Appendix on Implementing District Standards
Standards for 8th grade Science and Art
8.PS2.4 Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects.
There is a gravitational force between two objects and gets larger as the objects get larger, for example: a star and a planet rotating around it.
8.ESS1.1 Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns
of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons.
A model will not be created in this unit, but will be observed online. The Earth-Sun-Moon system is important to understand as a new planet is developed.
8.ESS1.3 Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.
Scale models of different Kepler planets and their stars will be observed and discussed to determine which would be the best fit for the class project.
8.VA.P.3.1 Demonstrate willingness to experiment, innovate, and take risks to pursue ideas, forms, and meanings that emerge in the process of art making or design.
Students should always take risks in art and be willing to be flexible in their work. This is a complicated process and students must learn to be flexible with themselves.
8.VA.CHP.1.1 Distinguish different ways art is used to represent, establish, reinforce, and reflect cultural identity.
Students will be looking at cultural art that represents Sun stories, Sun myths, and Sun worship. The art is a representation of culture and cultural identity. Students will also be building their own cultures on a new planet and creating art to represent it.
8.VA.CHP.1.3 Identify works of art and artists in relation to specific movements, historical periods, and cultures.
Students will look at art from many different cultures from around the world and throughout history.
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