Standardized Test Preparation
Arizona State Standards
Science - Grade 8
Assessment Exam - AZSci Grade 8| Physical Science | eTAP Lesson |
|---|---|
| Analyzing and Interpreting Data | |
| Analyze and interpret data to show that changes in states of matter are caused by different rates of movement of atoms in solids, liquids, and gases (Kinetic Theory).
AZ.SCI.6.P1U1.1 |
Matter and Energy |
| Planning and Carrying Out Investigations | |
| Plan and carry out an investigation to demonstrate that variations in temperature and/or pressure affect changes in state of matter
AZ.SCI.6.P1U1.2 |
Reactions and Energy Tools and Technology |
| Developing and Using Models | |
| Develop and use models Develop and use models to represent that matter is made up of smaller particles called atoms.
AZ.SCI.6.P1U1.3 |
Atoms and Molecules Identifying Elements |
| Develop and use a model to predict how forces act on objects at a distance.
AZ.SCI.6.P1U1.4 |
Finding Answers to Questions Graphing Data |
| Analyzing and Interpreting Data | |
| Analyze how humans use technology to store (potential) and/or use (kinetic) energy.
AZ.SCI.6.P1U1.5 |
Tools and Technology Transporting Energy |
| Earth and Space Science | eTAP Lesson |
| Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions | |
| Investigate and construct an explanation demonstrating that radiation from the Sun provides energy and is absorbed to warm the Earth’s surface and atmosphere.
AZ.SCI.6.E1U1.6 |
The Sun Solar Energy |
| Analyzing and Interpreting Data | |
| Use ratios and proportions to analyze and interpret data related to scale, properties, and relationships among objects in our solar system.
AZ.SCI.6.E1U1.7 |
The Planets Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors |
| Developing and Using Models | |
| Develop and use models to explain how constellations and other night sky patterns appear to move due to Earth’s rotation and revolution
AZ.SCI.6.E1U1.8 |
The Sun and Other Stars |
| Develop and use models to construct an explanation of how eclipses, moon phases, and tides occur within the Sun-Earth-Moon system.
AZ.SCI.6.E1U1.9 |
Phases of the Moon |
| Use a model to show how the tilt of Earth’s axis causes variations in the length of the day and gives rise to seasons.
AZ.SCI.6.E1U1.10 |
Convection How Has Earth's Climate Changed Over Time? |
| Life Science | eTAP Lesson |
| Engaging in Argument from Evidence | |
| Use evidence to construct an argument regarding the impact of human activities on the environment and how they positively and negatively affect the competition for energy and resources in ecosystems.
AZ.SCI.6.L2U3.11 |
Energy Transformation in the Ecosystem |
| Engage in argument from evidence to support a claim about the factors that cause species to change and how humans can impact those factors.
AZ.SCI.6.L2U3.12 |
Organism Populations Biomes |
| Developing and Using Models | |
| Develop and use models to demonstrate the interdependence of organisms and their environment including biotic and abiotic factors.
AZ.SCI.6.L2U3.13 |
The Food Web and the Physical Environment |
| Construct a model that shows the cycling of matter and flow of energy in ecosystems.
AZ.SCI.6.L2U3.14 |
Resources in the Ecosystem |
| Physical Science | eTAP Lesson |
| Analyzing and Interpreting Data | |
| Collect and analyze data demonstrating how electromagnetic forces can be attractive or repulsive and can vary in strength.
AZ.SCI.7.P2U1.1 |
How a Magnet Works |
| Developing and Using Models | |
| Develop and use a model to predict how forces act on objects at a distance.
AZ.SCI.7.P2U1.2 |
Friction and Other Forces |
| Planning and Carrying Out Investigations | |
| Plan and carry out an investigation that can support an evidence-based explanation of how objects on Earth are affected by gravitational force.
AZ.SCI.7.P2U1.3 |
Gravity and the Solar System |
| Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking | |
| Use non-algebraic mathematics and computational thinking to explain Newton’s laws of motion.
AZ.SCI.7.P2U1.4 |
Newton’s Laws of Motion |
| Earth and Space Science | eTAP Lesson |
| Developing and Using Models | |
| Construct a model that shows the cycling of matter and flow of energy in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere.
AZ.SCI.7.E1U1.5 |
Water Movement |
| Construct a model to explain how the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures provides evidence of the past plate motions.
AZ.SCI.7.E1U1.6 |
Plate Movements Rock Cycle |
| Analyzing and Interpreting Data | |
| Analyze and interpret data to construct an explanation for how advances in technology has improved weather prediction.
AZ.SCI.7.E1U1.7 |
Weather |
| Life Science | eTAP Lesson |
| Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information | |
| Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to provide evidence that all living things are made of cells, cells come from existing cells, and cells are the basic structural and functional unit of all living things.
AZ.SCI.7.L1U1.8 |
Basic Cell Characteristics |
| Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions | |
| Construct an explanation to demonstrate the relationship between major cell structures and cell functions (plant and animal).
AZ.SCI.7.L1U1.9 |
Nucleus, Mitochondria, Chloroplasts |
| Developing and Using Models | |
| Develop and use a model to explain how cells, tissues, and organ systems maintain life (animals).
AZ.SCI.7.L1U1.10 |
Mitosis and Organism Development |
| Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions | |
| Explain how organisms maintain internal stability and evaluate the effect of the external factors on organisms’ internal stability.
AZ.SCI.7.L1U1.11 |
Natural Energy and Material Resources |
| Construct an explanation for how some plant cells convert light energy into food energy.
AZ.SCI.7.L1U1.12 |
Converting Energy |
| Physical Science | eTAP Lesson |
| Developing and Using Models | |
| Develop and use a model to demonstrate that atoms and molecules can be combined or rearranged in chemical reactions to form new compounds with the total number of each type of atom conserved.
AZ.SCI.8.P1U1.1 |
Acids, Bases, and Neutrals |
| Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information | |
| Obtain and evaluate information regarding how scientists identify substances based on unique physical and chemical properties.
AZ.SCI.8.P1U1.2 |
Identifying Properties of Elements |
| Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions | |
| Construct an explanation on how energy can be transferred from one energy store to another.
AZ.SCI.8.P1U1.3 |
Regions and Periods |
| Developing and Using Models | |
| Develop and use mathematical models to explain wave characteristics and interactions.
AZ.SCI.8.P1U1.4 |
The Building Blocks of Life |
| Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions | |
| Develop a solution to increase efficiency when transferring energy from one source to another
AZ.SCI.8.P1U1.5 |
Materials We Use |
| Earth and Space Science | eTAP Lesson |
| Analyzing and Interpreting Data | |
| Analyze and interpret data about the Earth’s geological column to communicate relative ages of rock layers and fossils.
AZ.SCI.8.E1U1.6 |
Earth Processes and Life on Earth Rock Cycle |
| Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information | |
| Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about data and historical patterns to predict natural hazards and other geological events.
AZ.SCI.8.E1U1.7 |
Examining the Evidence Reading Maps for Evidence |
| Engaging in Argument from Evidence | |
| Construct and support an argument about how human consumption of limited resources impacts the biosphere.
AZ.SCI.8.E1U1.8 |
Interpret Natural Events Changes in Nature |
| Life Science | eTAP Lesson |
| Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions | |
| Construct an explanation of how genetic variations occur in offspring through the inheritance of traits or through mutations.
AZ.SCI.8.L1U1.9 |
Genes and DNA Sexual and Asexual Organisms |
| Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information | |
| Communicate how advancements in technology have furthered the field of genetic research and use evidence to support an argument about the positive and negative effects of genetic research on human lives.
AZ.SCI.8.L3U3.10 |
Branching Diagrams Sexual Reproduction |
| Developing and Using Models | |
| Develop and use a model to explain how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.
AZ.SCI.8.L3U3.11 |
Selection and Diversity Displaying Data |
| Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information | |
| Gather and communicate evidence on how the process of natural selection provides an explanation of how new species can evolve.
AZ.SCI.8.L3U3.12 |
Evidence of Evolution Written Reports and Oral Presentations |
