8th+Sci+Matter


 * Subject/Course:** Science

**Grade Level:** 8

**Standard**: **Matter**

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): 0807.9.1** Recognize that all matter consists of atoms

**Assessment Topic:** Atomic Structure

**Essential Question (s):** What are the three basic subatomic structures? How does the arrangement of particles determine the properties of an atom?

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**Subject/Course:** Science

**Grade Level:** 8

**Standard: Matter**

=SPI or Check for Understanding (#): 0807.9.2= Identify the common outcome of all chemical changes

**Assessment Topic:** To determine changes chemically

**Essential Question (s):** What is the product of a chemical change? Why are the products and reactants different from one another if they are made of the same atoms?

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**Subject/Course:** Science

**Grade Level:** 8

**Standard: Matter**

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): 0807.9.3** Classify common substances as elements or compounds based on their symbols or formulas

**Assessment Topic:** To identify elements and compounds

**Essential Question (s):** What is the difference in an element and a compound? How might compounds be more useful than elements?

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**Subject/Course:** Science

**Grade Level:** 8

**Standard: Matter**

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): 0807.9.4** Differentiate between a mixture and a compound

**Assessment Topic:** To identify mixtures and compounds

**Essential Question (s):** What is the difference in a mixture and a compound? How might physical and chemical changes determine a mixture or a compound?

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**Subject/Course:** Science

**Grade Level:** 8

**Standard: Matter**

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): 0807.9.5** Describe the chemical makeup of the atmosphere.

**Assessment Topic:** To explore atmospheric gases

**Essential Question (s):** What might be found in our atmosphere? How might pollutants chemically change our atmosphere?

**Subject/Course:** Science

**Grade Level:** 8

**Standard: Matter**

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): 0807.9.6** Compare the particle arrangement and type of particle motion associated with different states of matter.

**Assessment Topic:** Characteristics of particles in the 4 states of matter.

**Essential Question (s):** Sequence the appropriate particle movement from least to greatest in the 4 states of matter How does energy affect the arrangement of the particles in each state of matter?

**Subject/Course:** Science

**Grade Level:** 8

**Standard: Matter**

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): 0807.9.7** Apply an equation to determine the density of an object based on its mass and volume

**Assessment Topic:** To calculate density

**Essential Question (s):** What is density? What tools could be used to gather the information needed to calculate density?

**Subject/Course:** Science

**Grade Level:** 8

**Standard: Matter**

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): 0807.9.8** Interpret the results of an investigation to determine whether a physical or chemical change has occurred

**Assessment Topic:** Analyzing result

**Essential Question (s):** What causes the change? What are the visible changes that identify result as chemical or physical

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**Subject/Course:** Science

**Grade Level:** 8

**Standard: Matter**

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): 0807.9.9** Use the periodic table to determine the properties of an element

**Assessment Topic:** To understand periodic table

**Essential Question (s):** What are the different families on the period table? How does the arrangement of the periodic chart aid scientist?

**Subject/Course:** Science

**Grade Level:** 8

**Standard: Matter**

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): 0807.9.10** Identify the reactants and products of a chemical reaction

**Assessment Topic:** To understand parts of a chemical reaction

**Essential Question (s):** What are the 3 basic parts of a chemical reaction? How is energy an integral part of forming the products?


 * Subject/Course:** Science


 * Grade Level**: 8


 * Standard**: Matter

Recognize that in a chemical reaction the mass of the reactants is equal to the mass of the products (Law of Conservation of Mass).
 * SPI or Checks for Understanding (#):** 0807.9.11

Conservation of mass
 * Assessment Topic:**

Explain how to determine the mass of the reactants. How does the mass of the reactants compare to the mass of the products?
 * Essential Question(s):**

**Subject/Course:** Science

**Grade Level:** 8

**Standard: Matter**

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): 0807.9.12** Identify the basic properties of acids and bases

**Assessment Topic:** Identify acid and base characteristics

**Essential Question (s):** Where are acids and bases found on a ph scale? How are H2 + O2 atoms arranged differently in acids and bases?