IXL skill plan | 8th grade plan for Amplify Science (2024)

Harnessing Human Energy
Chapter 1: What Is Energy?		Identify changes in gravitational potential energy
Chapter 1: What Is Energy?
Identify changes in gravitational potential energy

Chapter 2: The Rescue Team's Energy Needs		Explore energy transformations: roller coaster ride Also consider: • Compare thermal energy transfers
Chapter 2: The Rescue Team's Energy Needs
Explore energy transformations: roller coaster ride Also consider: • Compare thermal energy transfers

Chapter 3: Designing an Energy Solution
Chapter 3: Designing an Energy Solution

Force and Motion
Chapter 1: Force and Velocity		Calculate velocity from time and distance Calculate distance from velocity and time Calculate time from velocity and distance Calculate velocity, distance, and time I Calculate velocity, distance, and time II Balanced and unbalanced forces Identify whether objects are accelerating
Chapter 1: Force and Velocity
Calculate velocity from time and distance Calculate distance from velocity and time Calculate time from velocity and distance Calculate velocity, distance, and time I Calculate velocity, distance, and time II Balanced and unbalanced forces Identify whether objects are accelerating

Chapter 2: Mass and Velocity		How does mass affect force and acceleration?
Chapter 2: Mass and Velocity
How does mass affect force and acceleration?

Chapter 3: Collisions		Predict forces using Newton's third law
Chapter 3: Collisions
Predict forces using Newton's third law

Chapter 4: Force, Motion, and Movie Sets		Use tables and graphs to identify patterns about kinetic energy
Chapter 4: Force, Motion, and Movie Sets
Use tables and graphs to identify patterns about kinetic energy

Force and Motion: Engineering Internship
Chapter 1: Pods for Emergency Supplies		Identify parts of the engineering-design process Identify control and experimental groups Identify independent and dependent variables Evaluate tests of engineering-design solutions Use data from tests to compare engineering-design solutions Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon! Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions Also consider: • The process of scientific inquiry • Identify the experimental question • Identify questions that can be investigated with a set of materials • Understand an experimental protocol about plant growth • Understand an experimental protocol about diffusion • Understand an experimental protocol about evaporation
Chapter 1: Pods for Emergency Supplies
Identify parts of the engineering-design process Identify control and experimental groups Identify independent and dependent variables Evaluate tests of engineering-design solutions Use data from tests to compare engineering-design solutions Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon! Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions Also consider: • The process of scientific inquiry • Identify the experimental question • Identify questions that can be investigated with a set of materials • Understand an experimental protocol about plant growth • Understand an experimental protocol about diffusion • Understand an experimental protocol about evaporation

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Earth, Moon, and Sun
Chapter 1: Light and Dark on the Moon		Analyze models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system
Chapter 1: Light and Dark on the Moon
Analyze models of the Earth-Sun-Moon system

Chapter 2: Moon Phases		Identify phases of the Moon
Chapter 2: Moon Phases
Identify phases of the Moon

Chapter 3: Lunar Eclipses
Chapter 3: Lunar Eclipses


Chapter 4: Science Seminar
Chapter 4: Science Seminar

Natural Selection
Chapter 1: Environmental Change and Trait Distribution		Describe populations, communities, and ecosystems Calculate the percentages of traits in a population Calculate the averages of traits in a population
Chapter 1: Environmental Change and Trait Distribution
Describe populations, communities, and ecosystems Calculate the percentages of traits in a population Calculate the averages of traits in a population

Chapter 2: Natural Selection and Reproduction		Genetic variation in sexual reproduction How can animal behaviors affect reproductive success? Identify evidence to support a claim Introduction to natural selection Also consider: • Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement • Genetics vocabulary: genotype and phenotype • Genetics vocabulary: dominant and recessive • Complete and interpret Punnett squares • Use Punnett squares to calculate ratios of offspring types • Genes, proteins, and traits: understanding the genetic code • Use Punnett squares to calculate probabilities of offspring types • How do genes and the environment affect plant growth?
Chapter 2: Natural Selection and Reproduction
Genetic variation in sexual reproduction How can animal behaviors affect reproductive success? Identify evidence to support a claim Introduction to natural selection Also consider: • Inherited and acquired traits: use evidence to support a statement • Genetics vocabulary: genotype and phenotype • Genetics vocabulary: dominant and recessive • Complete and interpret Punnett squares • Use Punnett squares to calculate ratios of offspring types • Genes, proteins, and traits: understanding the genetic code • Use Punnett squares to calculate probabilities of offspring types • How do genes and the environment affect plant growth?

Chapter 3: Mutation and Adaptive Traits		Describe the effects of gene mutations on organisms
Chapter 3: Mutation and Adaptive Traits
Describe the effects of gene mutations on organisms

Chapter 4: Science Seminar
Chapter 4: Science Seminar

Natural Selection: Engineering Internship
Chapter 1: Fighting Drug-Resistant Malaria		Identify parts of the engineering-design process Identify control and experimental groups Identify independent and dependent variables Evaluate tests of engineering-design solutions Use data from tests to compare engineering-design solutions Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon! Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions Also consider: • The process of scientific inquiry • Identify the experimental question • Identify questions that can be investigated with a set of materials • Understand an experimental protocol about plant growth • Understand an experimental protocol about diffusion • Understand an experimental protocol about evaporation
Chapter 1: Fighting Drug-Resistant Malaria
Identify parts of the engineering-design process Identify control and experimental groups Identify independent and dependent variables Evaluate tests of engineering-design solutions Use data from tests to compare engineering-design solutions Explore the engineering-design process: going to the Moon! Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: explore a problem Coral reef biodiversity and human uses: evaluate solutions Also consider: • The process of scientific inquiry • Identify the experimental question • Identify questions that can be investigated with a set of materials • Understand an experimental protocol about plant growth • Understand an experimental protocol about diffusion • Understand an experimental protocol about evaporation

Evolutionary History
Chapter 1: Finding Species Similarities		Compare ages of fossils in a rock sequence
Chapter 1: Finding Species Similarities
Compare ages of fossils in a rock sequence

Chapter 2: Investigating Body Structure Differences		Construct explanations of natural selection
Chapter 2: Investigating Body Structure Differences
Construct explanations of natural selection

Chapter 3: Identifying Related Species		Compare fossils to modern organisms
Chapter 3: Identifying Related Species
Compare fossils to modern organisms

Chapter 4: Science Seminar
Chapter 4: Science Seminar

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Magnetic Fields
Chapter 1: Modeling Magnetic Force
Chapter 1: Modeling Magnetic Force


Chapter 2: Investigating Potential Energy		Explore energy transformations: bike ride
Chapter 2: Investigating Potential Energy
Explore energy transformations: bike ride

Chapter 3: Exploring the Strength of Magnetic Force		Compare magnitudes of magnetic forces
Chapter 3: Exploring the Strength of Magnetic Force
Compare magnitudes of magnetic forces

Chapter 4: Designing Roller Coasters		Identify independent and dependent variables Identify control and experimental groups
Chapter 4: Designing Roller Coasters
Identify independent and dependent variables Identify control and experimental groups

Light Waves
Chapter 1: Changes Caused by Light
Chapter 1: Changes Caused by Light


Chapter 2: Light as a Wave		Compare amplitudes, wavelengths, and frequencies of waves Compare energy of waves Electromagnetic waves Applications of infrared waves Also consider: • How do plants use and change energy?
Chapter 2: Light as a Wave
Compare amplitudes, wavelengths, and frequencies of waves Compare energy of waves Electromagnetic waves Applications of infrared waves Also consider: • How do plants use and change energy?

Chapter 3: More Light Interactions		The greenhouse effect
Chapter 3: More Light Interactions
The greenhouse effect

Chapter 4: Science Seminar
Chapter 4: Science Seminar

IXL skill plan | 8th grade plan for Amplify Science (2024)

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