• Science 8 Course Syllabus

    Mrs. McIntyre

     

    September:

            -Course Expectations 

            -Metric Units, Massing, Volume, and Density

            -Nature of Science and Science and Technology

     

    October:

            -Weather, Atmosphere and climate

            -Natural Disasters

            -Clouds

     

    November:

            -Astronomy: Rotation and Revolution

            -Solar Systems and Earth, moon and Sun System

            -Environmental Conservation and Natural Resources

     

    December:

            -Rocks and Minerals

            -Earth History

            -Weathering and Erosions

                      

    January:

            -Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

            -Earth’s Internal Processes-(Volcanoes, Earth Quakes and Mt. Formation)

           

     

    February:

            -Matter

            -Elements, Mixtures and Compounds

            -Atoms and Atomic Structure

            -Solutions and Solubility

     

    March:

            -Motion, Speed and Acceleration

            -Newton’s Laws of Motion

            -Friction and Gravity

     

       

     

    April:

            -Kinetic and Potential Energy

            -Work power and Simple Machines

     

     

    May:

           -Waves and Wave properties

            -Sound and Light

            -Electricity

     

     

    June:

            -Magnetism

            -Electromagnetic Radiation

            -Phases of Matter