- Wall Intermediate School
- Course Overview
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Grade 8
Unit 1. Motion and Energy
- Chapter 1 Describing Motion
- Chapter 2 The Laws of Motion
Unit 2. Energy and Matter
- Chapter 5 Energy and Energy Resources
- Chapter 6 Thermal Energy
- Chapter 7 Foundations of Chemistry
- Chapter 8 States of Matter
Unit 3. Properties of Matter
- Chapter 9 Understanding the Atom
- Chapter 10 The Periodic Table
Grade 7
Unit 1: The Study of Living Things: Classification
(Kingdoms, Levels of Classification, Dichotomous Key tool)
Unit 2: From Molecules to Organisms: Cell Structures and Processes
(Prokaryotic Bacterial Cells and Eukaryotic Plant and Animal Cells AND Photosynthesis and Cell Division)
Unit 3: Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
(Mendelian Genetics, Traits, and Punnett Squares)
Unit 4: Ecosystems: Interaction, Energy, and Dynamics
(Food chain, Web, Pyramid and Symbiotic Relationships)
Unit 5: Maintaining Biodiversity and Climate Change
(Maintaining Biodiversity and individual species' role within an Ecosystem)
Unit 6: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
(Darwin, Natural Selection, and Mutations)