Science for Ohio: Academic Content Standards Alignment for Science--EIGHTH GRADE
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This chart identifies ALL strand areas in the Eighth Grade standards. Areas highlighted in yellow are addressed if all of the inquiries identified below are implemented.
Note: Generally, a Science for Ohio inquiry is not included in in a grade level unless it has one or more of the Earth and Space, Life, or Physical science (content-oriented) strands. Indicator statements for these three strands are listed below under the heading Ohio Academic Standard.

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Ohio Academic Standard: Generally, a Science for Ohio inquiry is not included in a grade level unless it has one or more of the Earth and Space, Life, or Physical science strands. However, this inquiry strongly addresses the process-oriented strands (Science and Technology, Scientific Inquiry and Scientific Ways of Knowing) and is therefore recommended for eighth grade instruction.

Ohio Academic Standard:

• Describe how objects in the solar system are in regular and predictable motions that explain such phenomena as days, years, seasons, eclipses, tides and moon cycles.
• Explain that gravitational force is the dominant force determining motions in the solar system and in particular keeps the planets in orbit around the sun.

Ohio Academic Standard:

• Describe how objects in the solar system are in regular and predictable motions that explain such phenomena as days, years, seasons, eclipses, tides and moon cycles.
• Explain that gravitational force is the dominant force determining motions in the solar system and in particular keeps the planets in orbit around the sun.
• Use models to analyze the size and shape of Earth, its surface and its interior (e.g., globes, topographic maps, satellite images).

Ohio Academic Standard: Generally, a Science for Ohio inquiry is not included in a grade level unless it has one or more of the Earth and Space, Life, or Physical science strands. However, this inquiry strongly addresses the process-oriented strands (Scientific Inquiry and Scientific Ways of Knowing) and is therefore recommended for eighth grade instruction.