Grade 08 Science - EC: S8.D.1.3.1
Grade 08 Science - EC: S8.D.1.3.1
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
Activities
- What phase change in the water cycle is most well known for producing clouds?
- Precipitation
- Evaporation
- Condensation
- Sublimation
- What process describes water being evaporated out of plants?
- Precipitation
- Transpiration
- Infiltration
- Sublimation
- Using the graphic organizer below, compare and contrast sublimation and evaporation.
- Describe how the process of seepage is vital to farmers.
- When tropical rainforests are cut down due to deforestation, the water cycle is disrupted. Describe how the water cycle is disrupted and defend the importance of tropical rainforests in terms of the water cycle.
- Describe the importance of runoff citing a minimum of two pieces of evidence.
Answer Key/Rubric
- C
- B
- Answers may include, but are not limited to:
Seepage is the process of water from precipitation being soaked into the ground, just as a sponge held under running water absorbs the water. Seepage is important to farmers because it allows the water to travel below earth’s surface and therefore be soaked up through plants roots.
- Answers may include, but are not limited to:
Trees carry large stores of water in their trunks. They are able to extract the groundwater through their roots. When the trees are removed from their environment, the water that was stored in them is also removed. When this happens quickly over a small period of time, we see deforestation lead to desertification because of the removal of water. If the trees are kept intact in their environments, their water remains in the water cycle.
- Answers may include, but are not limited to:
Runoff typical gets soaked up through the ground turning into groundwater. Groundwater can then be used to hydrate plants or the water will flow into aquifers keeping wells full. If runoff does not turn into groundwater, it will flow into rivers, lakes, or oceans over time. This allows their environment to fill with oxygen and maintains a healthy amount of water in that environment.