Grade 8 Science Curriculum
The full scope and sequence — 23 lessons across 10 domains, each aligned to a specific NGSS standard, and each with a video lesson in English and Spanish.
Physical Science · 1 lesson
| Standard | Lesson |
|---|---|
| MS-PS1 | Chemical Reactions & Conservation of Mass |
Life Science · 1 lesson
| Standard | Lesson |
|---|---|
| MS-LS4 | Natural Selection & Evolution |
Earth & Space Science · 1 lesson
| Standard | Lesson |
|---|---|
| MS-ESS3 | Human Impact on Earth |
Physical · 1 lesson
| Standard | Lesson |
|---|---|
| MS-PS4 | MS-PS4 Waves and information technology |
Life · 1 lesson
| Standard | Lesson |
|---|---|
| MS-LS3 | MS-LS3 Genetics, heredity and variation |
Earth & Space · 1 lesson
| Standard | Lesson |
|---|---|
| MS-ESS2 | MS-ESS2 Plate tectonics and Earth's history |
Matter & Its Interactions · 5 lessons
| Standard | Lesson |
|---|---|
| MS-PS1-1 | Modeling Molecules & Structures |
| MS-PS1-2 | Evidence of Chemical Reactions |
| MS-PS1-3 | Synthetic Materials from Nature |
| MS-PS1-4 | Thermal Energy & States of Matter |
| MS-PS1-6 | Designing Heating & Cooling Reactions |
Motion & Stability: Forces & Interactions · 5 lessons
| Standard | Lesson |
|---|---|
| MS-PS2-1 | Newton's Third Law in Collisions |
| MS-PS2-2 | Forces, Mass & Changing Motion |
| MS-PS2-3 | What Affects Electric & Magnetic Forces |
| MS-PS2-4 | Gravity Depends on Mass |
| MS-PS2-5 | Fields Act at a Distance |
Energy · 5 lessons
| Standard | Lesson |
|---|---|
| MS-PS3-1 | Kinetic Energy, Mass & Speed |
| MS-PS3-2 | Position & Stored Potential Energy |
| MS-PS3-3 | Designing for Heat Transfer |
| MS-PS3-4 | Mass, Temperature & Thermal Energy |
| MS-PS3-5 | Energy Transfer Changes Motion |
Waves & Their Applications · 2 lessons
| Standard | Lesson |
|---|---|
| MS-PS4-1 | Amplitude, Wavelength & Wave Energy |
| MS-PS4-2 | Reflection, Absorption & Transmission |
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