Science 8

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Unit 0 Substantial Assignment

​Download 'Substantial Assignment Checklist', then complete the following sections:

​0.1 My Journal, Notes and Reflective Writing
0.2 Inquiry
0.3 Scientific Method
0.4 Science Safety
EXTRA: Using Models and Analogies in Science
1.1 What are the characteristics of living things?
1.2 Where do living things come from?
1.3 How are cells different from one another?
1.4 What interactions occur between humans and micro-organisms?
1.5 How does the body protect us from pathogens?
1.6 What medicines help protect us from microbes that make us sick?
2.1 How does matter affect your life?
2.2 What are some ways to describe matter?
2.3 How can we describe and explain the states of matter?
2.4 How can we investigate and explain the composition of atoms?
3.1 How does electromagnetic radiation shape your world?
3.2 How can models explain the properties of electromagnetic radiation?
3.3 How does light behave when it encounters different materials and surfaces?
3.4 How does light behave when it is reflected?
​3.5 How does light behave when it moves from one medium to another?
4.1 What ideas, observations, and evidence led to the theory of plate tectonics?
4.2 What are tectonic plates and how is there movement linked to geological processes?
4.3 How does the theory of plate tectonics explain Earth's geological processes?
4.4 How do geological features and processes affect where and how we live?