Science - 8th Grade
Avon Lake City Schools
Curriculum Framework
8th Grade Science
Course Overview:
The course covers topics in Earth Science, Life Science, and Physics. In Earth Science and Life Science we focus on Change over Time (Changes to Earth and Life over time). In Physics we study types of forces and how they affect motion.
Textbook (Title and Publishing Company):
Ohio Science Fusion (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Online/Supplemental Materials:
Explore Learning Gizmos
Assessments:
Unit tests and quizzes (Earth’s Surface, Earth’s Interior, Plate Tectonics, Earth’s History,
Reproduction, Genetics, Population Change over Time, Relative Motion, Forces and
Force Diagrams)
Midterm Exam, Final Exam
Ohio State Test
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Last Updated:
September, 2023