Science 8
Alberta · Grade 8 · Science — the complete curriculum-aligned outline, taught skill by skill by MapleMind's AI tutor.
Unit 1: Mix and Flow of Matter
Fluids and their uses, the composition and behaviour of solutions, how the particle model explains fluid properties, and technologies built on those properties.
- What is a fluid?
- Fluids in technological devices
- Mixtures and solutions
- Concentration and solubility
- Viscosity and flow rate
- Density and buoyancy
- Compressibility and the particle model
- Pressure and force in fluids
- Hydraulic and pneumatic systems
Unit 2: Cells and Systems
The characteristics and organization of living things, the role of cells, the healthy function of human body systems, and the science leading to new medical knowledge.
- Living things and their organization
- Seeing cells with the microscope
- Cell structures and functions
- Diffusion and osmosis
- Digestive, circulatory and respiratory systems
- Responding to stimuli
- Investigating body systems
- Medical technologies and applications
Unit 3: Light and Optical Systems
The nature of light and vision, how light travels described by the geometric ray model, and how images form in the eye and in optical technologies.
- Sources and nature of light
- How we see objects
- Reflection and the ray model
- Refraction: bending light
- Lenses and image formation
- Optical technologies
Unit 4: Mechanical Systems
How mechanical devices have improved over time, how a machine breaks into systems and subsystems, how force and energy transmit through it, and the social and environmental contexts of machines.
- Simple machines
- How machines improved over time
- Systems, subsystems and parts
- Mechanical advantage
- Transmitting force and motion
- Energy and efficiency
- Machines and society
- Environmental impact of machines
Unit 5: Freshwater and Saltwater Systems
The distribution and importance of water, the links among landforms, water and climate, what shapes productivity and species in aquatic environments, and human impacts on water.
- Distribution of water
- Water supply and quality
- Water shaping the land
- Water and climate
- Factors affecting productivity
- Species distribution in water
- Human impacts on aquatic systems
- Science and water issues
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