Science Achievement Indicators Grade 6-8 - RPDP

Achievement Indicators for Science
Grades 6-8
Content Standard
E.8.B.6 Students know the Sun
is a medium-sized star located
in the Milky Way Galaxy, part
of which can be seen as a
glowing band of light spanning
the clear night sky.
Content Standard E8B (continued)
Students understand characteristics of our solar system that is part of the Milky Way galaxy.
Work at the Emergent/ Work at the Approaches level Work at the Meets level
Developing level may indicate may indicate ability to… demonstrates ability to…
ability to…
identify the Sun as a star.
(E.8.B.1, E.8.B.2, E.8.B.3,
E.8.B.4, E.8.B.5, E.8.B.6)
explain that other stars are so
far away that they appear as
points of light. (E.8.B.5,
E.8.B.6)
compare the mass, brightness,
and color of the Sun to other
stars. (E.8.B.6)
Work at the Exceeds level
demonstrates ability to…
E.8.B.7 Students know regular
and predictable motions of
Earth around the Sun and the
Moon around the Earth explain
such phenomena as the day, the
year, phases of the Moon, and
eclipses.
model size and scale of the
Earth/Moon system. (E.8.B.2,
E.8.B.3, E.8.B.4, E.8.B.7)
recognize that the Moon orbits
the Earth. (E.8.B.2, E.8.B.3,
E.8.B.4, E.8.B.7)
record the cyclical patterns of
the Sun and Moon (e.g.,
changes in the appearance of
the Moon, changes in sunrise
and sunset locations). (E.8.B.2,
E.8.B.3, E.8.B.7)
describe how days, year, phases
of the moon, and eclipses occur.
(E.8.B.7)
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