Science 8 – PGA

Course ID

SCI-081

Department

Science

Level

7th - 8th Grade

Instructor

Cyndi Zoolkoski

Semester

Spring 2020

Credit

Students are required to take Earth Science their eighth-grade year. Earth Science is one of the three main branches of science. The main goals of this course are to provide students with a basic knowledge of Earth and space, the tools that are used to study our universe and the processes that affect life on Earth.

Pre-Unit-Methods of Science (Nature of Science-NOS)
Unit 1 – Exploring Earth Chapters 2, 3, 4
Unit 2 – Geologic Changes Chapter 9
Unit 3 – Weather and Climate Chapter 13
Unit 5 – Exploring the Universe Chapters 19, 20

Time	Place	Room	Date Range	Instructor
TBD – TBD	Online	Virtual	January – June	Cyndi Zoolkoski

Duration of Classes: This class is taught at the 8th-grade level for 85 minutes each A or B day for the entire school year (2 semesters).

Text Used: Earth Science by McGraw-Hill

By the end of this course students should have an understanding of earth science and its limits. They should understand how processes on earth and in space affect life on Earth, the instruments used to study the universe and what future goals of study are.