COURSE Syllabus > 8th Grade Science

Year 2006-2007

Text - Glencoe - Texas Science

Chapters

Content Title

TAKS OBJECTIVES COVERED

Week

8th

8th

8th

10th

Exit

1

Chapter 10

Plate Tectonics

4

5

2

3

Chapter 11

Earthquakes & Volcanoes

2, 3

4

5

4

5

Chapter 12

Traits and How They Change

2

2

5

6

7

Chapter 13

Clues to Earth's Past

2, 2

5

5

8

9

Chapter 14

Geologic Time

2, 2

5

5

10

11

Chapter 15

Atmosphere

2, 3

4, 5

5, 5

12

13

Chapter 16

Weather

5

14

Chapter 17

Climate

2

5, 5

5, 5

15

16

Chapter 18

Oceans

2

5

5

17

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Semester Review

18

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Semester Exams

19

Chapter 2

Inside the Atom

3

20

Chapter 3

The Periodic Table

3

21

Chapter 4

Chemical Reactions

3

3

4

22

23

Chapter 5

States of Matter

2, 5

3

4

24

Chapter 6

Newton's Laws of Motion

4

25

26

Chapter 19

Our Impact on Land

2

5

27

Chapter 20

Our Impact on Water and Air

2, 2

5

5

28

TAKS Objectives

Begin Review of 7th Grade Objectives

29

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30

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TAKS TESTS

31

Chapter 1

Nature of Science

1

32

33

34

35

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Semester Review

36

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Semester Exams