Grade 08 Science - EC: S8.C.2.2.1
Grade 08 Science - EC: S8.C.2.2.1
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Grade Levels
8th Grade
Course, Subject
Science
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- What is the energy source that starts as heat, travels as light, and provides the energy for all of Earth’s food chains?
- The energy source for photosynthesis is
- ATP
- Carbon dioxide
- The sun
- Glucose
- Create a simple model of energy flow in an ecosystem.
- Draw an energy pyramid with four levels. Label and include the energy level for each level.
- Explain how photosynthesis and cellular respiration form a cycle and why it is important in an ecosystem. Include a labeled illustration as part of your answer.
Answer Key/Rubric
- The Sun
- C.
- Acceptable responses might include, but not be limited to:
- Sun
Plant Herbivore Omnivore Carnivore - Sun Flower Grasshopper Mouse Hawk
- Sun
- Acceptable responses might include, but not be limited to:
- Acceptable responses might include, but not be limited to:
Sunlight provides the energy that autotrophs use to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and glucose. These products of photosynthesis are used by heterotrophs in cellular respiration and released as carbon dioxide and water. The products of one are the reactants of the other. Without plants animals would not survive and without animals plants would not survive.
