8th Grade Science Guide

8.4 Natural Resources 3 Dimensions & Progressions

Unit 4

■ Connectors to link clauses (as a result of, therefore, instead, however, on the other hand) ■ Clause types to express causality (if/then) ■ Declarative statements (Greenhouse gasses are important to our survival because _______. When we increase greenhouse gasses, ______ happens. The data indicate that _________.)

DIFFERENTIATION IN ACTION

● Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data ● Global Average Temperature Report Data ● Student Climate Data Portal ● Nasa’s Vital Signs of the Planet ● Classroom Ready Data Resources ● Teaching Kids How to Analyze Data - Scaffolding ● Causes of Climate Change Text Set

Skill Building

Extension

Students could research how warming of the oceans is leading to stronger and more frequent hurricanes.

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT ● No available assessment at this time.

ELA CONNECTIONS ● RST.6-8.1 Cite specifc textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts. ● RST.6-8.7 Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a fowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table). ● WHST.6-8.1 Write arguments focused on discipline content. ● WHST.6-8.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content. ● WHST.6-8.7 Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration. ● WHST.6-8.8 Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation. ● WHST.6-8.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, refection, and research.

MATH CONNECTIONS ● MP.2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively