8th+Sci+Forces


 * ** **Subject/Course:** Science

**Grade Level:** 8

**Standard: 8-12 Forces in Nature**

=SPI or Check for Understanding (#): 0807.12.1= Recognize that electricity can be produced using a magnet and wire coil.

**Assessment Topic:**

Electricity and Magnetism

**Essential Question (s):**

How does changing the direction of the magnet affect teh electric current? How does the # of coils effect the amount of electricity produced?

**Subject/Course:** Science

**Grade Level:** 8

**Standard**: **8-12 Forces in Nature**

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): 0807.12.2** Describe the basic priciples of an electromagnet.

**Assessment Topic:** Electromagnet

**Essential Question (s):** What are the components used for making an electromagnet? How might you change the strength of an electromagnet?

**Subject/Course:** Science

**Grade Level:** 8

**Standard**: **8-12 Forces in Nature**

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): 0807.12.3** Distinguish among the Earth's magnetic field, a magnet, and the fields that surround a magnet and an electromagnet

**Assessment Topic:** Magnetism

**Essential Question (s):** How does the Earth's magnetic field compare to that of a magnet and an electromagnet?

**Subject/Course:** Science

**Grade Level:** 8

**Standard**: **8-12 Forces in Nature**

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): 0807.12.4** Distinguish between mass and weight using appropriate measuring instruments and units

**Assessment Topic:** Measuring mass and weight

**Essential Question (s):** What is the Difference between mass and weight? How would you find the mass of an object? When would you use the unit (Newton)?

**Subject/Course:** Science

**Grade Level:** 8

**Standard**: **8-12 Forces in Nature**

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): 0807.12.5** Determine the relationship among the mass of objects, the distance between these objects, and the amount of gravitational attraction

**Assessment Topic:** Gravitational attraction

**Essential Question (s):** What factors affect the amount of gravitational attraction?

How would increasing or decreasing the mass or distance of objects affect the attraction between the objects? 

**Subject/Course:** Science

**Grade Level:** 8

**Standard: 8-12 Forces in Nature**

=SPI or Check for Understanding (#): 0807.12.6= Illustrate how gravity controls the motion of objects in the solar system

**Assessment Topic:** Gravity

**Essential Question (s):** What is responsible for the movements of objects in the solar system? How might an object traveling near another object begin orbiting the object?