8th Grade Science

This course encompasses all aspects of physical science for middle school. The course emphasizes the problem-solving methods of science, and provides opportunities for students to practice using these methods in a variety of laboratory experiences, activities, projects, and demonstrations. Topics of study covered in this course include:

• Speed, velocity, force and Newton's laws of motion
• Atomic properties of periods and groups in the periodic table
• Molecules, compounds, phase changes and states of matter
• Characteristics of objects in the solar system
• Chemical composition of living organisms
• Mathematical formulas for calculating experiment variables
• Strategies for designing experiments and analyzing data

Our physical science chapters will be complement with a series of short video lessons that make it easy to process each topic's main ideas and terminology. There are also corresponding transcripts with links to supplementary text lessons as well as multiple-choice quizzes students can use to determine what topics, if any, will require extra study.