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Grade 8 Science Arizona standards Standards

130 standards - Arizona Arizona standards

These are the official Grade 8 Science Arizona Arizona standards — the exact codes and student expectations grade 8 teachers are required to teach and Arizona state test assesses. Browse every standard below, then generate a print-ready, Arizona standards-aligned worksheet, lesson plan, exit ticket, or assessment for any of them in seconds.

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8.AP

Concept: Algorithms and Programming (AP)

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8.AP.A

Subconcept: Algorithms (A)

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8.AP.A.1

Develop planning strategies, such as flowcharts or pseudocode, to develop algorithms to address complex problems.

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8.AP.C

Subconcept: Control (C)

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8.AP.C.1

Design and iteratively develop programs that combine control structures, including nested loops and compound conditionals.

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8.AP.M

Subconcept: Modularity (M)

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8.AP.M.1

Decompose problems into parts to facilitate the design, implementation, and review of programs.

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8.AP.M.2

Create procedures with parameters to organize code and make it easier to reuse.

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8.AP.PD

Subconcept: Program Development (PD)

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8.AP.PD.1

Seek and incorporate feedback from team members and users to refine a solution that meets user needs.

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8.AP.PD.2

Incorporate existing code, media, and libraries into original programs, and give attribution.

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8.AP.PD.3

Systematically test and refine programs using a range of possible inputs.

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8.AP.PD.4

Distribute and execute tasks while maintaining a project timeline when collaboratively developing computational artifacts.

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8.AP.PD.5

Document programs to make them easier to follow, test, and debug.

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8.AP.V

Subconcept: Variables (V)

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8.AP.V.1

Create named variables that represent different data types and perform operations on their values

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8.C

Civics

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8.C1.1

Analyze ideas and principles contained in the founding documents of the United States, including the Declaration of Independence and Constitution, and explain how they influence society and political systems.

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8.C1.2

Demonstrate civic virtues that contribute to the common good and democratic principles within a variety of deliberative processes and settings

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8.C1.3

Analyze the influence of personal interests and perspectives when people address issues and problems in government and civil society

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8.C1.4

Engage in projects to help or inform others such as community service and service-learning projects.

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8.C2.1

Analyze the powers of citizens in a variety of governmental and non-governmental contexts.

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8.C2.2

Explain specific roles, rights, and responsibilities of people in a society

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8.C2.3

Analyze concepts and ideals such as majority and minority rights, civil dissent, and the rule of law.

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8.C2.4

Explain how immigrants become naturalized citizens

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8.C3.1

Describe the impact of political and civic institutions such as political parties, interest groups, elections, and the media in shaping policy.

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8.C3.2

Examine the origins and purpose of constitutions, laws, treaties, and international agreements

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8.C3.3

Compare the structures, powers, and limits of government at different levels in the United States.

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8.C4.1

Compare historical and contemporary means of changing societies to promote the common good.

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8.C4.2

Assess specific rules and laws (both actual and proposed) as means of addressing public problems.

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8.C4.3

Analyze the purpose, process, implementation, and consequences of decision making and public policies in multiple settings and at different levels including the national, state, local (county, city, school board), and tribal.

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8.C4.4

Identify, research, analyze, discuss, and defend a position on a national, state, or local public policy issue including an action plan to address or inform others about the issue.

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8.C4.5

Analyze how a specific problem can manifest itself at the local, regional, and global levels, identifying its characteristics and causes, and the challenges and opportunities faced by those trying to address the problem.  Apply a range of deliberative and democratic procedures to take action and solve the problem.

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8.CS

Concept: Computing Systems (CS)

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8.CS.D

Subconcept: Devices (D)

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8.CS.D.1

Improve the design of computing devices based on an analysis of how users interact them, and consider unintended consequences.

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8.CS.HS

Subconcept: Hardware and Software (HS)

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8.CS.HS.1

Design and evaluate projects that combine hardware and software components to collect and exchange data.

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8.CS.T

Subconcept: Troubleshooting (T)

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8.CS.T.

Systematically identify and develop strategies to fix problems with computing devices and their components.

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8.DA

Concept: Data and Analysis (DA)

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8.DA.CVT

Subconcept: Collection, Visualization and Transformation (CVT)

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8.DA.CVT.1

Collect data using computational tools and transform the data to make it more meaningful and useful.

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8.DA.IM

Subconcept: Inference and Models (IM)

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8.DA.IM.1

Design computational models and evaluate them based on the reliability and validity of the data they generate.

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8.DA.S

Subconcept: Storage (S)

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8.DA.S.1

Represent data using multiple encoding schemes including binary and ASCII.

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8.E

Economics

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8.E1.1

Analyze the relationship between education, income, and job opportunities

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8.E1.3

Analyze the relationship between investment and return

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8.E1.4

Examine the factors that influence spending decisions.

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8.E1.5

Create a budget and examine the benefits of budgeting.

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8.E1.6

Analyze the impact of debt on individuals.

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8.E1.7

Understand various types of financial investments and calculate rates of return

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8.E1.8

Identify ways insurance may minimize personal financial risk.

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8.E1U1.6

Analyze and interpret data about the Earth's geological column to communicate relative ages of rock layers and fossils.

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8.E1U3.7

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about data and historical patterns to predict natural hazards and other geological events.

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8.E1U3.8

Construct and support an argument about how human consumption of limited resources impacts the biosphere.

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8.E2.1

Explain how economic decisions affect the well-being of individuals, businesses, and society.

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8.E2.2

Evaluate current economic issues in terms of benefits and costs for different groups.

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8.E3.1

Explain the roles of buyers, sellers, and profits in product, labor, and financial markets

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8.E3.2

Analyze the relationship between supply, demand, and competition and their influence on prices, wages, and production.

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8.E3.3

Analyze the influence of institutions such as corporations, non-profits, and labor unions in a market economy

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8.E4.1

Explain how inflation, deflation, and unemployment affect different groups.

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8.E4.2

Explain the influence of changes in interest rates on borrowing and investing

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8.E4.3

Explain the effect of productivity on standard of living.

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8.E5.1

Explain the interdependence of trade and how trade barriers influence trade among nations.

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8.E5.2

Compare various economic systems such as command, mixed, and free market.

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8.E5.3

Explain the benefits and the costs of trade policies to individuals, businesses, and society.

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8.G

Geography

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8.G1.1

Use geographic tools and representations to analyze historical and modern political and economic issues and events

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8.G2.1

Examine impact of and responses to environmental issues such as air, water, and land pollution, deforestation, urban sprawl, and changes to climate

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8.G2.2

Evaluate how political, social, and economic decisions throughout time have influenced cultural and environmental characteristics of various places and regions.

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8.G3.1

Evaluate the impact of economic, political, and social decisions that have caused conflict or promoted cooperation throughout time.

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8.G4.1

Take an active stance on a geographic issue reflecting its scale (local, regional, state, national, or global).

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8.H

History

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8.H2.1

Explain how different beliefs about the government's role in social and economic life have affected political debates and policies in the United States.

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8.H2.2

Investigate how conflict can be both unifying and divisive both domestically and internationally.

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8.H2.3

Explain how geographic and environmental factors shaped communities and how competition over resources have affected government policies.

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8.H3.1

Explain how and why prevailing civil, social, religious, and political movements changed the United States during the 20th and 21st centuries.

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8.H3.2

Explain how popular movements, reform efforts, and activist groups have sought to change American society and institutions

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8.H3.3

Compare how individual rights, freedoms, and responsibilities have evolved over time around the world.

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8.H3.4

Investigate a significant historical topic from United States History that has significance to an issue or topic today.

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8.IC

Concept: Impacts of Computing (IC)

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8.IC.C

Subconcept: Culture (C)

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8.IC.C 1

Compare and contrast tradeoffs associated with computing technologies that affect people's everyday activities and career options.

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8.IC.C 2

Develop a solution to address an issue of bias or accessibility in the design of existing technologies.

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8.IC.SI

Subconcept: Social Interactions (SI)

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8.IC.SI.1

Collaborate with contributors by using digital technologies when creating a computational product.

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8.IC.SLE

Subconcept: Safety, Law, and Ethics (SLE)

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8.IC.SLE.1

Evaluate the benefits and risks associated with sharing information digitally.

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8.L3U1.9

Construct an explanation of how genetic variations occur in offspring through the inheritance of traits or through mutations.

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8.L3U3.10

Communicate how advancements in technology have furthered the field of genetic research and use evidence to support an argument about the positive and negative effects of genetic research on human lives.

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8.L4U1.11

Develop and use a model to explain how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.

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8.L4U1.12

Gather and communicate evidence on how the process of natural selection provides an explanation of how new species can evolve.

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8.NI

Concept: Networks and the Internet (NI)

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8.NI.C

Subconcept: Cybersecurity (C)

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8.NI.C.1

Apply multiple methods of encryption to model the secure transmission of information.

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8.NI.C.2

Evaluate how various physical and digital security measures protect electronic information and how a lack of such measures could lead to vulnerabilities.

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8.NI.NCO

Subconcept: Network, Communication, and Organization (NCO)

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8.NI.NCO.1

Develop models to illustrate the role of protocols in transmitting data across networks and the Internet.

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8.P1U1.1

Develop and use a model to demonstrate that atoms and molecules can be combined or rearranged in chemical reactions to form new compounds with the total number of each type of atom conserved.

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8.P1U1.2

Obtain and evaluate information regarding how scientists identify substances based on unique physical and chemical properties.

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8.P4U1.3

Construct an explanation on how energy can be transferred from one energy store to another.

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8.P4U1.4

Develop and use mathematical models to explain wave characteristics and interactions.

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8.P4U2.5

Develop a solution to increase efficiency when transferring energy from one source to another.

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8.SP

Disciplinary Skills and Processes

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8.SP1.1

Analyze connections among events and developments in broader historical contexts.

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8.SP1.2

Classify a series of historical events and developments as examples of change and/or continuity.

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8.SP1.3

Evaluate the significance of past events and their effect on students' lives and society.

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8.SP1.4

Use questions generated about individuals and groups to analyze why they, and the developments they shaped, are historically significant.

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8.SP2.1

Analyze multiple factors that influence the perspectives of people during different historical eras.

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8.SP2.2

Explain how and why perspectives of people have changed over time.

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8.SP2.3

Analyze how people's perspectives influenced what information is available in the historical sources they created.

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8.SP3.1

Create and answer compelling and supporting questions that reflect enduring issues in the field of history and social science.

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8.SP3.2

Detect possible limitations in the historical record based on evidence collected from different kinds of historical sources.

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8.SP3.3

Use questions generated about multiple historical sources to identify further areas of inquiry and additional sources.

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8.SP3.4

Evaluate the relevance and utility of historical sources based on information such as author, date, origin, intended audience, and purpose.

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8.SP3.6

Construct and present arguments based on claims and counterclaims while pointing out the strengths and limitations of the arguments.

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8.SP3.7

Construct and present explanations using reasoning, correct sequence, examples, details with relevant information and data, while acknowledging the strengths and weaknesses of the explanations

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8.SP3.8

Present arguments and explanations on topics of interest to others to reach multiple audiences in and outside of the classroom print, oral, and digital technologies.

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8.SP4.1

Explain the multiple causes and effects of events and developments in the past.

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8.SP4.2

Evaluate the influence of various causes of events and developments in the past.

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8.SP4.3

Organize applicable evidence into a coherent argument about the multiple causes and effects of events and issues.

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8.SP4.4

Compare the credibility, and authenticity of central arguments in secondary works of history on related topics in multiple media.

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8.WP3.5

Gather relevant information from multiple sources while using the origin, authority, structure, context, and corroborative value of the source to guide the selection to support claims and counterclaims.

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8E1.2

Analyze the relationship between interst rates, saving, and use of credit

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