Grade 8 Science focuses primarily on the Physical Sciences
Students will develop an understanding of several scientific practices, including using models, planning and conducting investigations, analyzing and interpreting data, using mathematical and computational thinking, and constructing explanations.
Students are also expected to demonstrate an understanding of several engineering practices including design and evaluation.
Our topics include -
Energy: Which helps students understand that objects that are moving have kinetic energy and these objects may also contain stored (potential) energy, depending on their relative positions. They will also come to know the difference between energy and temperature, and begin to develop an understanding of the relationship between force and energy., while applying an understanding of design to the process of energy transfer.
Matter and its Interactions: Should help students formulate an answer to the question, “How do atomic and molecular interactions explain the properties of matter that we see and feel?”
Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer: Aid students in developing an answer to the question, “What are the characteristic properties of waves and how can they be used?”
Students should be able to describe and predict the behaviors of waves when they interact with matter, while applying an understanding of waves as a means to send digital information.
Forces and Interactions: Focuses on helping students understand ideas related to why some objects will keep moving, why objects fall to the ground and why some materials are attracted to each other while others are not.