Rubric

8th Grade Science Proficiency Map

Essential Supporting
Name of Unit Total Days End Date Topics
Standards Standards
Scientific Method Lab ● Lab Safety
Pre-Unit Rules, Safety and 10 09/02 ● Lab Rules
Materials ● Scientific Method
● Newton’s First Law of Motion
Forces and Motion ● Newton’s Second Law of Motion
Unit 1 20 10/4 8-PS2-2 8-PS1-1
(Newton’s Laws) ○ Net Force
● Newton’s Third Law of Motion
8-PS2-3 ● Gravitational Force
8-PS2-5 ● Interacting objects
Unit 2 Forces and Interactions 20 11/2 8-PS2-4
8-PS4-1 ○ Mass
8-PS4-3 ○ Distance
● Gravity
Unit 3 The Universe and Stars 7 11/14 8-ESS1-2 ● Galaxies
● Solar System
● Solar System
Unit 4 Earth and Solar System 10 12/5 8-ESS1-3 ● Earth
● Objects
● Earth, sun, & moon system
● Moon phases
Cyclic Pattern and
Unit 5 17 1/13 8-ESS1-1 ● Tides
Phases
● Seasons
● Eclipses

8-LS1-4 ● Animal Behaviors

Growth and Development ● Specialized plant Structures
Unit 6 12 2/3
of Organisms ● Reproduction
○ probability

8-LS1-5 ● Environmental Factors

Environmental and
Unit 7 10 2/21 ● Genetic Factors
Genetic Factors
● Growth of Organisms
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8-LS3-1 ● Structural changes to Genes

Unit 8 Inheritance of Traits 8 3/3 ● Effects of gene mutations on
structure and function

8-LS3-2 ● Asexual reproduction with

identical genetic information
Unit 9 Genetic Variations 8 3/17
● Sexual reproduction with gene
variation

8-LS4-4 ● Genetic Variation

● Population
8-LS4-1 ● Probability
Unit 10 Natural Selection 10 3/31
8-LS4-2 ○ Surviving
○ reproducing
○ Suppression

8-LS4-5 ● Artificial selection

● Selective Breeding
Unit 11 Artificial Selection 10 4/25 ● Human Influence
● Parental Traits
● Offspring Traits

8-LS4-6 ● Natural Selection

Unit 12 Adaptations 10 5/9 ● Traits
● Population