8th Grade Earth Science Curriculum

• Quarterly Assessments Topic List
• Course Objectives - Printable Summary (Adobe PDF; 140 kB)
  
  1. Structures of the Earth
  • A: Earth Systems
  • B: Water Cycle
  • C: Sun Energy
  • D: Global Atmospheric Movement
  • E: Clouds
  • F: Land Forms
  • G: Rock Cycle
  • H: Geologic Time
  • I: Plate Tectonics
  2. Earth's History
  • A: Catastrophes
  • B: Fossils
  3. Earth and the Solar System
  • A: Solar System Bodies
  • B: Solar System Motions
  • C: Seasons
  • D: Gravity
  4. The Universe
  • A: Star Types
  • B: Star Cycle
• Core Labs - Summary Doc. (Word; 69 kB)  |   Process Skills (Web; 168 kB)
  
  1. Measuring Density
  2. Models of Eclipses
  3. Model of Solar System
  4. Star Colors vs. Temperature
  5. Locating the Epicenter
  6. Faulting and Folding
  7. Sea Floor Spreading
  8. Identify Minerals
  9. Geologic Time Line
  10. Using the Rock Record to Interpret Geologic History
  11. Contour Map
  12. Using a Topographic Map
  13. Greenhouse Effect
  14. Hurricane Plotting Chart Data
  15. Maximum and Minimum Temperature Map
  16. Weather Map
• 2004 CRT Sample Questions (2 MB Word file)
• Textbook
• Obsolete Curriculum Map