Nebraska8th Grade Science Standards Unwrapped (April 2019)

Nebraska 8th Grade Science Standards Unwrapped (April 2019)

Below you will find a list of the current Nebraska 8th Grade Science Standards. Each standard has a link to the Unwrapping Standard Template for that standard and indicator.


Topic    Standard   Standard/Indicator Code   Indicator  Unwrapping Document 
Link 
 
 Forces and Interactions  Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and interactions.  NE.SC.8.1.1.A Apply Newton's Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects  https://docs.google.com/document/d/10x5DEM7Eqjs1u8FLOs-4pq-XzMH-S9RpLnF2IggW0IE/edit?usp=sharing
 Forces and Interactions   Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and interactions.  NE.SC.8.1.1.B  Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A6sh0DP6MlhhfCIJcNRhAKhiKeFMPxDANGQ0K18Im2g/edit?usp=sharing
 Forces and Interactions   Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and interactions.  NE.SC.8.1.1.C  Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object's motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GYAqkNZk5_1h_DtB3ILQlXc2TfjuIczVXUlrQK0u2J8
 Forces and Interactions   Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and interactions.  NE.SC.8.1.1.D  Ask questions about data to determine the factors that affect the strength of electrical and magnetic force https://drive.google.com/open?id=1S9YOJ0_xedNFWTOI9IaBbH-cujuWjWJXeH1mg74WKVA
 Forces and Interactions   Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and interactions.  NE.SC.8.1.1.E  Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting object. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gQtG3apwThV1hxgPQnYLeoKHqs7-K2wI88_MfyiYhXs/edit?usp=sharing
 Forces and Interactions   Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of forces and interactions. NE.SC.8.1.1.F   Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iQj5Ao2j1wpgQPzTLMFjQ326m0Lyl3s9Cf3IsP6iEBw
 Waves and Electromagnetic radiation  Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of waves and electromagnetic radiation  NE.SC.8.2.2.A  Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave. https://drive.google.com/open?id=12DaVlYmiJB7MGLnIvc7Ns1PwtYnnvuKHaIZpz50RgIU
 Waves and Electromagnetic radiation  Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of waves and electromagnetic radiation  NE.SC.8.2.2.B  Develop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials https://drive.google.com/open?id=12qsxA0CPxiW_5uXLgjcLO1pKz9Q9v4fGpKAm0zLKhu8
 Waves and Electromagnetic radiation Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of waves and electromagnetic radiation NE.SC.8.2.2.C   Integrate qualitative scientific and technical information to support the claim that digitized signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qrSNYoafwoDTe-tMvTjTfuXxKHO9xz6HG_PfS-YGSaA
Energy   Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of energy.   NE.SC.8.4.3.A Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1FlyCZpm2lYqgQjJca6_Y4FOXS6vWrmHJ_Dl_I_ZYczI
 Energy  Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of energy.   NE.SC.8.4.3.B  Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, then different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1i9jH3ayhzsOzL6hZ3pgwcbclgHQNB7Wui34IXjKPZGY
 Trait Inheritance and variation  Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the inheritance and variation of traits.   NE.SC.8.9.4.A  Develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to structure and function of organisms. https://drive.google.com/open?id=15L52a-TNnyBVdcsCBjQdimxuvKutgRr567RObqpvxkg
 Trait Inheritance and variation  Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the inheritance and variation of traits.   NE.SC.8.9.4.B Gather and synthesize information about technologies that have changed the way humans influence inheritance of desired traits in organisms.   https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ltf-9c968k1tjlIkdrLKsMWvysjKqBof5Q49gF6BEA8
 Natural Selection Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of natural selection and adaptations.  NE.SC.8.10.5.A  Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RkdW8Pc9ocC7OyVGwpt4U2Y4R_2JGHoyIbeq2DNMZcU/edit?usp=sharing
 Natural Selection Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of natural selection and adaptations.  NE.SC.8.10.5.B  Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships.  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mlkr4Uk0AMne0xYMe80gKtKD4j0EN2bkTr8UhnDTKtM
 Natural Selection Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of natural selection and adaptations.  NE.SC.8.10.5.C  Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YmA58MP3QklDTbEwYo5qPu13qEXECECFCSrQKhf-BiY
 Natural Selection Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of natural selection and adaptations.  NE.SC.8.10.5.D Use mathematical representations to support explanations of how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time. https://drive.google.com/open?id=11aO6tNgLIsQQq2cbeE4C9KYohVE7Iikuo8vJ19lRB_s
 Space Systems Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interactions among bodies in space.  NE.SC.8.11.6.A  Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1cAcCBnZgo8NNXxcvyBqUPj_vWuzRzCuJKgfZvpqi5Hk
 Space Systems Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interactions among bodies in space.   NE.SC.8.11.6.B Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within the galaxy and the solar system.  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-RebrcE2Lu0zymoUTmA2jaZRwlegAcVgzgt3aiFKgLU
 Space Systems Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence of the interactions among bodies in space.    NE.SC.8.11.6.C Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.  https://drive.google.com/open?id=17MJ6lUnYDPcpDafOGTdW3kgnoCs-NszEqESwyoLzse0
 Earth Gather, analyze, and communicate evidence to explain Earth's history.  NE.SC.8.14.7.A  Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth's 4.6-billion-year-old history.  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1emcMrM_2P_DYFSIFq0jc6mJ-VFflsdZQo7sKcbANoq8


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