SEEd - Grade 8
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Strand 8.2: ENERGY IS STORED AND TRANSFERRED IN PHYSICAL SYSTEMS

Objects can store and transfer energy within systems. Energy can be transferred between objects, which involves changes in the object's energy. There is a direct relationship between an object's energy, mass, and velocity. Energy can travel in waves and may be harnessed to transmit information.

• 8th Grade Science OER Textbook for Utah SEEd Standards
  The Utah Science Open Educational Resources (OER) textbook project was started to bring Utah teachers together to create a resource that aligns to Utah core science standards. The Utah Science OER textbooks are not intended to be curriculum as they do not include labs, assessments, or a teacher guide with answers. They are intended as a reference material for students with content to support teachers classroom instruction and help make sense of science concepts found in standards. This OER textbook is also available in other languages at https://www.uen.org/oer/index.shtml.
• Friction: Slowing Things Down
  Diagrams and examples of types of friction, terminal velocity, and using and reducing friction.
• SEEd Storyline 8.2.1-3
  Storyline Big Ideas: Speed and Mass affect the amount of kinetic energy an object has. Which would do more damage in a crash, a semi truck or a smart car?
• SEEd Storyline 8.2.4
  Storyline Big Ideas: The amplitude of a wave is related to the wave energy. What makes some sounds louder than others (lights brighter than others)?
• SEEd Storyline 8.2.5
  Storyline Big Ideas: The structure of a wave affects it's ability to be reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through mediums. How are reflection, absorption and transmission of light waves through a medium involved in the creation of a rainbow?
• SEEd Storyline 8.2.6
  Storyline Big Ideas: Digital signals are a more reliable way to store or transmit information than analog signals. Why can a cd (or hard drive?) hold so many more songs than a vinyl record even though a record is larger?
• Steam Engines
  The purpose of this lesson is to use the Internet to explore the Industrial Revolution.

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