8th+Readings,+Books,+Websites

8.P.1 Matter properties and change
Classifying matter: http://www.brighthub.com/environment/renewable-energy/articles/100982.aspx http://science.howstuffworks.com/periodic-table1.htm http://www.storybehindthescience.org/pdf/periodic.pdf. Higher http://www.storybehindthescience.org/pdf/periodic.pdf. Higher http://www.storybehindthescience.org/pdf/periodic.pdf middle http://chemistry.about.com/cs/stoichiometry/a/aa042903a.htm. Middle

8.P.2 Energy conservation and transfer
http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/our-energy-choices/renewable-energy/environmental-impacts-of.html http://ag.udel.edu/extension/renewresources/index.htm http://www.energybulletin.net/node/53157 http://whyfiles.org/161renew_en/ http://www.brighthub.com/environment/renewable-energy/articles/100982.aspx [] [] How affects environment [] - Natural gas & fracking controversy

8.E.1 Earth systems, structures, and processes http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Water/overview.html Good overview / intro for hydrology,aa vocabulary words with links http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Water/water_cycle.html basic diagram and reading http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html more in-depth diagram, reading, and charts http://www.windows2universe.org/olpa/nsf_olpa_portal.html * this site good for ALL topics http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-07/nsf-nhf073009.phparticle on marine ecosystems and overfishing studies http://www.windows2universe.org/headline_universe/olpa/WaterRefinery_31July08.html Refine water to obtain energy? http://www.windows2universe.org/teacher_resources/teach_watershed2.html lab /activity http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Water/cation_exchange.html cation exchange in groundwater __The Cay__, by Theodore Taylor, New York: Avon Books, 1969. (Butzow & Butzow, 1994. P. 91) __The Black Pearl__, by Scott O' Dell, New York: Dell, 1967. (Butzow & Butzow, 1994. P. 99) http://beyondpenguins.ehe.osu.edu/stories-for-students#ice low, how & why water expands as it freezes http://www.msichicago.org/fileadmin/Education/learninglabs/lab_downloads/TTW_dirtied_the_water_act.pdf http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson1035/fish-story.pdf
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8.E.2 Earth history
http://geology.er.usgs.gov/paleo/siteindex.shtml index fossils http://geology.er.usgs.gov/paleo/siteindex.shtml shows USGS projects http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/contents.html reading selections - online text, geologic time (grades 5-12) http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/fossils/index.html fossils, rocks, and time reading selections - online text (grades 6-12) __The Dragon in the Cliff__, by Sheila Cole, New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1991. (Butzow & Butzow, 1994. P.76)
 * Readings**

8.L.1 & 8. L.2 Structure and function of living organisms
www.microbexpert.com/index.html [|Quest Ed pandemic] [|NASA outbreak alerts from space] http://microbeworld.org http://www.whybiotech.com/resources/Kids-Biotech-Basics-Activity-Book.pdf activity book for all learners

8.L.3 Ecosystems
[|Ecology by Inquiry] [|Middle School Portal - populations and ecosystems] http://www.svsu.edu/mathsci-center/uploads/science/mLS4_Ecosystems.htm

8.L.4 Evolution and genetics
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/ http://evolution.berkeley.edu/ http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/fossils_ruins/evolution/ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/evolution/index.html http://www.ridgenet.net/~do_while/sage/v8i6f.htm http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/Evidence-for-Evolution.topicArticleId-8741,articleId-8636.html http://163.16.28.248/bio/activelearner/17/ch17c3.html http://online.santarosa.edu/homepage/cgalt/BIO10-Stuff/Ch13-Evolution/Comparative-Anatomy-Vertebrate-Forelimb.JPG http://www2.nau.edu/rcb7/nam.html http://www.agiweb.org/news/evolution/paleo_geo_evol.html http://www.handprint.com/PS/GEO/geoevo.html http://www.fossilmuseum.net/ http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/evotheory.html http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/evolution-fact.html http://anthro.palomar.edu/evolve/evolve_3.htm http://bioweb.cs.earlham.edu/9-12/evolution/HTML/theory.html http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evo_17 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/relevance/IIIA2Lowvariation.shtml http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-intro-to-biology.html http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Education/Factsheet_GeneticVariation.htm Adaptation
 * Biological evolution
 * Comparative anatomy
 * Geologic evolution
 * Fossils
 * Theory of evolution
 * Genetic variation

8.L.5 Molecular biology
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK26882/ (Butzow & Butzow, 1994. P. 91) (Butzow & Butzow, 1994. P. 91)