West Virginia State Standards for Science: Grade 8

WV.SC.S.1. History and the Nature of Science: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the history of science and the evolvement of scientific knowledge; demonstrate an understanding of science as a human endeavor encompassing the contributions of diverse cultures and scientists; and demonstrate an understanding of the nature of science.

SC.8.1.1. Students will realize that scientists formulate and test their explanations of nature using observation, experiments and theoretical models. 6
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SC.8.1.2. Students will recognize and appreciate that scientific knowledge is subject to modification as new scientific information challenges current theories. 6
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SC.8.1.3. Students will apply skepticism, careful methods, logical reasoning and creativity in investigating the observable universe. 3
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SC.8.1.4. Students will examine the careers and contributions of men and women of diverse cultures to the development of science. 19
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SC.8.1.5. Students will articulate the historical significance of scientific discoveries as influenced by technological demands, competition, controversy, world events, personalities and societal issues. 38
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WV.SC.S.2. Science as Inquiry: Students will demonstrate the abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry; demonstrate understanding about scientific inquiry; and demonstrate the ability to think and act as scientists by engaging in active inquiries, investigations and hands-on activities a minimum of 50% of the instructional time.

SC.8.2.1. Students will cooperate and collaborate to ask questions, find answers, solve problems, and conduct investigations to further an appreciation of scientific discovery. 6
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SC.8.2.2. Students will formulate conclusions through close observations, logical reasoning, objectivity, perseverance and integrity in data collection. 6
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SC.8.2.3. Students will use a variety of materials and scientific instruments to conduct explorations, investigations and experiments of the natural world (e.g., barometer, anemometer, microscope, computer). 20
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SC.8.2.4. Students will demonstrate safe techniques for handling, manipulating and caring for science materials, equipment, natural specimens and living organisms. 6
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SC.8.2.5. Students will utilize experimentation to demonstrate scientific processes and thinking skills (e.g., formulating questions, predicting, forming hypotheses, quantifying, identifying dependent and independent variables). 6
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SC.8.2.6. Students will construct and use charts, graphs and tables to organize, display, interpret, analyze and explain data. 14
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SC.8.2.7. Students will use appropriate technology solutions to gather, graph and interpret data and analyze information. 23
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SC.8.2.8. Students will use inferential reasoning to make logical conclusions from collected data. 41
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WV.SC.S.3. Unifying Themes: Students will demonstrate an understanding of interdependent themes present in the natural and designed world (e.g., systems, order and organization; evidence, models and explanation; constancy, change, and measurement; equilibrium and evolution; form and function); demonstrate the ability to identify, construct, test, analyze and evaluate systems, models and changes; and demonstrate the ability to draw conclusions about and predict changes in natural and designed systems.

SC.8.3.1. Students will compare and contrast the relationship between the parts of a system to the whole system (e.g., take apart or build mechanical, electrical, or biological systems). 11
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SC.8.3.2. Students will construct a variety of useful models of an object, event, or process. 6
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SC.8.3.3. Students will compare and contrast changes that occur in an object or a system to its original state. 11
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SC.8.3.4. Students will identify the influence that a variation in scale will have on the way an object or system works (e.g., cooling rates of different-sized containers of water, strength of different-sized constructions from the same material, flight characteristics of different-sized model airplanes). 13
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WV.SC.S.4. Science Subject Matter-Concepts: Students will demonstrate knowledge, understanding and applications of scientific facts, concepts, principles, theories and models as delineated in the objectives; demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationships among physics, chemistry, biology and the earth and space sciences; and apply knowledge, understanding and skills of science subject matter-concepts to daily life experiences.

SC.8.4.1. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the interconnections of biological, earth and space, and physical science concepts. 60
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SC.8.4.2. Structure and Function in Living Systems: Students will identify and explain the structures and functions of cell organelles. 22
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SC.8.4.3. Structure and Function in Living Systems: Students will explain how the circulatory, respiratory and reproductive systems work together in the human body. 39
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SC.8.4.4. Structure and Function in Living Systems: Students will compare the variations in cells, tissues and organs of the circulatory, respiratory and reproductive systems of different organisms. 62
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SC.8.4.5. Structure and Function in Living Systems: Students will demonstrate how living cells obtain the essentials of life through chemical reactions of transpiration, respiration and photosynthesis. 49
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SC.8.4.6. Life Cycles of Organisms: Reproduction and Heredity: Students will analyze how behaviors of organisms lead to species continuity (e.g., reproductive-mating behaviors, seed dispersal). 3
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SC.8.4.7. Life Cycles of Organisms: Reproduction and Heredity: Students will demonstrate the basic principles of genetics to include Mendel's laws, DNA, monohybrid crosses, production of sperm and egg, production of body cells, genes, chromosomes, and inherited traits. 28
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SC.8.4.8. Life Cycles of Organisms: Reproduction and Heredity: Students will examine how patterns of human development are similar to other vertebrates. 12
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SC.8.4.9. Populations and Ecosystems: Students will group unknown organisms based on observable characteristics (e.g., use dichotomous keys). 18
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SC.8.4.10. Populations and Ecosystems: Students will trace matter and energy flow in a food web as it goes from sunlight to producers to consumers, design an environment in which the chemical and energy needs for the growth, reproduction and development of plants are met (e.g., food pyramids, decomposition). 14
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SC.8.4.11. Structure and Properties of Matter: Students will use the periodic table to locate and classify elements as metallic, non-metallic or metalloid. 43
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SC.8.4.12. Structure and Properties of Matter: Students will trace the development of the model of the atom (e.g. Crookes, Thompson, Becquerel, Rutherford, Bohr). 6
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SC.8.4.13. Structure and Properties of Matter: Students will determine the number of protons, neutrons and electrons and use information to draw a Bohr model of the atom. 6
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SC.8.4.14. Structure and Properties of Matter: Students will assign an element to its chemical family on the periodic table and note similarities in outer energy level electrons within each family. 43
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SC.8.4.15. Structure and Properties of Matter: Students will evaluate gaseous systems noting the variation in diffusion rates and examine the expansion of gases at elevated temperatures. 34
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SC.8.4.16. Chemical Reactions: Students will conduct and classify chemical reactions by reaction type (synthesis, decomposition, single replacement or double replacement); energy type (endothermic and exothermic); and write word equations for the chemical reactions. 34
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SC.8.4.17. Chemical Reactions: Students will identify chemical reaction factors that might affect the reaction rates including catalysts, temperature changes, light energies and particle size. 34
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SC.8.4.18. Energy: Students will identify types of energy and their sources (e.g., petroleum refinement, windmills, geothermal). 21
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SC.8.4.19. Energy: Students will interpret and illustrate changes in waves as they pass through various mediums (e.g., sound through water and metal, light through thicknesses of glass). 8
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SC.8.4.20. Energy: Students will apply the conservation of energy theory to energy transformations (e.g., electrical-heat, heat-mechanical). 18
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SC.8.4.21. Energy: Students will quantitatively represent work, power, pressure (e.g., W=fd, P=W-t, pressure =force-area). 11
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SC.8.4.22. Motion and Forces: Students will graph and interpret the relationships (e.g., distance versus time, speed versus time, acceleration versus time). 11
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SC.8.4.23. Motion and Forces: Students will describe Newton's Laws of Motion; identify examples; illustrate qualitatively and quantitatively drawing vector quantities. 15
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SC.8.4.24. Motion and Forces: Students will illustrate quantitatively mechanical advantage of simple machines. 32
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SC.8.4.25. Structure of the Earth System: Students will summarize problems related to water on earth as a life sustaining substance (e.g., quality and quantity of surface and ground water). 9
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SC.8.4.26. Structure of the Earth System: Students will identify the principle forces of plate tectonics and related geological events. 8
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SC.8.4.27. Structure of the Earth System: Students will relate global patterns of atmospheric movement on local weather and the impact of oceans on weather and climate. 22
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SC.8.4.31. Earth and the Solar System: Students will recognize societal concerns with exploration and colonization of space. 16
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SC.8.4.32. Earth and the Solar System: Students will diagram the motions of the Sun, Moon and Earth and explain the phenomena associated with these motions (e.g., glacial periods, eclipses, tides, meteor showers). 14
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SC.8.4.33. Earth and the Solar System: Students will compare and contrast the orbits of planets and comets. 30
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WV.SC.S.5. Scientific Design and Application: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the interdependence between science and technology; demonstrate the ability to distinguish between natural and man-made objects; demonstrate abilities of technological design; and demonstrate the ability to utilize technology to gather data and communicate designs, results and conclusions.

WV.SC.S.6. Science in Personal and Social Perspectives: Students will demonstrate the ability to evaluate personal and societal benefits when examining health, population, resource and environmental issues; demonstrate the ability to evaluate the impact of different points of view on health, population, resource and environmental practices; predict the long-term societal impact of specific health, population, resource and environmental practices; and demonstrate an understanding of public policy decisions as related to health, population, resource and environmental issues.

SC.8.6.2. Students will evaluate and critically analyze mass media reports of scientific developments and events. 36
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SC.8.6.3. Students will critically analyze the effects and impacts of science and technology on global and local problems (e.g., mining, manufacturing, recycling, farming, water quality). 27
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SC.8.6.4. Students will explore the connections between science, technology, society and career opportunities. 36
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