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Greenways Academy Syllabus Subject/Lesson pacing: Students shall complete a minimum of 1 lesson per week. The course shall be fully completed before the end of the school year.
8th Grade Physical Science 2 semesters The study of science covering grade 8 standards including units on Physical Science which covers energy, matter, force and motion; earth science which covers the earth in the solar system, geology and chemical reactions and life science which covers chemistry of living systems, genetics, and density and buoyancy. It will include scientific investigations and problem solving in all of the sciences. This course meets state standards and is based on the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) standards.
Lesson: 1 Introduction to Physical Science Lesson: 2 Measurement - Mathematics and Science Lesson: 3 Graphs - Lab Safety - Changes in Matter Lesson: 4 Changes in Matter - Energy and Matter Lesson: 5 States of Matter - Changes of State Lesson: 6 The Behavior of Gases - Introduction to Atoms Lesson: 7 Organizing the Elements - Metals Lesson: 8 Nonmetals, Inert Gases, and Semimetals Lesson: 9 Milestone Assignment Lesson: 10 Atoms, Bonding and The Periodic Table Lesson: 11 Covalent Bonds - Bonding in Metals
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Lesson: 12 Observing Chemical Change Lesson: 13 Controlling Chemical Reactions Lesson: 14 Understanding Solutions Lesson: 15 Describing Acids and Bases Lesson: 16 Properties of Carbon - Carbon Compounds Lesson: 17 Polymers and Composites - Life with Carbon Lesson: 18 Milestone Assignment Lesson: 19 Describing Motion Lesson: 20 Acceleration - Energy Lesson: 21 The Nature of Force Lesson: 22 Newton's First, Second and Third Laws Lesson: 23 Pressure - Floating and Sinking Lesson: 24 Pascal's Principle - Bernoulli's Principle Lesson: 25 Milestone Assignment Lesson: 26 Earth In Space Lesson: 27 Phases, Eclipses and Tides - Earth's Moon Lesson: 28 The Science of Rockets - The Space Program Lesson: 29 Exploring Space Today Lesson: 30 Observing the Solar System Lesson: 31 The Planets Lesson: 32 Comets, Asteroids and Meteors
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Lesson: 33 Telescopes Lesson: 34 Lives of Stars Lesson: 35 The Expanding Universe Lesson: 36 Milestone Assignment - Final Exam
