Grade 08 Science - EC: S8.A.3.2.1
Grade 08 Science - EC: S8.A.3.2.1
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Grade Levels
8th Grade
Course, Subject
Science
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- What are two benefits of using a model to show a system?
- What are two negative aspects of using a model to show a system?
- Create a model to show how the components of a watershed are related. Write a paragraph to explain your model.
- You are assigned a group project to show the movement of the planets in our solar system. One of the members of your group wants to create a drawing. Do you agree that this type of model should be used? Would you recommend using a different type of model? If so, what type of model would you use? Explain your reasoning.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Can simplify complex concepts
- Provides visualization for complex concepts
- More convenient that the real system
- Can control safety concerns
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Cannot include all details in model – incomplete representations
- Sometimes oversimplify a concept
- Can be inaccurate
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- A watershed is an area of land that creates a drainage system into a body of water.
- Some water will flow on top of the ground.
- Some water will go underground.
- Some water will evaporate.
- Some water will be used by plants and/or animals.
- The water will eventually flow to a stream, river, lake, or ocean.
- The water will travel through the water cycle.
- When it falls as precipitation, it will work its way through another watershed.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- A drawing is a very simple model to create.
- A drawing would adequately illustrate the orbit of each plant.
- A computer model could be used to show shape of orbit and different speed of orbits.
- A rotating 3D model would be able to be manipulated to show the orbits.
