SOL 7.3 - The student will solve single-step and multistep practical problems, using proportional reasoning.Teachers: Please make a copy of this document prior to use.Students will solve problems finding sales tax, tip, and discount.  When the answer is incorrect it will turn purple.

Students will be introduced to computer science words in conjunction with similar standards already taught in English SOLs.  They will see how actions in a plot are similar to events in a code and how cause and effect is similar to events that trigger actions.  Prewriting will take place as they create a plan and codes for an Ozobot maze.

The resource consists of a Java applet and expository text. The applet illustrates the distribution of the sample mean of a random sample from a given distribution. The sample size and the sampling distribution can be specified. The applet illustrates the central limit theorem.

Use a virtual scanning tunneling microscope (STM) to observe electron behavior in an atomic-scale world. Walk through the principles of this technology step-by-step. First learn how the STM works. Then try it yourself! Use a virtual STM to manipulate individual atoms by scanning for, picking up, and moving electrons. Finally, explore the advantages and disadvantages of the two modes of an STM: the constant-height mode and the constant-current mode.

Students will learn the process of the scientific method by using whole group interaction. Students will get a front row seat at learning the steps in the scientific method process. They will learn to use their scientific method checklist to make predictions on what they think will happen when you conduct the three different experiments. This can be used over the course of one week.Day one: hedgehog experiment Day three: volcano experiment Day five: rocket launch 

Semiconductors are the materials that make modern electronics work. Learn about the basic properties of intrinsic and extrinsic or 'doped' semiconductors with several visualizations. Turn a silicon crystal into an insulator or a conductor, create a depletion region between semiconductors, and explore probability waves of an electron in this interactive activity.

Students will view a whole group video about responsibility and we will discuss being responsible with various things such as information, technology, and classroom items (the sensory items) We will also discuss taking turns and sharing, etc. Students will then be split into 5 groups and rotate through various sensory items. These items include a calm down corner, stretchy fidget strings, pop it squeeze balls, multi colored quiet fidget toys, and slow rising squishy balls. Throughout these rotations, the teacher will remind students of the responsible behaviors expected.   

Students will be introduced to and practice the concept of Short A and Long A words.

Overview: This lesson is presented by Code.org
Lesson 8: Cybersecurity - Simple Encryption

From the website:
OVERVIEW
"In this lesson, students are introduced to the need for encryption and simple techniques for breaking (or cracking) secret messages. Students try their own hand at cracking a message encoded with the classic Caesar cipher and also a Random Substitution Cipher. Students should become well-acquainted with idea that in an age of powerful computational tools, techniques of encryption will need to be more sophisticated. The most important aspect of this lesson is to understand how and why encryption plays a role in all of our lives every day on the Internet, and that making good encryption is not trivial. Students will get their feet wet with understanding the considerations that must go into making strong encryption in the face of powerful computational tools that can be used to crack it. The need for secrecy when sending bits over the Internet is important for anyone using the Internet."

OBJECTIVE
"Explain why encryption is an important need for everyday life on the Internet.
Crack a message encrypted with a Caesar cipher using a Caesar Cipher Widget
Crack a message encrypted with random substitution using Frequency Analysis
Explain the weaknesses and security flaws of substitution ciphers"

The lesson is mapped out for teachers. It is easy to follow and includes vocabulary to cover, links to the necessary materials, and a teaching guide with background information, tips, and prompts.

AGENDA
Warm Up (10 min)
Classic Encryption - The Caesar Cipher

Activity (35 min)
Part 1 - Crack a Caesar Cipher
Part 2 - Crack a Random Substitution Cipher

Wrap Up (15 min)
Video: Encryption and Public Keys
Discussion
Career Discussion

***This lesson can be adapted for younger students but material covered aligns best with the current 8th grade Impacts of Computing Standards.

Build coin expressions, then exchange them for variable expressions. Simplify and evaluate expressions until you are ready to test your understanding of equivalent expressions in the game!

Khan Academy is a free website. Teachers can create classes and assign practice problems to students. This resource has listed 8th grade math VA standards that align to the functions and slope-intercept topics.

Khan Academy is a free website. Teachers can create classes and assign practice problems to students. This resource has listed 8th grade math VA standards that align to the functions and slope-intercept topics.

Welcome to Social Media TestDrive, an educational program for teaching digital citizenship skills and online prosocial behaviors! TestDrive prepares young people for real-life experiences in the digital world through learning and practicing within a realistic social media simulation.

The purpose of this hypermedia is to provide Teachers and English Language Learners content based interactive tool to learn about the Solar System.  It can be used as a whole class lesson, in a small group or students can work on it individually.  This hypermedia presentation is full of visual images and figures to reach to different proficiency level learners.  The Solar System presentation starts with a site map which lists all the nine planets in order with links to Sun and the moon. The Power Point slides have information about each of the nine planets with facts and actual real graphics of the planets taken from the NASA website.  Students can explore each slide and click on Hyperlinks to learn more about each individual planet.

Investigate what makes something soluble by exploring the effects of intermolecular attractions and what properties are necessary in a solution to overcome them. Interactive models simulate the process of dissolution, allowing you to experiment with how external factors, such as heat, can affect a substance's solubility.

Students need to use visual representations to apply the equality properties when solving equations. By manipulating algebra tiles, students form a connection between inverse operations, equality properties, and zero pairs.

Explore what it means for a mathematical statement to be balanced or unbalanced by interacting with objects on a balance. Discover the rules for keeping it balanced. Collect stars by playing the game!

This resource provides a lesson of editable items on solving inequalities with negative coefficients, which cover SOL 7.13. The resources can be used for a Math 7 course, an accelerated math course that incorporates Math 7 standards, or as review in preparation for Math 8 or higher-level content. 

This resource provides a lesson of editable items on solving two-step inequalities which cover SOLs 7.13. The resources can be used for a Math 7 course, an accelerated math course that incorporates Math 7 standards, or as review for higher level content.

This resource provides a unit of editable items on solving two-step and multi-step inequalities which cover SOLs 7.13 and 8.18. The resources can be used for a combined Math 7/8 curriculum or can be broken up by grade level  and used in pieces