SEEd - Grade 8
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Strand 8.1: MATTER AND ENERGY INTERACT IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD

The physical world is made of atoms and molecules. Even large objects can be viewed as a combination of small particles. Energy causes particles to move and interact physically or chemically. Those interactions create a variety of substances. As molecules undergo a chemical or physical change, the number of atoms in that system remains constant. Humans use energy to refine natural resources into synthetic materials.

• 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.
• Fermi Lab
  Details information about how particle motion accelerators provide evidence that particles that make up all matter.
• SEEd Storyline 8.1.1
  Storyline Big Idea: Matter can be broken down into smaller and smaller pieces.
• SEEd Storyline 8.1.2
  Storyline Big Idea: The properties of a material determine its uses.
• SEEd Storyline 8.1.3
  Storyline Big Idea: A substances properties change during chemical reactions.
• SEEd Storyline 8.1.4
  Storyline Big Idea: Synthetic (man-made) materials are made from natural resources.
• SEEd Storyline 8.1.5
  Storyline Big Idea: Heat energy changes the state of a substance.
• SEEd Storyline 8.1.6
  Storyline Big Idea: In a chemical reaction the mass of the reactants is equal to the mass of the products.
• SEEd Storyline 8.1.7
  Storyline Big Idea: Heat energy transfer affects the rate of a phase change.

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