8th grade science curriculum:
1st Quarter - What is an Animal? Animal Symmetry, Sponges and Cnidarians, Worms, Mollusks, Arthropods, Insects, Insect Ecology, Echinoderms, What is a Vertebrate? Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, Vertebrate History in Rocks, Birds, The Physics of Bird Flight, Mammals, What is Behavior? Patterns of Behavior, Tracking Migrations.
2nd Quarter - Describing Matter, Measuring Matter, Changes in Matter, Energy and Matter, States of Matter, Changes of State, Gas Behavior, Graphing Gas Behavior, Introduction to Atoms, Organizing the Elements, Metals, Nonmetals and Metalloids, Elements from Stardust, Polymers and Composites, Metals and Alloys, Ceramics and Glass, Radioactive Elements.
3rd Quarter - What are Waves? Properties of Waves, Interactions of Waves, Seismic Waves, The Nature of Sound, Properties of Sound, Music, How You Hear Sound, Using Sound, The Nature of Electromagnetic Waves, Waves of the Electromagnetic Spectrum, Producing Visible Light, Wireless Communication, Light and Color, Reflection and Mirrors, Refraction and Lenses, Seeing Light, Using Light.
4th Quarter - The Properties of Water, Water on Earth, Surface Water, Wetland Environments, Water Underground, Water Supply and Demand, Water to Drink, Freshwater Pollution, Droughts and Floods, Water Power, Wave Action, Tides, Ocean Water Chemistry, Currents and Climate, Exploring the Ocean, Ocean Habitats, Intertidal Zone, Neritic Zone and Open Ocean, Resources from the Ocean.
1st Quarter - What is an Animal? Animal Symmetry, Sponges and Cnidarians, Worms, Mollusks, Arthropods, Insects, Insect Ecology, Echinoderms, What is a Vertebrate? Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, Vertebrate History in Rocks, Birds, The Physics of Bird Flight, Mammals, What is Behavior? Patterns of Behavior, Tracking Migrations.
2nd Quarter - Describing Matter, Measuring Matter, Changes in Matter, Energy and Matter, States of Matter, Changes of State, Gas Behavior, Graphing Gas Behavior, Introduction to Atoms, Organizing the Elements, Metals, Nonmetals and Metalloids, Elements from Stardust, Polymers and Composites, Metals and Alloys, Ceramics and Glass, Radioactive Elements.
3rd Quarter - What are Waves? Properties of Waves, Interactions of Waves, Seismic Waves, The Nature of Sound, Properties of Sound, Music, How You Hear Sound, Using Sound, The Nature of Electromagnetic Waves, Waves of the Electromagnetic Spectrum, Producing Visible Light, Wireless Communication, Light and Color, Reflection and Mirrors, Refraction and Lenses, Seeing Light, Using Light.
4th Quarter - The Properties of Water, Water on Earth, Surface Water, Wetland Environments, Water Underground, Water Supply and Demand, Water to Drink, Freshwater Pollution, Droughts and Floods, Water Power, Wave Action, Tides, Ocean Water Chemistry, Currents and Climate, Exploring the Ocean, Ocean Habitats, Intertidal Zone, Neritic Zone and Open Ocean, Resources from the Ocean.