Eighth Grade

While in our classrooms, your student will be learning about these topics and developing the ability to:

• Trace the history, development, and influence of automation and robotics. They learn about mechanical systems, energy transfer, machine automation and computer control systems. Students use a robust robotics platform to design, build, and program a solution to solve an existing problem

   

While in our classrooms, your student will be learning about these topics and developing the ability to:

• Produce clear and coherent writing through the process of drafting, revising, and editing
• Produce writing pieces for multiple purposes and audiences
• Produce clear and coherent writing using the writing process in which the development, organization, and style are relevant to task, purpose, and audience
• Identify and analyze credible sources
• Read literature and/or informational text to determine the author's purpose and analyze the central idea or theme over the course of the text
• Determine what the text says explicitly and make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text
• Analyze how figurative language and literary devices contribute to the meaning of a text
• Actively participate in collaborative discussions and/or presentations

While in our classrooms, your student will be learning about these topics and developing the ability to:

• Write and solve equations and inequalities
• Understand slope and its applications to linear equations
• Represent linear relationships in multiple formats (e.g. verbal descriptions, tables, graphs, equations, written forms, etc.)
• Understand systems of equations and apply them in various contexts

While in our classrooms, your student will be learning about these topics and developing the ability to:

• Use maps and imagery to interpret earth and space concepts.
• When measuring, identify and apply scale and units
• Apply a systematic and logical approach to problem solving.
• Use models to interpret and evaluate earth and space phenomena
• Organize, analyze, arrange, and interpret data into an appropriate visual representations
• Apply mathematical concepts to scientific principles
• Engaging in argument from evidence
• Use evidence to support how human activities impacted earth systems over time

While in our classrooms, your student will be learning about these topics and developing the ability to:

• Define and identify effects of globalization
• Demonstrate comprehensive map reading skills using physical, political, and thematic maps
• Describe and explain how physical and environmental features affect human populations and cultural characteristics
• Demonstrate effective research skills through writing or a social studies focused topic for a variety of purposes and audiences
• Identify characteristics of different government systems and analyze relationships between individuals, government, and society
• Analyze the causes and effects of conflicts

While in our classrooms, your student will be learning about these topics and developing the ability to:

• Apply reading skills to meet individual needs
• Select and use appropriate technology for educational and personal goals
• Analyze information in electronic and print media
• Use a variety of productivity tools to communicate
• Follow a systematic research process
• Recognize ethical practice in a global society