Science, Grade 8
Nova Scotia · Grade 8 · Science — the complete curriculum-aligned outline, taught skill by skill by MapleMind's AI tutor.
Unit 1: Healthy Cells, Healthy Systems
Analysing how cell characteristics relate to the needs of organisms - cell structure and function, plant vs animal cells, specialized cells, and how cells work together in systems - then evaluating what maintains and disrupts cell and system health.
- Structures and functions of cells
- Comparing animal and plant cells
- Specialized cells and their functions
- How cells work together in systems
- Needs of cells and systems
- Disruptions and disorders of health
- Impact of disruptions on health
- Technologies and careers in health
- Ways to maintain health, including Mi'kmaw
Unit 2: Climate Change
Modelling kinetic molecular theory and heat, evaluating oceanographic and other evidence of climate change (inclusive of a Mi'kmaw perspective), evaluating the impact of human activity, and formulating a plan to mitigate or adapt to climate change.
- Heat and kinetic molecular theory
- Conducting and insulating materials
- Heat transfer
- Heat absorption and the greenhouse effect
- Impact of climate change on organisms
- Oceanographic evidence of climate change
- Measuring climatic indicators
- Impact of climate change on communities
- Causes of climate change
- Environmental impacts of energy sources
- How climate change is being expedited
- Promoting environmental awareness
- Climate change solutions, including Mi'kmaw
- Evaluating green technologies
- Implications of climate solutions
Unit 3: Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems
Testing how temperature and pressure change the properties of fluids, comparing the mechanical advantage of hydraulic and pneumatic systems, and constructing a device that uses hydraulics or pneumatics.
- Properties of fluids
- Factors that affect fluid properties
- Relationships among fluid properties
- Measuring temperature and pressure
- Devices that use hydraulics and pneumatics
- Comparing hydraulic and pneumatic systems
- How mechanical advantage is created
- Problems solved with hydraulics or pneumatics
- Applying fluid properties to build
- Evaluating the device
- Carrying out the device design
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