and evaluate the relationships and ethical implications of science upon technology, environment, and society.
8.S.1. Analyze various implications/effects of scientific advancement within the environment and society.
8.S.1.1.
Students are able to describe how science and technology have been influenced by social needs, attitudes, and values.
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Standard 8.S.1.1.
8.S.2. Analyze the relationships/interactions among science, technology, environment, and society.
8.S.2.1.
Students are able, given a scenario, to offer solutions to problems created by human activity on the local, regional, or global environment.
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Standard 8.S.2.1.