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Course Content Standards- 

• 8.3D: Relate the impact of research on scientific thought and society, including the history of science and contributions of scientists as related to the content.
•  8.5A: Describe the structure of atoms, including the masses, electrical charges, and locations, of protons and neutrons in the nucleus and electrons in the electron cloud.
• 8.5B: Identify that protons determine an element's identity and valence electrons determine its chemical properties, including reactivity.
•  8.5C: Interpret the arrangement of the Periodic Table, including groups and periods, to explain how properties are used to classify elements.
• 8.5D: Recognize that chemical formulas are used to identify substances and determine the number of atoms of each element in chemical formulas containing subscripts.
• 8.5E: Investigate how evidence of chemical reactions indicates that new substances with different properties are formed and how that relates to the law of conservation of mass.
• 8.6A: Demonstrate and calculate how unbalanced forces change the speed or direction of an object's motion.
• 8.6B: Differentiate between speed, velocity, and acceleration.
• 8.6C: Investigate and describe applications of Newton's three laws of motion such as in vehicle restraints, sports activities, amusement park rides, Earth's tectonic activities, and rocket launches.
• 8.6C: Investigate and describe applications of Newton's three laws of motion such as in vehicle restraints, sports activities, amusement park rides, Earth's tectonic activities, and rocket launches.
• 8.9B: Relate plate tectonics to the formation of crustal features.
• 8.9C: Interpret topographic maps and satellite views to identify land and erosional features and predict how these features may be reshaped by weathering.
• 8.7A: Model and illustrate how the tilted Earth rotates on its axis, causing day and night, and revolves around the Sun, causing changes in seasons.
• 8.7B: Demonstrate and predict the sequence of events in the lunar cycle.
•  8.8A: Describe components of the universe, including stars, nebulae, and galaxies, and use models such as the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram for classification.
• 8.11A: Investigate how organisms and populations in an ecosystem depend on and may compete for biotic factors such as food and abiotic factors such as quantity of light, water, range of temperatures, or soil composition.
• 8.11B: Explore how short- and long-term environmental changes affect organisms and traits in subsequent populations.