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Grade 8

Adaptation and Succession

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This list of resources does not define what should be taught in this unit of Science 8. It is meant to give guidance to teachers looking for resources to support the Foundational Objectives for this unit. Those objectives, found in the Curriculum Guide, specify what should be covered during the unit.

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Focus on Forests - Saskatchewan
  • "Change in Forest Ecosystems"
  • "Field Trip to a Forest"
  • "Forest Succession"
  • "How Forests Affect the Environment"
  • "How Much Wood?"
  • "Tree Game"
  • "Tree Tales"
    • GEMS - Lawrence Hall of Science
  • Animals in Action
  • Earthworms
  • Mapping Animal Movements
  • Mapping Fish Habitats
    • Individualized Science Instruction System
  • Investigating the Environment, pages 5 - 71
    • Keepers of the Animals
  • "How Poison Came Into the World"
  • "How the Fawn Got Its Spots"
  • "The First Flute"
  • "Why Coyote Has Yellow Eyes"
  • "Why Possum Has a Naked Tail"
    • The Living Soil: A Renewable Resource
  • pages 46 - 60
    • The Living Soil: Land Use and Society
  • various sections
    • Man and the Environment
  • Package 7 Saskatchewan Habitats
  • Package 8 Population Sampling
  • Package 9 Is Your School a Closed System?
  • Package 10 Ecosystem Construction: Terrarium
  • Package 11 Ecosystem Construction: Eco-bottle
  • Package 12 Building Bird Houses
    • Project WILD (1990) Activity Guide
  • The Teacher Information section of the Project WILD (1990) Activity Guide (pages 432 to 454) has a lot of useful information, from lists of endangered species, and ecozone charts and maps to ideas about how to use Project WILD activities in and out of your classroom.
  • "Stormy Weather"
  • "Habitat Lap Sit"
  • "Habitat Rummy"
  • "Aqua Words"
  • "Water Wings"
  • "Designing a Habitat"
  • "Checks and Balances"
  • "Migration Headache"
  • "Glass Menagerie"
  • "Ethi-Thinking"

    • Science Directions 8
  • "Environmental Interaction, pages 272 - 327
    • SciencePlus - Technology and Society 8
  • "Interactions", pages 3 - 79

    • Video resources

    The Acme School of Stuff
  • Program 2 "sewage treatment" (V 3326)
  • Program 3 "water" (V 3327)
    • The Amateur Naturalist series
  • "Jam Jar Jungle" (V 5054)
    • Perspectives in Science
  • Toxic Waste
    • Science Alive series
  • "The Spruce and the Hare"
    • Wonderstruck Season 1
  • Program 2 "defence mechanisms of fish" (V 3192)
  • Program 3 "horses' legs" (V 3193)
  • Program 5 "territorial instincts of fish" (V 3195)
  • Program 7 "lungs at high altitudes" (V 3197)
  • Program 9 "advantages of large animals, social habits of squirrels" (V 3199)
  • Program 16 "animal camouflage" (V 3206)

    • The Moving Crust

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    This list of resources does not define what should be taught in this unit of Science 8. It is meant to give guidance to teachers looking for resources to support the Foundational Objectives for this unit. Those objectives, found in the Curriculum Guide, specify what should be covered during the unit.

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    Geological History of Saskatchewan
  • pages 3 - 83
    • Geology of Saskatchewan: A Historical Approach
  • pages 1 - 35, 49 - 59
    • Individualized Science Instruction System
  • Earth Changes, pages 5 - 50
    • Saskatchewan Resource Series
  • Potash
    • Science Directions 8
  • "The Earth's Crust", pages 154 - 214
    • SciencePlus - Technology and Society 8
  • "Face-Lifting a Planet", pages 284 - 363

    • Video resources

    The Earth Scientists (V 2621)
    A Fine Science 2
  • Program 6 (V 2422)
        Story 1"Geological Survey of the North"
        Story 2"Saskatchewan Precambrian Geological Lab"
        Story 3"Star Lake Gold Mine"
        Story 4"Sodium Sulphate Plant"
        Story 5"Aggregates - Sedimentary Resources"
        Story 6"The Making of Steel (IPSCO)"
    • The Geological Survey of Canada: Past to Present (V 2627)
    North America: Growth of a Continent series
  • "From The Beginning" (V 1721)
  • "From the Ground Up" (V 1729)
    • The Planet Earth series
  • "Fate of the Earth: Geochemical Cycles" (V 3407)
  • "Gifts from the Earth: Mineral Resources" (V 3403)
  • "The Living Machine: Continental Tectonics and The Earth's Interior" (V 3396)
  • "The Living Machine: Plate Tectonics" (V 3395)
    • Science Alive series
  • "Terrible Lizard"
    • The Science Show - Series 1
  • "Geology" (V 7897)
    • The Science Show II
  • "Geomorphology" (V 7983)
    • Solid Lands (V 6620)

    Teacher's notes/additional resources

    Solutions

    Note:

    This list of resources does not define what should be taught in this unit of Science 8. It is meant to give guidance to teachers looking for resources to support the Foundational Objectives for this unit. Those objectives, found in the Curriculum Guide, specify what should be covered during the unit.

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    Chemical Education for Public Understanding Program (CEPUP)
  • Chemical Survey & Solutions and Pollution
  • Investigating Groundwater: The Fruitvale Story
    • GEMS - Lawrence Hall of Science
  • Acid Rain
  • Oobleck: What Do Scientists Do?
    • Individualized Science Instruction System
  • Household Science, pages 30 - 75
    • Project SOIL Activity Guide
  • "Salty Soil"
    • Science Directions 8
  • "Matter and Mixtures", pages xviii - 53
    • SciencePlus - Technology and Society 8
  • "Solutions", pages 80 - 145
    • TOPS
  • Module 12 Solutions

    • Video resources

    Minds On Science series
  • "Structure of Matter"
    • Science Alive series
  • "Criminal Solutions"
    • Science Edition 3 series
  • Program 10 "wine making" (V 3309)

    • Teacher's notes/additional resources

    Energy Resources in Saskatchewan

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    This list of resources does not define what should be taught in this unit of Science 8. It is meant to give guidance to teachers looking for resources to support the Foundational Objectives for this unit. Those objectives, found in the Curriculum Guide, specify what should be covered during the unit.

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    Coal
  • A kit containing a 28 minute video, student information sheets, student activity sheets, a teacher guide and background information, maps, and coal samples is available from:
        The Coal Association of Canada
        Suite 502, 205 Ninth Avenue S.E.
        Calgary, AB T2G 9G9
    • Geology of Saskatchewan: A Historical Approach
  • pages 44 - 48
    • Individualized Science Instruction System
  • Energy For Living, pages 53 - 77
    • Saskatchewan Resource Series
  • Petroleum
    • S.E.E.D.S.
  • Nonrenewable Sources of Energy

    • Video resources

    The Acme School of Stuff
  • Program 9 "natural gas pipeline" (V 3333)
    • A Fine Science
  • Program 1, Story 3 "Enhanced Oil Recovery" (V 2309)
  • Program 13, Story 1 "Power" (V 2321)
    • It Starts at Home - Season 1
  • episode 13 (V 5024)
    • Natural Gas: The Movie ( with Teacher's Guide)
    North America: Growth of a Continent
  • "The Fossil Storehouse" (V 1730)
    • Planet Earth series
  • "Gifts From the Earth: Energy Resources" (V 3404)

    • Teacher's notes/additional resources

    Earth and Space

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    This list of resources does not define what should be taught in this unit of Science 8. It is meant to give guidance to teachers looking for resources to support the Foundational Objectives for this unit. Those objectives, found in the Curriculum Guide, specify what should be covered during the unit.

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    Nightwatch
    GEMS - Lawrence Hall of Science
  • Earth, Moon, and Stars

    • Video resources

    The Acme School of Stuff
  • Program 13 "satellites" (V 3337)
    • Bright Sparks series
  • "The Solar System" (V 3767)
    • A Fine Science
  • Program 6, Story 1 "Remote Sensing" (V 2314)
  • Program 7, Story 1 "WAMDII"
        Story 2 "Skyswitch" (V 2315)
    • Mapping Canada: From Astrolabes to Lasers (V 2622)
    Planet Earth series
  • "The Solar Sea: Interactions Between the Earth and the Sun" (V 3406)
  • "The Solar Sea: The Sun" (V 3405)
  • "Tales from Other Worlds: Origins" (V 3402)
  • "Tales from Other Worlds: The Solar Family" (V 3401)
    • Solar Eclipse 1979 (V 725)
    The Science Show -Series 1
  • "Astronomy" (V 7899)
    • The Science Show II series
  • "Space #3" (V 7957)
    • Wonderstruck Season 1
  • Program 19 "time-lapse photography of the stars" (V 3209)

    • Consumer Product Testing

    Note:

    This list of resources does not define what should be taught in this unit of Science 8. It is meant to give guidance to teachers looking for resources to support the Foundational Objectives for this unit. Those objectives, found in the Curriculum Guide, specify what should be covered during the unit.

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    GEMS - Lawrence Hall of Science
  • Paper Towel Testing
  • Vitamin C Testing
    • Product Testing Activities by Consumer Reports (PRN)
    Science Directions 8
  • "Consumer Product Testing", pages 104 - 153
    • SciencePlus - Technology and Society 8
  • "Consumer Product Testing", pages 214 - 282

    • Teacher's notes/additional resources

    Plant Growth

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    This list of resources does not define what should be taught in this unit of Science 8. It is meant to give guidance to teachers looking for resources to support the Foundational Objectives for this unit. Those objectives, found in the Curriculum Guide, specify what should be covered during the unit.

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    Focus on Forests - Saskatchewan
  • "Dendro Disks"
  • "Digging Into Soil"
  • "Energize a Tree"
  • "From Buds to Leaves"
  • "Geome Tree"
  • "Nature's Drinking Straws"
  • "Nursery Activites"
  • "A Recipe for Tree Food"
  • "A Tree for Me"
  • "Tree Waterworks 1"
  • "Tree Waterworks 2"
    • Science Directions 8
  • "Managing Plant Growth" pages 215 - 270
    • SciencePlus - Technology and Society
  • "Growing Plants", pages 364 - 427

    • Teacher's notes/additional resources

    Energy and Machines

    Note:

    This list of resources does not define what should be taught in this unit of Science 8. It is meant to give guidance to teachers looking for resources to support the Foundational Objectives for this unit. Those objectives, found in the Curriculum Guide, specify what should be covered during the unit.

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    Individualized Science Instruction System
  • Science, Technology and You, pages 12 - 23
    • Science Directions 8
  • "Energy and Machines", pages 54 - 103
    • SciencePlus - Technology and Society 8
  • "Machines, Work and Energy", pages 146 - 213
    • TOPS
  • Module 22 Machines

    • Video resources

    The Acme School of Stuff
  • Program 9 "coin units in vending machines" (V 3333)
  • Program 12 "piano rolls" (V 3336)
    • Science Alive series
  • "FEATS" (also listed for Science 7 Force and Motion)
  • "Mechanical Advantage"
    • Wonderstruck Season 1
  • Program 18 "state-of-the-art robot technology" (V 3208)
  • Program 20 "robotic knee surgery" (V 3210)

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