StemScopes Grade 8

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1: Segment 1: Objects Move and Collide

1.1: Newton's Third Law of Motion

Crumple Zones

1.2: Changes in Force and Motion

Crumple Zones
Fan Cart Physics
Force and Fan Carts

1.3: Gravitational Forces

Gravitational Force
Gravity Pitch
Weight and Mass

1.4: Kinetic Energy

Air Track
Energy of a Pendulum
Roller Coaster Physics
Sled Wars

2: Segment 2: Noncontact Forces Influence Phenomena

2.1: Potential Energy

Energy Conversion in a System
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Potential Energy on Shelves
Roller Coaster Physics
Trebuchet

2.2: Earth, Sun, and Moon System

2D Eclipse
3D Eclipse
Moonrise, Moonset, and Phases
Phases of the Moon
Seasons Around the World
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons: Why do we have them?
Summer and Winter

2.3: Formation and Motion of Galaxies

Big Bang Theory - Hubble's Law
Gravity Pitch
Solar System Explorer

2.4: The Solar System

Comparing Earth and Venus
Gravity Pitch
Solar System
Solar System Explorer
Weight and Mass

2.5: Electric and Magnetic Forces

Charge Launcher
Electromagnetic Induction
Magnetic Induction
Magnetism
Pith Ball Lab

3: Segment 3: Evolution Explains Life?s Unity and Diversity

3.2: Fossil Record

Human Evolution - Skull Analysis

3.3: Embryonic Similarities

Embryo Development

3.4: Evolutionary History and Relationships

Cladograms
Embryo Development
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis

3.5: Natural Selection

Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
Natural Selection
Rainfall and Bird Beaks - Metric

3.6: Genes and Proteins

Building DNA
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Human Karyotyping
RNA and Protein Synthesis

3.7: Mutations

Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection

3.8: Artifical Selection

Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
GMOs and the Environment
Genetic Engineering

4: Sustaining Local and Global Biodiversity

4.1: Human Impact on the Environment

Carbon Cycle
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors

4.2: Introduction to Properties of Waves

Waves

4.3: Modeling Waves Through Various Mediums

Earthquakes 1 - Recording Station
Longitudinal Waves
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
Waves

4.4: Properties of Visible Light

Basic Prism
Color Absorption
Heat Absorption
Laser Reflection
Radiation
Ray Tracing (Lenses)
Ray Tracing (Mirrors)
Refraction

4.5: Modeling Light Waves

Basic Prism
Laser Reflection
Refraction

Content correlation last revised: 9/21/2020