In the 8th grade special education classroom, students will develop their understanding of the nature of science and how scientists work. This will include understanding the logic of scientific argumentation and the relation between evidence and conclusions, as well as recognizing that scientific knowledge is durable but subject to change in light of new evidence.
Students will also develop their understanding of matter by exploring the atomic and molecular structure of substances, how substances interact with each other, and how substances’ properties can be changed through physical and chemical processes.
Students will develop their understanding of energy by exploring its various forms, which includes a more detailed exploration of energy transfer mechanisms. Students will also begin to understand the interdependence between physical systems at different scales.
This will include understanding the logic of scientific argumentation and the relation between evidence and conclusions, as well as recognizing that scientific knowledge is durable but subject to change in light of new evidence.
We will cover the nature of science and how scientists work, including understanding the logic of scientific argumentation, relating evidence and conclusions, and recognizing that scientific knowledge is durable but subject to change in light of new evidence.
The students will participate in a series of class discussions and demonstrations that will allow them to get hands-on experience with the nature of science. This will include understanding the logic of scientific argumentation and the relationship between evidence and conclusions, as well as recognizing that scientific knowledge is durable but subject to change in light of new evidence.
This unit will culminate with a lesson on how energy can be converted and transferred from one form to another, including thermal, electrical, chemical and mechanical forms. Students will engage in a variety of activities that will allow them to practice making predictions about whether a change in energy is occurring or not.
Students will understand that scientists use a variety of methods to conduct investigations and inquiry. Students will understand that scientific knowledge is durable but subject to change in light of new evidence. Students will understand that scientific knowledge is obtained through the examination and interpretations of evidence obtained from observations, experiments, and models. Students will understand that scientific knowledge is open to modification when new evidence becomes available.
Students will develop an understanding of the nature of science by recognizing its historical development, the importance of experimental and observational testing, the tentative nature of scientific ideas, the role of creativity in hypothesis formation, the importance of peer review, and why science should be taught in a historical context.
The next unit in our 8th grade special education classroom will be focused on the nature of science and how scientists work. Students will learn how to evaluate scientific arguments and how to determine the strength of evidence used to support a conclusion. They will also develop an understanding of how scientific knowledge is both durable, in that it can last over time, and subject to change, in that new evidence or discoveries may lead scientists to revise their conclusions.
for the 8th grade special education classroom, students will be working on their understanding of the nature of science and how scientists work. This will include developing an understanding of the logic of scientific argumentation and the relation between evidence and conclusions. They will also be exploring how scientific knowledge is durable but subject to change in light of new evidence and findings.