Grade 08 Science - EC: S8.A.1.1.2
Grade 08 Science - EC: S8.A.1.1.2
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
- Which question can be best answered with the scientific method?
- Which tastes better – Pepsi or Coke?
- What is the age of our planet?
- Who is the best teacher in our school?
- How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
- List the steps in the scientific method.
- Develop a testable question.
- Explain how the question “Does artificial sugar attract ants?” can be answered through scientific inquiry.
- For the school science fair John wanted to know which of three toy cars would roll the farthest down a ramp that he had built. Can this question be answered using the scientific method? Justify your answer.
- Using a common happening, develop a theory about it and describe an experiment you could perform to test your theory.
Answer Key/Rubric
- b. What is the age of our planet?
- Acceptable responses might include, but are not limited to:
- Question, research, hypothesis, experiment, gather data, formulate conclusion
- Question, research, hypothesis, materials, procedure, data analysis, conclusion
- Ask a question, research, write a hypothesis, experiment, analyze data, write conclusion (or communicate results)
- Acceptable responses might include, but are not limited to:
- Which fertilizer will make pea plants grow fastest?
- What material makes the best insulation for a doghouse?
- Does the type of liquid determine how fast ice will melt?
- Does the design of a paper airplane determine how far it will fly?
- Acceptable responses might include, but are not limited to:
- It is a testable question.
- An experiment can be designed around it and data can be collected.
- The question is about something that can be measured.
- Acceptable responses might include, but are not limited to:
- Yes, because his question is testable and measurable.
- Yes, because he could design an experiment around it and data can be collected.
- Answer will depend on the common happening.
- An example would be, “The sun rises at a different time every morning”. The experiment could include the student rising before sunrise every morning for a year and recording the time the sun rises. The data could be displayed in a graph that illustration the different times the sun rose each day.
