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Science and Technology/Engineering | Grade : 8

Discipline - Earth and Space Sciences

Core Idea - Earth's Systems

[8.ESS.2.5] - Interpret basic weather data to identify patterns in air mass interactions and the relationship of those patterns to local weather. Clarification Statements: Data includes temperature, pressure, humidity, precipitation, and wind. Examples of patterns can include air masses flow from regions of high pressure to low pressure, and how sudden changes in weather can result when different air masses collide. Data can be provided to students (such as in weather maps, data tables, diagrams, or visualizations) or obtained through field observations or laboratory experiments. State Assessment Boundary: Specific names of cloud types or weather symbols used on weather maps are not expected in state assessment.

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Predecessor Standards:

  • 7.SP.A.1
    Understand that statistics can be used to gain information about a population by examining a sample of the population; generalizations about a population from a sample are valid only if the sample is representative of that population. Understand that random sampling tends to produce representative samples and support valid inferences.
  • 3.ESS.2.1
    Use graphs and tables of local weather data to describe and predict typical weather during a particular season in an area. Clarification Statements: Examples of weather data could include temperature, amount and type of precipitation (e.g., rain, snow), wind direction, and wind speed; Graphical displays should focus on pictographs and bar graphs.
  • 6.PS.1.7
    Use a particulate model of matter to explain that density is the amount of matter (mass) in a given volume. Apply proportional reasoning to describe, calculate, and compare relative densities of different materials.
  • 7.ESS.2.4
    Develop a model to explain how the energy of the Sun and Earth’s gravity drive the cycling of water, including changes of state, as it moves through multiple pathways in Earth’s hydrosphere. Clarification Statement: Examples of models can be conceptual or physical. State Assessment Boundary: A quantitative understanding of the latent heats of vaporization and fusion is not expected in state assessment.
  • 7.PS.3.4
    Conduct an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, how well the type of matter retains or radiates heat, the mass, and the change in the average kinetic energy of the particles as measured by the temperature of the sample. State Assessment Boundary: Calculations of specific heat or the total amount of thermal energy transferred are not expected in state assessment.

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Same Level Standards:

  • 8.ESS.2.6
    Describe how interactions involving the ocean affect weather and climate on a regional scale, including the influence of the ocean temperature as mediated by energy input from the Sun and energy loss due to evaporation or redistribution via ocean currents. Clarification Statement: A regional scale includes a state or multi-state perspective. State Assessment Boundary: Koppen Climate Classification names are not expected in state assessment.