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Content Standards for California Public Schools

SCIENCE Grade eight Investigation and Experimentation: 9. Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations. As a basis for understanding this concept and addressing the content in the other three strands, students should develop their own questions and perform
investigations. Students will: a. Plan and conduct a scientific investigation to test a hypothesis.
b. Evaluate the accuracy and reproducibility of data. c. Distinguish between variable and controlled parameters in a test.
HISTORY-SOCIAL SCIENCE Grade eight United States History and Geography: Growth and Conflict: Students in grade eight study the ideas, issues and events from the framing of the Constitution up to World War I, with an emphasis on America’s role in the war. They make connections between the rise of industrialization and contemporary social and economic conditions.
LANGUAGE ARTS

Grade eight Listening and Speaking Strategies: Comprehension: 1.2 Paraphrase a speaker’s purpose and point of view and ask relevant questions concerning the speaker’s content, delivery, and purpose.


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