8th Grade Science

Grade 8 centers on Physical Sciences and focuses on the study of motion, forces, structure of matter, Earth in the solar system, reactions, the chemistry of living systems, the periodic table, and density and buoyancy. Students continue their investigation of the scientific process as they plan and conduct a scientific investigation to test a hypothesis; evaluate the accuracy and reproducibility of data; distinguish between variable and controlled parameters in a test; construct appropriate graphs from data and develop quantitative statements about the relationships between variables; apply simple mathematical relationships to determine a missing quantity in a mathematical expression; and distinguish between linear and nonlinear relationships on a graph of data.