Science, Grade 8
Newfoundland and Labrador · Grade 8 · Science — the complete curriculum-aligned outline, taught skill by skill by MapleMind's AI tutor.
Unit 1: Earth/Space Science: Water Systems on Earth's Surface
Studying Earth's water systems — how the hydrosphere, lithosphere, and atmosphere interact, ocean and freshwater life, currents and climate, waves and tides, and the coastal landforms they shape.
- How Earth's spheres interact
- Glaciers and climate change
- Life in oceans and fresh water
- Abiotic factors and aquatic life
- Ocean basins and drainage systems
- Ocean currents, winds, and climate
- Waves and tides
- Shaping shorelines
- Coastal landforms
Unit 2: Physical Science: Fluids
Exploring fluids — viscosity, density and the Particle Theory, buoyancy and floating, forces, and the relationships among pressure, volume, and temperature.
- Viscosity
- Density and the Particle Theory
- Temperature and density
- Density in everyday life
- Balanced and unbalanced forces
- Mass and weight
- Buoyancy — sinking and floating
- Force, area, and pressure
- Pressure, volume, and temperature
Unit 3: Physical Science: Optics
Exploring light — its properties, the electromagnetic spectrum, and the laws of reflection and refraction that govern how light bounces and bends.
- Properties of visible light
- The electromagnetic spectrum
- The law of reflection
- Refraction
Unit 4: Life Science: Cells, Tissues, Organs and Systems
Exploring life's building blocks — the cell as a living system, plant and animal cells, cell division, and how cells, tissues, organs, and systems work together in the human body.
- The cell as a living system
- Plant and animal cells
- Cell division, growth, and reproduction
- Cells, tissues, organs, and systems
- Cells and the whole organism
- What affects body systems
- Systems working together
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