Science Curriculum - 8th Grade (WCPSS)

8th Grade Pacing Guide
 

4.01  Chemistry for Everyone (Chemistry,  matter, atoms, elements, periodic table, reactions, and biochemistry) http://www.chem4kids.com/ 4.03  Web Elements (Periodic "law" of chemistry - Periodic Table) http://www.webelements.com 4.03  Periodic Tables - Physical Science http://wild-turkey.mit.edu/Chemicool/ http://center.acs.org/periodic/tools/PT.html http://www.lenntech.com/periodic-chart.htm 4.03  Chemical Elements http://www.chemicalelements.com/ 4.08  Creative Chemistry http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/ 6.02  Cell and Virus Structure http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/cells/index.html 6.03  Infection - Detection - Protection http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection/index.html 6.04  CELL BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY http://www.biozone.co.nz/CELL_BIOL_AND_BIOCHEM.html 6.04 & 7.04   Microbiology & Biotechnology http://www.biozone.co.nz/BIOTECHNOLOGY.html 7.01  MicrobeWorld Video Episode 7 - ASM in Zambia http://www.microbeworld.org/ 7.02  Medical Mysteries on the Web (Mission 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) (Also, click on the "Links" button) http://medmyst.rice.edu/index.html 7.03  HEALTH & DISEASE - Biolinks http://www.biozone.co.nz/HEALTH_AND_DISEASE.html 7.03  Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes, & Viruses Tutorial (Cell Biology) http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/pev/page2.html 7.03  You are a medical investigator http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/mspot/twoforks/index.htm 7.06  Issues in Biotechnology  (Ethics, cloning, genetically modified organisms, medical biotechnology, students speak out) http://www.actionbioscience.org/biotech/index.html 5.01  Changing Rocks http://pals.sri.com/pals/tasks/5-8/ChangeRocks/directs.html 5.02  Fossils - Story of Lucy http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001170.shtml http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/fossilhalls/timelines/eocene.php How has the earth changed over time? http://www.leeric.lsu.edu/bgbb/1/earth_changed.html http://www.nineplanets.org/earth.html Plate Tectonics http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html Global Warming http://www.environmentaldefense.org/page.cfm?tagID=818 Geologics http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/contents.html 5.04  GIS - Analyze Satellite Imagery http://www.gis.com/ 5.04  See Urban Areas, Aerial Photos, and Topo Maps - Just type in the address http://terraserver-usa.com/ 3.01  Water Science for Schools http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/ Water Quality http://www.jamesirby.net/water/water.html 3.03  Bridging the Watershed  http://www.bridgingthewatershed.org/students.html 3.06 -  3.07 - 3.08  The Love Canal Debate - Webquest http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests/LoveCanal/index.htm 3.07  Carolina Coastal Science http://www.ncsu.edu/coast 3.07  Water "What-ifs" http://ncsu.edu/sciencejunction/depot/experiments/water/ 3.08  The Shell Island Dilemma http://www.ncsu.edu/coast/shell/index.html

Additional Resources

When it's time for the annual science fair, the University of Michigan's Internet Public Library's Science Fair project resource guide points students to exciting projects.
http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/

Great Link for Planets
Your connection to the exploration of the solar system and the search for life in the universe.
http://planetary.org/

The Science House
http://www.science-house.org/index.html

Nine Planets
(8th graders and teachers, this is a great site to research your planets!)
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

Science & Space Sites
(Great multi-link science and space sites)
http://www.spacestation.com

Houghton Mifflin Company publishes the geology link Website.  This is an excellent resource for students, researchers, instructors, or anyone interested in learning more about geology.  Sections presented at the site are The Earth Today, Hot Topics, Inside Geology, and Virtual Field Trips, among others.
http://www.geologylink.com

Nasa Online
(Up-to-date news from National Aeronautics and Space Admininstration)
http://www.nasa.gov/

Solar System Simulator
(NASA's Space Library lets you explore the solar system
from different angles and planets.)
http://space.jpl.nasa.gov

Find the climate for any country in the world
http://www.worldclimate.com/

A Science Odyssey
(PBS takes you through 100 years of scientific theories to
see how far we have come as a civilization since 1900.)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso

National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov/

How Stuff  Works
This site has articles and animated diagrams that explain how everyday things such as cars, TVs, batteries, airplanes, etc. operate.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Try Science
http://www.tryscience.org/