8th Grade Curriculum

Interactions Between Living Things and Their Environment - 8.2.3

• Forest Ecology (boreal forest and temperate forest in one location)

Diversity and Adaptation Among Living Things - 8.5.2

• Amphibians and Reptiles (key features used to identify various groups of amphibians and reptiles)
• Forest Ecology (comparison of different groups of oaks; heaths; etc.)

Earth Features - 8.9.2

• Forest Ecology (formation of Appalachians and Cumberland Plateau)
• Cave Trip (formation of Appalachians and Cumberland Plateau)

Earth Resources - 8.10.3, 8.10.4, 8.10.5

• Forest Ecology (coal mining and impact)