8th Grade Science Guide

8.1: Chemistry 3 Dimensions & Progressions

Unit 2

● I can determine if a chemical reaction has occurred by analyzing evidence. ○ Language Supports:

■ Abstract nouns to introduce concepts ( color, density, fammability, odor, solubility, or state ) ■ Connectors to link clauses (as a result of, therefore, instead, however, on the other hand) ■ Clause types to express causality (if/then)

DIFFERENTIATION IN ACTION

● Gizmos - Chemical & Physical Change ● Newsela - Chemical & Physical Change Infographic ● Physical vs. chemical change Graphic Organizer

Skill Building

Extension

Students could research plastic eating bacteria and the chemical reactions happening that make it possible. Students could hypothesize on how to utilize these chemicals and chemical reactions to solve the plastic problem.

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT ● SEEd 8.1.3 Formative Assessment ● SEEd 8.1.6 Formative Assessment

ELA CONNECTIONS ● RST.6-8.1 Cite specifc textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions. ● 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). ● 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).

MATH CONNECTIONS ● MP.2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively. ● MP.4 Model with mathematics.