Year 8 Assessment Booklet 2019

IB MYP – YEAR 8 SCIENCES

SEMESTER

STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

CONCEPT

GLOBAL CONTEXT Scientific and Technical Innovation

CONTENT

ASSESSMENT

Systems Models Processes

The model of the Scientific Method provides a valid and reliable process for systematic inquiry.

Unit 1: Systems are needed with working with Scientific Data • Questioning and researching • Variables and hypotheses • Designing and implementing an investigation

Student Experiment 1 Criterion B and C 19.02.19 – 01.03.19 Research Assignment 1 Criterion D 05.03.19 – 01.05.19 Semester 1 Examination Criterion A 22 – 29.05.19 Research Assignment Criterion D 22.07.19 – 19.08.19 Student Experiment 2 Criterion B and C 03.09.19 – 03.09.19 Semester 2 Examination Criterion A 06 – 13.11.19

• Data collection and analysis • Discussing and concluding • Evaluating and improving methodology

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Systems Balance Function

Unit 2: Systems of the Human Body • Microscopes – making things bigger. • Examining the building blocks of life • Body systems – digestion; breathing and respiration; circulation; excretory system. •

The body systems that function to preserve a balance in our bodies contribute to our health and well-being.

Identities and Relationships

Change Patterns Models

Unit 3: Patterns in Substances • Structure of atoms • Elements, compounds and mixtures

Models of atoms are used to demonstrate patterns of change through the exploration of basic chemical laws and processes. Rocks, their formation and properties, are explored through an examination of the rock cycle and its consequences in the natural environment.

Scientific and Technical Innovation

Global Interactions Environment Consequences

Unit 4: Global Interactions between Natural Resources and Human Impact • Understanding rocks • Classifying rocks • The rock cycle • Underground resources Unit 5: Change of State and Sustainability of Energy Resources • Energy around you • Energy in action • Energy efficient design Unit 6: Models of Physical and Chemical Change • When substances change. • Understanding physical change. • Chemical change. Unit 7: Systems and Functions of the Reproductive System • Reproduction – sexual and asexual • The human reproductive system • Pregnancy and birth • Consequences and choices

Globalisation and Sustainability

Change Energy Environment Transfer

Energy transfer and conservation in power production can affect the environment.

Globalisation and Sustainability

TWO

Change Model Form

To explore the change from one physical state to another in the natural world using the kinetic particle theory to distinguish physical change from chemical change. The reproduction of all living organisms can occur through the natural interaction of organisms and their highly specialised systems; these can be monitored through scientific and technical innovation based on the knowledge of the functions of the reproductive organs and biological processes involved.

Scientific and Technical Innovation

Systems Balance Function Interaction

Scientific and Technical Innovation

Note: Students will also be enrolled to sit ICAS Sciences.

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