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Total Pages: 308 pages
Answer Key: Included with rubric
Teaching Duration: 2 months
File Size: 20 MB
File Type: Zip
Grade 8 Science Systems in Action | PDF & Digital Formats: This 308-page unit will help you teach science without a textbook. Students will love this engaging and differentiated unit that explains the functions of systems and their real-life applications.
- This resource contains individual PDFs of student pages to assist with online learning i.e. Google Classroom™. The unit also comes with Google Slides™ versions of the included lessons for 1:1 technology schools.
- Curriculum Alignment: Ontario Science Curriculum 2007 - Grade 8 Systems in Action
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Lesson Overview:
- Introduction - What are Systems?
- Lesson #1 - Unit Vocabulary
- Lesson #2 - Types of Systems
- Lesson #3 - Purpose, Inputs & Outputs of Systems
- Lesson #4 - The Processes and Components of a System
- Lesson #5 - Quiz
- Lesson #6 - Work, Energy, Force, and Efficiency
- Lesson #7 - Calculating Work
- Lesson #8 - 6 Simple Machines
- Lesson #9 - Understanding Mechanical Advantage
- Lesson #10 - Systems in Action Quiz
- Lesson #11 - Heat in Mechanical Systems
- Lesson #12 - Productivity with Systems in Various Industries
- Lesson #13 - The Evolution of the Cell Phone
- Lesson #14 - Systems in Action Quiz
- Lesson #15 - Understanding and Calculating Work
- Lesson #16 - Pulley Experiment and Mechanical Advantage
- Lesson #17 - Rube Goldberg Machine
- Lesson #18 - Owner’s Manual Exploration
- Lesson #19 - The Impacts of New and Evolving Systems
- Lesson #20 - Meeting Needs with Existing Systems – Different Perspectives
- Lesson #21 - Systems in Action Unit Test
- Lesson #22 - Sub Plans
Resource Includes:
- Detailed lesson plans
- Differentiated Lessons and assignments (readings, videos, graphic organizers, group work, projects, labs)
- Mp3 audio files for student readings
- Detailed unit plan, answer keys, and assessment rubrics
- Lessons are divided up with title pages for easy access
- Student assignment choice and variety
- Quizzes (PDF and Self-Marking Google Forms)
- Unit Test (PDF and Self-Marking Google Forms)
- Science Labs
- PDF format
- Google Slides format
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