Regular 8th Grade IFC
AS OUTLINED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE CAN NOT ALTER THE IFC.

Week

Focus

1 (Ch. 1) The Nature of Science,
Safety in Science
Science and the Scientist
2 The Scientific Method, The SI System of Units
3 (Ch. 2) Science, Technology, and Society
Technology and Science
Technology and Society
4 (Ch. 3) Properties of Matter (3.1)
5 Physical and Chemical Changes, States of Matter
6 (Ch. 11) Heat and Heat Technology
Temperature (11.1)
7 What is Heat? (11.2)
8 Matter and Heat (11.3)
9 (Ch. 4) Atoms
Development of Atomic Theory, The Atom
10 (Ch. 5) The Periodic Table
Arranging the Elements
11 (Ch. 7) Chemical Reactions
Forming New Substances (7.1),
Energy and Rates of Chemical Reactions (7.4)
12 (Ch. 12) Magnetism and Electricity
Magnets and Magnetism (12.1)
13 Electric Charge and Static Electricity (12.2)
Electric Current and Electrical Energy (12.3)
14 (Ch. 10) The Energy of Waves
The Nature of Waves (10.1)
Properties of Waves (10.2)
15 Wave Interactions (10.3)
16 (Ch. 9) Forces and Motion
Motion (9.1)
17 Gravity: A Force of Attraction (9.2)
18 Newton's Laws of Motion (9.3)
Momentum (9.4)
19 (Ch. 18) Cells, Tissues, and Organs
Cell Basics (18.1)
20 The Cell Cycle (18.2)
The Human Body - From Cells to Organism (18.3)
21 (Ch. 19) Heredity
Mendel and His Peas (19.1)
22 Traits and Inheritance (19.2)
23 Meiosis (19.3)
24 (Ch. 21) Population Changes
Change Over Time (21.1)
25 How does evolution happen? (21.2)
Natural Selection in Action (21.3)
26 (Ch. 22) The Fossil Record
Geologic History (22.1)
27 Looking at Fossils (22.2)
Time Marches On (22.3)
28 (Ch. 14) Earth's Systems and Cycles
The Geosphere (14.1)
The Atmosphere (14.2)
29 The Hydrosphere and Biosphere (14.3)
The Cycling of Matter (14.4)
30 (Ch. 15) Environmental Problems and Solutions
Environmental Problems (15.1)
31 Environmental Solutions (15.2)
32 (Ch. 16) Stars, Galaxies and the Universe
Stars (16.1)
The Life Cycle of Stars (16.2)
33 Galaxies (16.3)
Formation of the Universe (16.4)
34 Family Life/Human Sexuality
35 HIV/AIDS
36 (This IFC only has 35 weeks on it)