Workbk TextBk
Other Departments

Shop by Brand



Workbk TextBk > Spectrum - Workbooks > Science
Close
Spectrum Science Grade 8 - Workbook

Spectrum Science Grade 8 - Workbook

Spectrum Science Grade 8 - Workbook

Model: 9781483811727
Price: $16.00 CAD
Quantity:
Description
Spectrum Science Grade 8 - Workbook
 
Contents:
Chapter  1  Science as Inquiry
1.1 Scientific Reasoning
1.2 Reconstructing the Past
1.3 The Evolution of Ideas
1.4 Dating 101
1.5 The Cicadas of Summer
1.6 Investigating Microorganisms
1.7 Forest Champions
1.8 Scientific Rights and Wrongs
1.9 Feeling the Heat
Chapter  2  Physical Science
2.1 The Electro-Magnetic Connection
2.2 Families of the Periodic Table
2.3 The Nature of Light
2.4 The Fundamental Forces
2.5 Solid, Liquid, Gas, and Plasma
2.6 Making a Cabbage Juice pH Indicator
2.7 Tension Test
2.8 The Most Common Crystal
2.9 Make a Density Column
Chapter  3  Life Science
3.1 Mitosis
3.2 The Amazing, Changeable Brain
3.3 The Incredible Shrinking Potato Experiment
3.4 Smells Great!
3.5 Keeping on Eye on Frogs
3.6 The Drive to Survive
3.7 Living Light
3.8 Life at the Edge of the Seas
3.9 Sounds of the Wild
Chapter  4  Earth and Space Science
4.1 Predicting the Future
4.2 Drilling for History
4.3 Under Pressure
4.4 The Mighty Mississippi
4.5 Recycling Rocks
4.6 The Mediterranean Sea: A Geological Perspective
4.7 Planets in the Great Beyond
4.8 Living with the Stars
4.9 Black Holes Explained
Chapter  5  Science and Technology
5.1 Fighting Crime with Science
5.2 Putting Nature to Work
5.3 Magnets in Motion
5.4 Welcome to the Digital Revolution
5.5 The Little Device that Changed the World
5.6 Explosive Power
5.7 Hiding in Plain Sight
5.8 Tuning in to TV's Early Years
5.9 Living and Working in Space
Chapter  6  Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
6.1 Stressed Out
6.2 Eating for Energy
6.3 Good Enough to Eat
6.4 What's in Your Closet?
6.5 Creating a Healthier World
6.6 The Orbiting Junkyard
6.7 Ridding the World of Pests
6.8 Disaster on the Water
6.9 A Day that Changed the World
Chapter  7  History and Nature of Science
7.1 Exploring the Silent World
7.2 The Original Americans
7.3 Tracing the Heavens in Ancient America
7.4 Reading the Instruction Manual of Life
7.5 When Cotton Became King
7.6 Computing: From Ancient China to Silicon Valley
7.7 Lise Meitner: Mother of the Atomic Age
7.8 Hurtling into Space
7.9 An Introduction to Special Relativity
 
Answers at end of workbook.
 
The workbook aligns to USA State & National Standards.
 
176 pages.