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Eighth Grade Science Curriculum Guide

Class Length: 36 weeks

Schedule: 3-day/week lesson plan

Resources needed:

• C

orresponding lessons on SchoolhouseTeachers.com

• A notebook to record experiment results and answers to critical-thinking questions

• Additional materials listed in the Notes section of each week

dditional notes:

• There are additional links to activities that will be used in this course.

• Answer keys are included separately on the lessons page.

• All links referenced in this lesson plan will be available within the lesson.

Instructions: Thi

s suggested lesson plan is broken down into separate weeks and days. On the line beside each

day, write the specific day of the month you would like your student to complete each assignment (consider

writing dates in pencil). As your student completes each assignment, he/she can mark the check box beside it.

When the entire lesson has been completed, come back to this page and mark the check box beside that lesson.

Once the entire course has been c

ompleted, consider printing out a Certificate of Completion as well.

Curriculum Guide: SchoolhouseTeachers.com has one course that addresses all objectives on our Scope and

Sequence for this grade and subject. This lesson plan will cover all of the recommended material. You can follow

the lesson plan below and find all of the coursework in Physical Science.

SchoolhouseTeachers.com note: Parents should closely monitor children’s use of YouTube and Wikipedia if you navigate away from

the videos and articles cited in these lessons. We also recommend viewing the videos on a full screen setting in order to minimize

your students’ exposure to potentially offensive ads and inappropriate comments beside or beneath the video.

Lessons Completed

(Check the following boxes as you have completed each lesson.)

nit 1: Chemistry

 Week 1: Introduction

 Week 2: Matter

 Week 3: States of Matter

 Week 4: Atoms

 Week 5: The Periodic Table of Elements

 Week 6: Elements & Compounds

 Week 7: Chemical Bonding

 Week 8: Solutions (Mixtures)

 Week 9: Acids & Bases

 Week 10: Salts

 Week 11: Chemical & Physical Changes

 Week 12: Writing Chemical Formulas

 Week 13: Balancing Equations

 Week 14: Review

 Week 15: Chemistry and You

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Unit 2: Physics

 Week 16: Introduction to Physics

 Week 17: Force & Motion

 Week 18: Work & Energy

 Week 19: Electricity & Magnetism

 Week 20: Magnetic Fields

 Week 21: Sound & Light

 Week 22: Waves

 Week 23: Heat & Temperature

 Week 24: Physics and You

nit 3: Earth Sciences

Geology:

 Week 25: Introduction to Earth Science

 Week 26: Earth’s Structure

 Week 27: Earth’s Wonders

ceanography:

 Week 28: Oceans & Seas

 Week 29: Movements & Ocean Floor

 Week 30: Water as a Resource

eteorology:

 Week 31: Atmospheric Conditions

 Week 32: Weather & Climate

 Week 33: Weather and You

stronomy:

 Week 34: Solar System

 Week 35: Stars

 Week 36: Our Place in Space

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Week 1: Introduction

NOTES:

For this week, you will

need a toy car, a piece of

wood or cardboard to be

used as a ramp, blocks or

books to support the

ramp, a stopwatch, and a

ruler or measuring tape.

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Download Unit 1 from the course download page and read Week 1: Lesson 1.

 Read the entire Lesson Plan Guide located at the beginning of Unit 1.

 Set up your notebook with four sections: Chemistry, Physics, Earth Science,

Experiments.

 Print several copies of the Scientific Experiment Sheet and keep them under

the Experiments tab, along with notebook paper.

 Download Everything Science. This will be the text we reference throughout this

course.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 1: Lesson 2.

 Take out three pieces of paper. On one, write Physical Science and Chemistry.

Define these two terms and place the paper in the Chemistry section of your

notebook.

 On the second sheet, write Physics. Define this word and then place the paper

in the Physics section of your notebook.

 On the last page, write Earth Science. Define and place in the Earth Science

section of your notebook.

 Share the definition of physical science, chemistry, physics, and earth science

with a parent (or other teacher).

esson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 1: Lesson 3.

 You will be learning how to use the scientific method for this course. Read

through the five steps you will take when performing an experiment. It would

be a good idea to memorize this. It could make future experiments easier and

quicker to perform.

 Practice using the scientific method: gather the necessary items.

 Perform the experiment, following the procedure as outlined.

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Week 2: Matter

NOTES:

For this week, you will

need a centimeter ruler, a

small rectangular box, a

small book, odd shaped

objects that sink in water,

a graduated cylinder

marked in millimeters,

and three packages of

food from which you can

read ingredients.

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 2: Lesson 1.

 Read and take notes on Everything Science pp. 23-24 (Note: these are the page

umbers seen at the bottom of the document, not the page numbers of the

PDF). Stop before the Activity section. Place these and all notes behind th

propriate tab in your notebook.

 With a parent’s permission, watch the YouTube video provided in the lesson:

What’s Matter?

 Respond to Questions 1-2.

 Watch the two videos about the properties of matter provided in the lesson.

 Define the terms given at the end of the lesson.

esson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 2: Lesson 2.

 Complete the Activity: Measuring Volume.

 Answer the Critical-Thinking Questions.

esson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 2: Lesson 3.

 Study the vocabulary from Week 2: Lesson 1. Know the difference between

matter, mass, weight, density, and volume. Review the definition of atoms and

the properties of matter.

 Read the activity: What Materials Are Products Made Of? on page 24 of

verything Science.

 Complete the activity: What Materials Are Products Made Of?

 Respond to Questions 1-10.

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Week 3: The States of Matter

NOTES:

For this week, you will

need 2 balloons, a 20-

ounce bottle of soda, salt,

a seltzer tablet, and a

string or fabric tape

measure.

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 3: Lesson 1.

 Read and take notes on Everything Science pp. 55-57. Stop after Figure 3.1.

 Respond to Questions 1-3.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to read about plasma and additional

scientific states of matter in World Book Student.

Start at the States of Matter

section from the Matter article. Stop when you reach Unusual States of Matter.

 Define the terms at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 3: Lesson 2.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to watch the video: Part(icles) of

Your World from Crash Course Kids. Pay special attention to the Investigation

section beginning at 1:10.

 Respond to the question given in the lesson.

 Complete the Experiment: Catching CO2, following the procedure in the lesson.

 Answer the Critical-Thinking Questions.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 3: Lesson 3.

 Answer the Critical-Thinking Questions.



Complete the activity provided at the end of the lesson.

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Week 4: Atoms

NOTES:

For this week, you will

need clay in three different

colors, several toothpicks,

and 2 paper plates in

different sizes or 2 large

circles of paper.

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 4: Lesson 1.

 Read and take notes on Everything Science pp. 63-67. Read only the introductory

paragraph on page 63 (skip the project) and stop before the Atomic Mass And

Diameter section on page 67.

 Respond to the matching exercise 4-1 on page 67. Record your answers in the

lesson.

 Watch the two videos provided in the lesson to learn more about atoms.

 Define the terms given at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 4: Lesson 2.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to watch the video, Types of

Chemical Bonds.

 Respond to Questions 1-2.

 Copy the atom model on a piece of paper and add it to your notebook.

 Complete the Activity: Make an Atom Model, following the procedure given in

the lesson.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 4: Lesson 3.

 Read the How Heavy Is An Atom? section on page 68 and the How Small Is The

Nucleus? section on page 70 of Everything Science. Use Table 4.1 to answer

questions #1-6.

 Respond to Questions 1-6.



Answer Review Questions 1-4 at the end of the lesson.

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Week 5: The Periodic Table of the Elements

NOTES:

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 5: The Periodic Table of the Elements and Week 5: Lesson 1.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to watch the YouTube video: Metals,

Non-Metals, and Metalloids.

 Read and take notes on the following sections of chapter 5 from Everything

Science:

• pp. 95-96, The arrangement of the elements. Stop after the sentence

“For example, B is in period 2 and group 13.”

• pp. 99-100, Chemical properties of the groups. Stop before Figure 5.4.

 Define the terms listed in the lesson.

 Complete the chart given at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 5: Lesson 2.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to read and take notes on the World

Book Student article, Periodic Table. Stop halfway through the second section,

Structure of the Periodic Table at the sentence, “Chemists refer to the columns

of the periodic table as groups or families.”

 Define the terms listed in the lesson.

 Respond to Questions 1-4.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 5: Lesson 3.

 Using vocabulary from Weeks 4 and 5, complete the crossword.

 Complete the Activity: Elements in My Home.

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Week 6: Elements & Compounds

NOTES:

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 6: Lesson 1 and the summary given above it.

 Read and take notes on Everything Science pp. 31-32.

 With a parent’s permission, watch the two YouTube videos about elements and

compounds.

 Define the terms listed in the lesson.

 Respond to Questions 1-2.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 6: Lesson 2.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link in the lesson to watch the video:

Wood, Water, and Properties.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to read the Families Stick Together

section on elements at Chem4Kids.com.

 Using what you learned, complete the chart given in the lesson.

 Answer the Critical-Thinking Questions given at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 6: Lesson 3.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to watch the Periodic Table Song.

 Follow the link to take the Week 6 - Periodic Table Quiz included at the bottom

of this course’s lesson page. This is an oral, self-checking quiz. Guess the

answers out loud, and then click the “Answer” button to see if you were

correct. Refresh the web page to take the quiz again.



Answer the Extra Credit Question at the end of the lesson.

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Week 7: Chemical Bonding

NOTES:

For this week, you will

need clay in 3 assorted

colors and 10 paper plates

or paper circles.

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 7: Lesson 1.

 Read and take notes on Everything Science:

• pp. 105-106. Stop before the Lewis Structures section.

• pp. 108-112. Stop before Exercise 6 – 2.

• pp. 113-115. Start at Ionic bonding and read through Properties of

Ionic Compounds.

 Define the terms listed in the lesson.

 Respond to the question at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 7: Lesson 2.

 Complete the Activity: Covalent and Ionic Bonding, following the Procedure

outlined in the lesson.

 Answer the Critical-Thinking Question at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 7: Lesson 3.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to watch the video: Ionic and

Covalent Bonds Made Easy.

 Complete the activity provided in the lesson.



Answer the Critical-Thinking Question at the end of the lesson.

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Week 8: Solutions (Mixtures)

NOTES:

For this week, you will

need several bowls and a

variety of household

substances (sand, water,

cereal, etc.).

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 8: Lesson 1.

 Read and take notes on Everything Science pp. 25-27, beginning at Mixtures.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to watch The Great Picnic Mix Up.

 Define the terms provided in the lesson.

 Respond to the question at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 8: Lesson 2.

 Complete the Experiment: Heterogenous and Homogenous Mixtures, following

the procedure outlined in the lesson.

 Answer the Critical-Thinking Question at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 8: Lesson 3.

 Respond to Questions 1-2.



Answer the Critical-Thinking Question given at the end of the lesson.

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Week 9: Acids & Bases

NOTES:

For this week, you will

need several clear

drinking glasses, red

cabbage (either fresh or

pickled), baking soda,

vinegar, a plate, a

toothpick, an eyedropper

or teaspoon, lemon juice,

lemon lime soda, fresh

apples, and a bar of ivory

soap.

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 9 Introduction and Week 9: Lesson 1.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to watch the Acids and Bases video.

 Define the terms listed in the lesson.

 Respond to Question 1.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to watch the video: Acids, Bases, and

the pH Scale.

 Define Litmus Paper.

 Respond to Questions 1-2 at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 9: Lesson 2.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to watch the Colorful Chemistry of

Acids and Bases video.

 Complete the Experiment: Using Cabbage as an Indicator, following the

procedure outlined in the lesson.

 Answer the Critical-Thinking Questions at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 9: Lesson 3.

 Fill in the blanks for Questions 1-6 as indicated in the lesson.

 Choose the correct answer for Questions 7-9 as indicated in the lesson.

 Use the color chart to fill in the chart provided below it in the lesson.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to watch the Making a Homemade

Lava Lamp video.



Answer and explain your answer to Question 11.

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Week 10: Salts

NOTES:

For this week, you will

need cornstarch, red

cabbage, water, vinegar,

baking soda, a blender, a

strainer, a bowl, cups, 2

syringes or pipettes, table

coverings, towels, gloves,

and protective glasses.

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 10: Lesson 1.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to read and take notes on the Salt,

Chemical article.

 Define the terms listed in the lesson.

 Answer the question at the end of the lesson. Test your understanding by

explaining the process to a parent or sibling.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 10: Lesson 2.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to watch the Magic Color-Changing

Oobleck video.

 Complete the Activity: Color-Changing Goop, following the instructions from

the video’s website.

 Answer the Critical-Thinking Questions at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 10: Lesson 3.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to read the Monosodium Glutamate

(MSG) article.



Respond to Questions 1-3.

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Week 11: Chemical & Physical Changes

NOTES:

For this week, you will

need 3 quarts of water,

a 4-quart saucepan,

1 egg in the shell, and a

stove.

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 11: Lesson 1.

 Read and take notes on Everything Science:

• pp. 213-214. Stop before the Activity section.

• pp. 216-221. Skip page 215 and the General Experiment section on pp.

218-219. Stop after the law of conservation of mass definition.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to watch the Chemical Changes

video.

 Define the terms listed in the lesson.

 Answer and explain your answer to the question at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 11: Lesson 2.

 Complete the Experiment: Changes in Matter, following the procedure outlined

in the lesson.

 Answer Critical-Thinking Questions 1-4.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to watch the Steam is Always

Invisible video.

 Answer Critical-Thinking Question 5.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 11: Lesson 3.

 Complete the review.



Answer the Critical-Thinking Questions at the end of the lesson.

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Week 12: Writing Chemical Formulas

NOTES:

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 12: Lesson 1.

 Read and take notes on Everything Science pp. 35-37. Stop before Example 3.

 Define the terms listed in the lesson.

 Respond to Questions 1-6.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 12: Lesson 2.

 Complete the Activity: Naming Chemical Compounds.

 Answer the Critical-Thinking Questions given at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 12: Lesson 3.

 Write the formula for all the compounds listed under Activity.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to read the section on naming

compounds: Whole Lotta Rules Going On.



Answer the Critical-Thinking Questions given in the lesson.

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Week 13: Balancing Chemical Equations

NOTES:

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 13: Lesson 1.

 Read and take notes on Everything Science:

• pp. 230-231. Read the whole page except for the activity section.

• pp. 232-233. Start at Balancing chemical equations and stop before

the Activity section.

• pp. 234-238. Start at Steps to balance a chemical equation through

inspection and stop before Exercise 14 – 2.

 Define the terms listed in the lesson.

 Balance equations #1-5 of Exercise 14 – 2 on page 238 in Everything Science.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 13: Lesson 2.

 Review the process and examples for balancing chemical equations from Week

13: Lesson 1.

 Balance equations #6-10 of Exercise 14 – 2 on page 238 in Everything Science.

 Respond to Questions 1-2.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 13: Lesson 3.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to read the section on reactions:

Catalysts Speed It Up.

 Define the terms listed in the lesson.

 With a parent’s permission, watch the For Fun video.



Answer the Critical-Thinking Questions at the end of the lesson.

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Week 14: Review

NOTES:

For this week, you will

need a large

marshmallow, a wooden

skewer, a glass jar, a pair

of safety goggles, and a

flame.

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 14: Lesson 1.

 Study your notes and definitions from all of Unit 1. Take extra time to review

any concepts that are not clear to you.

 Download and complete the Review Activity. The answer key is also available in

the lesson downloads. The answer key is also available in the lesson

downloads. Print the file and do one of the following activities:

• Draw a line to match the terms with their descriptions.

• Cut it apart and tape the matching portions together.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 14: Lesson 2.

 Complete the Experiment: Undoing Photosynthesis, following the procedure

included in the lesson.

 Answer the Critical-Thinking Questions given in the lesson.

 Download and complete the Week 14 – Groups of the Periodic Table file

included with your lesson downloads. It is listed under the Additional

Resources heading. The answer key is also available in the lesson downloads.

Print the file and do one of the following:

• Draw a line to match the terms with their descriptions.

• Cut it apart and tape the matching portions together.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 14: Lesson 3.

 Download and complete the Week 14 – Reaction of Elements Matching Activity

file included with your lesson downloads. It is listed under the Additional

Resources heading. The answer key is also available in the lesson downloads.

Print the file and do one of the following:

• Draw a line to match the terms with their descriptions.

• Cut it apart and tape the matching portions together.

 With a parent’s permission, watch the Matter Compilation video.

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Week 15: Chemistry and You

NOTES:

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 15: Lesson 1.

 Respond to Questions 1-4.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 15: Lesson 2.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to read What Is Chemistry?

 Answer the Critical-Thinking Questions at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 15: Lesson 3.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the links to learn about Marie Curie, John

Dalton, Dmitri Mendeleev, Alfred Nobel, and Daniel Schechtman.

 Complete the chart given in the lesson for each scientist.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link in the lesson to research two more

scientists and add them to the chart as well.

 Complete Unit 1: Quiz.



Check your answers using the Unit 1 Answer Key.

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Week 16: Introduction to Physics

NOTES:

For this week, you will need

a small rubber ball and an

old stocking or long sock.

Lesson 1 | Date:



Download Unit 2 from the course download page.



Read Week 16: Introduction and Week 16: Lesson 1.



Read and take notes on the Physics article on World Book Online.

Stop before

Careers in Physics.



With a parent’s permission, watch the Introduction to Physics video on

YouTube.



Complete the Reading Comprehension Questions worksheet.

Lesson 2 | Date:



Read Week 16: Lesson 2.



Read Back in Time: Physics on World Book Online to learn more about

Einstein and his theories.



With a parent’s permission, watch the Crash Course Kids’ video: Danger!

Falling Objects.



Respond to the questions given in the lesson.

Lesson 3 | Date:



Read Week 16: Lesson 3.



Complete the Experiment: Understanding Gravity and the scientific

experiment sheet.



Answer the Critical-Thinking Question.

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Week 17: Force & Motion

NOTES:

For this week, you will need

a ball, tape measure, the

length of sidewalk, area

with grass, and sidewalk

chalk.

Lesson 1 | Date:



Read Week 17: Lesson 1.



Read and take notes on the Motion section of Physics4Kids.com. Start at

Mechanics and Motion and stop at the Force and Vectors section.



With a parent’s permission, watch the three YouTube video lessons.



Define the terms given in the lesson.



Respond to the question at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 2 | Date:



Read Week 17: Lesson 2.



Complete the Experiment: Motion.



Complete the scientific experiment sheet.



Answer the Critical-Thinking Questions given in the lesson.



Read the paragraph about your Frame of Reference at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 3 | Date:



Read Week 17: Lesson 3.



Follow the link to read the article about Motion on World Book Online.



Explain in your notebook, in your own words, Newton’s first, second, and

third laws of motion.



Read information in the lesson regarding calculating force.



Complete the Activity: Calculating Force.

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Week 18: Work & Energy

NOTES:

For this week, you will need

two foam or paper cups,

about 7 feet of string, and

two paper clips.

Lesson 1 | Date:



Read Week 18: Lesson 1.



Read and take notes on the World Book Student article: Energy. Stop before

Calculating Quantities of Energy.



With a parent’s permission, follow the link to watch The Law of Conservation

of Energy: Forms of Energy video on YouTube.



Define the terms listed in the lesson.



Respond to the question provided at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 2 | Date:



Read Week 18: Lesson 2.



Complete the Experiment: Sound Energy.



Report the results on your scientific experiment sheet.



With a parent’s permission, follow the link to read more about Sound

Transmission.



Answer the Critical-Thinking Questions.

Lesson 3 | Date:



Read Week 18: Lesson 3.



Read and take notes on the World Book Student article Energy. Start

with

Calculating Quantities Of Energy.



With a parent’s permission, follow the link to watch the YouTube video:

Work,

Energy, and Power.



Respond to Questions 1-3.



With a parent’s permission, follow the link to watch the YouTube video: Our

World: Potential and Kinetic Energy.



Respond to Questions 4-5.

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Week 19: Electricity & Magnetism

NOTES:

For this week, you will need

a steel nail, a bolt,

screwdriver, and a strong

magnet. Optional: you will

need an index card, tape,

24 inches of insulated wire,

2 D-Cell batteries with

holders, alligator clips or

tape, and paper clips.

Lesson 1 | Date:



Read Week 19: Lesson 1.



Read the article on Electricity on World Book Online. Stop before the section

on Conductivity.



Read and take notes on pp. 259-266 in Everything Science.



Define the terms given in the lesson.



Respond to Questions 1-3 using Table 16.1 on page 263.

Lesson 2 | Date:



Read Week 19: Lesson 2.



Read and take notes on the Magnetism article on World Book Online.



Respond to Questions 1-2.



Watch the How Does an Electric Motor Work? video.



Define the terms listed in the lesson.



Complete the Experiment: Electricity and Magnetism, following the

procedure given in the lesson.



Complete the scientific experiment sheet.



With a parent’s permission, follow the link to watch the video: How to Make a

Magnet Out of Nails.



Answer the Critical-Thinking Question at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 3 | Date:



Read Week 19: Lesson 3.



Read about Faraday and Coulomb at Physics4Kids.com.



With a parent’s permission, do the optional Extension Activity: Build an

Electromagnet experiment.



Respond to Questions 1-6.

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Week 20: Magnetic Fields

NOTES:

For this week, you will need

to choose between two

activities. Activity 1 requires

paper and pencil or an

online circuit builder.

Activity 2 requires insulated

wires or aluminum foil, a

flashlight bulb, D-Cell

battery, rubber band,

clothespin, and tape.

Lesson 1 | Date:



Read Week 20: Lesson 1.



Read and take notes on page 253-257 of Everything Science. Begin at The

Compass and read through Summary.



Define the terms listed in the lesson.



Respond to Questions 1-3.

Lesson 2 | Date:



Read Week 20: Lesson 2.



Follow the link in the lesson to read the How Circuits Work article.



With a parent’s permission, watch the video: Series and Parallel Circuits.



Define the terms listed in the lesson.



Respond to Questions 1-3.



Choose and complete either Activity 1: Circuit Diagrams or Activity 2: Build Your

Own Circuit.

Lesson 3 | Date:



Read Week 20: Lesson 3.



Using Everything Science, read and take notes on

▪ pp. 282-283, stopping before Activity: Constructing circuits

▪ pp. 285-286, read Calculating Current examples 1 and 2

▪ pp. 287-291, beginning at Resistance and stopping before General

Experiment

▪ pp. 292-296, reading Series resistors examples 4, 5, and 6.

▪ pp. 296-297, reading Parallel resistors



Complete the End of Chapter Exercises #8, 10, 12, and 14 found on pp. 312- 313

of Everything Science. Record your responses.



Respond to Questions 1-10.

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Week 21: Sound & Light

NOTES:

For this week, you will need

a water bottle, drinking

glass, and a drinking straw.

Lesson 1 | Date:



Read Week 21: Lesson 1.



Read and take notes on the Sound article on World Book Online.



Define the terms given in the lesson.



Respond to the question given at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 2 | Date:



Read Week 21: Lesson 2.



Using Everything Science, read and take notes on

• page 168; stopping before the Informal Experiment.

• page 170; starting at Reflection and Echoes.

• page 171; starting Start at Echolocation.

• pp. 177-178.



Respond to Questions 1-4.



With a parent’s permission, follow the link to watch the video about Bottle

Flutes.



Complete the Experiment: Bottle Flutes, following the procedure given in the

lesson.



Complete the scientific experiment sheet.

Lesson 3 | Date:



Read Week 21: Lesson 3.



Follow the link in the lesson to read the first three pages

of the BBC article on

Light.



Follow the link to take the interactive quiz. Only count scores for #1-7.



Define the terms given in the lesson.

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Week 22: Waves

NOTES:

For this week, you will need

a partner, round water

glass, water, blank paper,

black marker, newspaper,

plastic wrap (optional), and

different shaped water

glasses.

Lesson 1 | Date:



Read Week 22: Lesson 1.



Read and take notes on the Waves article on World Book Online.



Define the terms listed in the lesson.



Copy and label the wave on a separate sheet of paper.



Respond to the questions at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 2 | Date:



Read Week 22: Lesson 2.



Complete the Experiment: Light Refraction, following the procedure outlined in

the lesson.



Complete the scientific experiment sheet.



Answer the Critical-Thinking Questions.



Follow the link in this lesson to learn more about this experiment and read How

Does This Work?

Lesson 3 | Date:



Read Week 22: Lesson 3.



Follow the link to read the summary from the National Weather Service.



With a parent’s permission, watch the video on Electromagnetic Waves.



Respond to Questions 1-3.



With a parent’s permission, watch the video: AM and FM Radio.



Respond to Question 4.

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Week 23: Heat & Temperature

NOTES:

For this week, you will need

freezer space, a disposable

water bottle, a balloon, cool

and hot water, ice, two

large bowls, and a 1-liter

plastic bottle.

Lesson 1 | Date:



Read Week 23: Lesson 1.



Read and take notes on the Heat article from World Book Online. Stop at the

section, Working with Heat.



Define the terms given in the lesson.



Respond to Questions 1-7.

Lesson 2 | Date:



Read Week 23: Lesson 2.



Complete the Experiment: Expansion and Contraction, following the

procedure outlined in the lesson.



Complete the Experiment Extension Activity.



Complete the scientific experiment sheet.



Answer the Critical-Thinking Questions.

Lesson 3 | Date:



Read Week 23: Lesson 3.



Read and take notes on Temperature on World Book Online.



Read about Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit and Anders Celsius on World Book

Online.



Respond to Questions 1-5.

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Week 24: Physics and You

NOTES:

Lesson 1 | Date:



Read Week 24: Lesson 1.



Read and take notes on Everything Science

▪ pp. 186-187

▪ pp. 190-191, beginning at Electromagnetic spectrum and stopping before

Exercise 11-1.

▪ pp. 192-195, beginning at Figure 11.3.



Respond to Questions 1-4.

Lesson 2 | Date:



Read Week 24: Lesson 2.



Read Electric Power on World Book Online.



Respond to Questions 1-5.



Complete the Activity: Saving Energy.



Follow the link at the end of the lesson to read about household energy-

saving tips.

Lesson 3 | Date:



Read Week 24: Lesson 3.



Read the Careers in Physics section on World Book Online.



Read the Electronics article on World Book Online.



Respond to the question given in the lesson.



Complete the Unit 2 Quiz.



Check your answers using the Unit 2 Answer Key.

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Week 25: Introduction to Earth Science

NOTES:

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Download Unit 3 from the course download page.

 Read Week 25: Lesson 1.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to read What is Earth Science?

 With a parent’s permission, follow the links to watch the Four Spheres, Part

One and Four Spheres, Part Two videos.

 Define the terms listed in the lesson.

 Respond to Questions 1-2.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 25: Lesson 2.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to read When God Made Something

Out of Nothing.

 Respond to the question given in the lesson.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to read Age of the Earth.

 Answer the Critical-Thinking Question given at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 25: Lesson 3.

 With a parent’s permission, read the Dating Methods article.



Respond to the question at the end of the lesson.

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Week 26: Earth’s Structure

NOTES:

For this week, you will

choose between three

different options. Option

1 requires a compass or

different sized lids,

construction paper in

several colors, scissors,

colored markers, labels or

slips of white paper and

tape, and a metal brad or

a piece of wire with a

button. Option 2 requires

clay in several colors and

a butter knife or dental

floss. Option 3 requires a

hardboiled egg, a kitchen

knife, and a cutting

surface.

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 26: Lesson 1.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to watch the video: Layers of the

Earth.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to watch the video: Earth’s Interior,

Plate Tectonics, and the Rock Cycle.

 Follow the three links in the lesson to read more about the Flood.

 Define the terms listed in the lesson.

 Respond to the question at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 26: Lesson 2.

 Choose one of the three activity options included in the lesson to explore the

structure of the Earth and complete it.

 Complete Activity 2: Tectonic Plate Jigsaw.

 Answer the Critical-Thinking Questions.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 26: Lesson 3.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to read and take notes on the article,

Earthquake.



Respond to Questions 1-4.

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Week 27: Earth’s Wonders

NOTES:

For this week, you will

need microwave-safe cups

or mason jars, water,

sugar, a spoon, plate,

microwave oven, 2

wooden skewers or

popsicle sticks, and a hair

clip or something similar.

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 27: Lesson 1.

 Read and take notes on the article: Volcano.

 Respond to Questions 1-2.

 With a parent’s permission, watch the video: Landforms, Hey!

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 27: Lesson 2.

 Read and take notes on the articles Minerals and Rock from World Book

Student.

 Define the terms listed in the lesson.

 Complete the Experiment: Supersaturated Solutions, following the procedure

in the lesson.

 Complete the Experiment Extension Activity.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to watch a video from Sci Guys to

learn about the science behind this experiment.

 Answer the Critical-Thinking Questions at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 27: Lesson 3.

 With a parent’s permission, read The Bible Best Explains the Ice Age.

 With a parent’s permission, watch the video linked in the lesson from Answers

in Genesis.

 Answer the question following the video.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to read about Dr. Steven A. Austin.



Respond to Questions 1-3.

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Week 28: Oceans and Stars

NOTES:

For this week, if you

choose the optional

activity, you will need a

glass container with a lid,

marble-sized rocks,

activated charcoal or

sand, potting soil, and

small plants such as moss

or succulents.

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 28: Lesson 1.

 Read and take notes on the Water article from World Book Student. Stop at the

World Distribution of Water section.

 With a parent’s permission, watch The Great Aqua Adventure video from Crash

Course Kids on YouTube.

 Define the terms listed in the lesson.

 Respond to the question given in the lesson.

 Complete the water cycle activity.

 Optional: complete the Activity: Make a Terrarium. Follow the link in the lesson

to access the instructions.

 Answer the Critical-Thinking Question.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 28: Lesson 2.

 Read and take notes on the Ocean article in World Book Student. Stop before

the Life in the Ocean section.

 Respond to Questions 1-7.

 Read Fresh Water from the Sea from World Book Student’s Water article.

 Answer the Critical-Thinking Questions.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 28: Lesson 3.

 Read Heavens Above! Water Below! – Day 2 from Creation for Kids.



Respond to Questions 1-5.

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Week 29: Movement and Ocean Floor

NOTES:

For this week, you will

need an empty milk

carton or orange juice

container, a nail, water,

and the kitchen sink.

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 29: Lesson 1.

 Read and take notes on the Ocean article in World Book Student. Start at the

How the Ocean Moves section and stop before How the Sea Floor Was Formed.

 Define the terms listed in the lesson.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 29: Lesson 2.

 Read about the challenges of underwater exploration in Kinds of Underwater

Diving from World Book Student.

 Complete the Experiment: Water Pressure, following the procedure given in

the lesson.

 Complete the Scientific Experiment Sheet.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to read more about the dangers of

underwater diving.

 Answer the Critical-Thinking Questions at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 29: Lesson 3.

 Study the definitions from Lesson 1.

 Complete the activities: Matching, Part 1; Part 2; and Part 3.

 With a parent’s permission, follow the link to read the section on Ocean

Problems, stopping at the section titled Habitat Modification.

 Read Genesis 2:15 and Psalm 24:1.

 Answer the Critical-Thinking Question at the end of the lesson.



With a parent’s permission, follow the link to read an article for further study.

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Week 30: Water as a Resource

NOTES:

For this week, you will

need paper or plastic

cups, soil, a large

container of clean water,

food coloring, and

optional alternate forms

of soil such as sand,

gravel, or charcoal.

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 30: Lesson 1.

 With a parent’s permission, watch the H2O – No! video from Crash Course Kids

on YouTube.

 With a parent’s permission, watch the Water Fix! video from Crash Course Kids

on YouTube.

 With a parent’s permission, read Teen Finds Cheap Way to Turn Salt Water into

Safe Drinking Water.

 Respond to Questions 1-2.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 30: Lesson 2.

 Complete Experiment 1: Water Pollution, following the procedure in the lesson.

 Complete the Scientific Experiment Sheet.

 Read the paragraph about Nonpoint Sources of Water Pollution from World

Book Student.

 Read the two paragraphs regarding how farmers might abate chemical runoff.

 Answer the Critical-Thinking Questions at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 30: Lesson 3.

 Read the Careers in Oceanography section of the Ocean article in World Book

Student.

 Read about Sylvia Alice Earle and Jacques-Yves Cousteau in World Book

Discover.

 Respond to your reading by telling a parent or sibling about what you have

learned.

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Week 31: Atmospheric Conditions

NOTES:

For this week, you will

need two straws, 5 small

paper cups, a stapler, a

pencil with an eraser, a

thumbtack, a marker, a

watch with a second hand,

and an outdoor table or

an indoor table with a fan.

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 31: Lesson 1.

 Read and take notes on the Weather article from World Book Student. Stop

before Weather Radar.

 Define the terms listed in the lesson.

 Respond to Questions 1-4.

 Complete the Matching Activity: Match the tools of a meteorologist with what

they measure.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 31: Lesson 2.

 Complete the Activity: Measuring the Wind, following the procedure given in

the lesson.

 Answer the Critical-Thinking Questions.

 Complete the Extension Activity at the end of the lesson.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 31: Lesson 3.

 Read and take notes on the Meteorology article in World Book Student.

 Respond to Questions 1-4.

 Complete the Activity: Weather Prediction, following the procedure in the

lesson. Don’t forget to keep up with this activity for the next 5 days!



Respond to Questions 1-3.

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Week 32: Weather and Climate

NOTES:

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 32: Lesson 1.

 Read and take notes on the Weather article in World Book Student. Review the

information beginning at Planetary Scale Systems and stop reading at Weather

Balloons, Airplanes, and Ships.

 With a parent’s permission, watch the video from Embry-Riddle Aeronautic

University for more information on the atmosphere and the Coriolis effect.

 With a parent’s permission, watch the video from Met Office that explains the

jet stream.

 Define the terms listed in the lesson.

 Respond to Questions 1-4.

 Optional: With a parent’s permission, watch the following video from Crash

Course Kids for more information about variable weather patterns.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 32: Lesson 2.

 Read and take notes on the Climate article from World Book Student. Start at

Why Climates Vary and stop after the Highland Climates section.

 With a parent’s permission, watch the summary about the Basics of

Geography: Climate.

 With a parent’s permission, watch these videos: Why Does Earth Have Deserts?

and Rain Shadows.

 Respond to Questions 1-6.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 32: Lesson 3.

 With a parent’s permission, watch the summary titled Climates of the Earth.

 Review the Kinds of Climates section from World Book Student’s Climate

article.



Complete the Activity: What’s My Climate?

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Week 33: Weather and You

NOTES:

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 33: Lesson 1.

 With a parent’s permission, watch the video: Severe Weather from Crash

Course Kids.

 Define the terms listed in the lesson.

 With a parent’s permission, watch the video: Explaining the Categories of

Hurricane Intensity.

 With a parent’s permission, watch the video: How Are Tornados Rated? from

Allstate.

 Respond to Questions 1-4.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 33: Lesson 2.

 Read and take notes on the Season article from World Book Student.

 With a parent’s permission, watch the video: Are There Seasons on Mars?

 Respond to Questions 1-5.

 Complete the matching activity.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 33: Lesson 3.

 Read and take notes on the How People Affect the Weather section of the

Weather article from World Book Student. Also watch the brief Snowflake

Formation video located in the right margin, next to the article.

 Respond to Questions 1-4.

 Read the Careers in Weather section of the Weather article from World Book

Student.

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Week 34: The Solar System

NOTES:

For this week, you will

need sidewalk chalk, a

tape measure, and at least

twenty feet of sidewalk or

driveway on which to

draw.

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 34: Lesson 1.

 With a parent’s permission, read the Sun, Shine! Moon, Glow! Stars, Twinkle! –

Day 4 article from Creation for Kids.

 Read the Solar System article from World Book Student, starting with the

section about The Sun and stopping after The Heliosphere.

 Read the short article, Dwarf Planet, from World Book Student.

 Define the terms listed in the lesson.

 Respond to Questions 1-4.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 34: Lesson 2.

 With a parent’s permission, watch the video from MooMooMath and Science.

 Complete the Activity: The Sun and Planets, following the procedure in the

lesson.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 34: Lesson 3.

 With a parent’s permission, watch the YouTube video about the solar system

called Orbits are Odd.

 With a parent’s permission, read the Black Holes article from Answers in

Genesis.

 Respond to Questions 1-12.

 Complete the table provided in the lesson.



Respond to Questions 13-15.

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Week 35: Stars

NOTES:

For this week, you will

need several handfuls of

confetti, balloons of

different sizes, a funnel, a

large and clear floor

space, and a vacuum or

broom.

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 35: Lesson 1.

 Read and take notes on the Astronomy article from World Book Student. Stop

before the Modern Astronomy section. Also watch the brief Phases of the

Moon video located in the right margin, next to the article.

 Define the terms listed in the lesson.

 Respond to Questions 1-3.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 35: Lesson 2.

 Read the articles on Supernova and the Crab Nebula from World Book Student.

 Complete the Experiment: Exploding Supernova, following the procedure in the

lesson.

 Complete the Scientific Experiment Sheet.

 Answer the Critical-Thinking Questions following the experiment.

 With a parent’s permission, read the Light Travel-Time Problems article from

Answers in Genesis.

 Answer the Critical Thinking Question following the article.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 35: Lesson 3.

 With a parent’s permission, watch Glow On, a YouTube video.

 Watch the video zooming in on a distant galaxy and a supernova that was

observed in 2014.

 Read the articles from NASA Kids describing more about our sun, other stars,

and supernovae.

 Try the Solar System quiz from CBC Kids. You may look up answers you don’t

know. Write your quiz score in the lesson when completed.

 With a parent’s permission, watch the Interplanet Janet video from School

House Rock Live. Please note that the video originally aired in 1978 and refers

to Pluto as a planet.

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Week 36: Our Place in Space

NOTES:

Lesson 1 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 36: Lesson 1.

 Read and take notes on the Space Exploration article from World Book

Student. Stop before the What Is Space? section. (You will only be reading the

Introduction today.)

 Respond to Questions 1-3.

Lesson 2 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 36: Lesson 2.

 Read and take notes on the Space Exploration article from World Book

Student. Start at Living in Space and stop before The Dawn of the Space Age.

 Complete the problem and solution chart given in the lesson.

 Complete the Activity: Design a Spacecraft.

Lesson 3 | Date: _________________________________

 Read Week 36: Lesson 3.

 Read the Careers section of the Astronomy article from World Book Student.

 With a parent’s permission, read the Exploring the Heavens article from

Creation.org.

 Respond to Questions 1-3.

 Take the Unit 3 Test.



Check your answers using the Unit 3 Answer Key.

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