8th Grade Science
Ms. Green

We will be studying the following topics this year.

SEPTEMBER

Changes 

Classification of organisms

Evolution and natural selection

Human heredity and development

Human body systems

Microbial disease

 

DECEMBER

Cells and Humans

Structure and function of cells

cellular division and reproduction

cellular differentiation and specialization

Energy flow in cells

 

 

LATE FEBRUARY 

Ecology and our world

Cellular Respiration

Photosynthesis + Food Webs

Ecosystem Equilibrium

Ecosystem recycling

Natural resources and human impact

Water cycle, atmosphere, weather

Light

Sound

Gasses: mass; pressure, temperature and volume relationship