GRADE 8 - Learning Outcomes
Applications of Science
It is expected that students will:
- identify dangers in particular procedures and equipment, taking responsibility for their safe and accurate use
- plan appropriate procedures to test hypotheses and predictions
- identify variables responsible for changes in systems
- use models to demonstrate how systems operate
- use graphs and simple statistics to analyse data
- use information and conclusions as a basis for further comparisons, investigations, or analyses
- critique information presented in a variety of media
- analyse the costs and benefits of making alternative choices that impact on a global problem
- describe how scientific principles are applied in technology
Life Science
(Diversity)It is expected that students will:
- compare the roles and interrelationships of senses in interpreting the environment
- describe the environmental conditions in the major biomes
- compare and contrast how various organisms have adapted to the conditions in each biome and how these organisms interact with each other
Life Science
(Social Issues)It is expected that students will:
- assess different impacts of using renewable and non-renewable natural resources
- compare and contrast the practical, ethical, and economic dimensions of population growth and polluted environments
- relate the extraction and harvest of earth's resources to sustainability and reduction of waste
Life Science
(Global Ecosystems)It is expected that students will:
- evaluate how major natural events and human activity can affect local and global environments and climate change
- critique the hypothesis that the earth is like a living organism
Physical Science
(Matter, Properties, and the Periodic Table)It is expected that students will:
- use a kinetic particle model to describe the structure and properties of various states of matter
- categorize a selection of materials as elements, compounds, or mixtures
- assess the properties of materials in terms of their effectiveness for particular uses
- relate the derivation of the symbols to the names of the elements
- give examples to show that the elements are grouped on the periodic table according to similar properties
Physical Science
(Energy)It is expected that students will:
- distinguish among the various forms of energy
- demonstrate and explain different methods of energy transfer and relate them to daily life
- demonstrate and explain how basic concepts relating to heat and light are used in common applications
- distinguish among reflection, absorption, radiation, and transmission
- compare and contrast reflection and refraction
- demonstrate and explain how colour is perceived in different environments
Earth and Space Science
(Geological Processes)
It is expected that students will:
- demonstrate how properties can be used to distinguish among minerals
- describe the major processes by which rocks are formed and classified
- compare and contrast weathering, erosion, and deposition
As reported by the Province of British Columbia
Ministry of Education Curriculum Branch © 1996 Copyright
©2001 Charla Beaulieu
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