Grade 8 Science Systems in Action Unit

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Total Pages: 330 pages
Answer Key: Included with rubric
Teaching Duration: 2 months
File Size: 20 MB
File Type: Zip

This 330-page Grade 8 Science Systems in Action Unit will help you teach science without a textbook using exciting and cross-curricular lessons. Students will love this engaging and differentiated unit that uses interactive and hands-on learning to explain the functions of systems and their real-life applications.

• Curriculum Alignment: Ontario Science Curriculum 2022 – Grade 8 Systems in Action

Key Features of This Resource:

✅ Detailed lesson plans
✅ Differentiated lessons and assignments

➡️ Readings
➡️ Videos
➡️ Graphic Organizers
➡️ Group Work
➡️ Projects
➡️ Labs & Inquiries

✅ MP3 audio files of student readings
✅ Detailed unit plan, answer keys, and assessment rubrics
✅ Student assignment choice and variety
✅ Quizzes (PDF and Self-Marking Google Forms)
✅ Unit Test (PDF and Self-Marking Google Forms)
✅ PDF & Google Slides Formats

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Do you have students working below grade level? Check out the Grade 8 Science Modified Systems in Action Unit that compliments this unit for students who have a modified IEP or are modified ELL students. 

Lesson Overview

Introduction: Safety Rules & What Are Systems?
Lesson 1: Unit Vocabulary (Tech & No-Tech Versions)
Lesson 2: Types of Systems
Lesson 3: Purpose, Inputs, and Outputs of Systems
Lesson 4: Processes and Components of a System
Lesson 5: Systems in Action Quiz
Lesson 6: Force, Work, Displacement, Energy, and Efficiency
Lesson 7A: Calculating Work, Force, and Displacement
Lesson 7B: Understanding and Calculating Work
Lesson 8: The 6 Simple Machines
Lesson 9: Mechanical Advantage
Lesson 10: Systems in Action Mini Quiz
Lesson 11: Energy in Mechanical Systems
Lesson 12: Productivity With Systems in Various Industries
Lesson 13: The Evolution of Cell Phones (with optional inquiry)
Lesson 14: Systems in Action Mid-Unit Quiz
Lesson 15: Pulley Experiment
Lesson 16: Rube Goldberg Machine (Lab)
Lesson 17: Stations – Owner’s Manual Exploration
Lesson 18: Stations – The Impacts of New and Evolving Systems
Lesson 19: Meeting Needs With Existing Systems – Different Perspectives
Lesson 20: Systems in Action Unit Test
Lesson 21: Sub Plans/Bonus Files (Self-Driving Cars)

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