California Curriculum

Grade 8 Science

40 lessons across 6 units. Every lesson taught 1:1 by an AI tutor — explanations, practice, and instant feedback.

What your child will learn

Grade 8 Science covers these 0+ core concepts:

The 6 units of Grade 8 Science

40 lessons total, sequenced in the order students learn them.

Forces and Motion

8 lessons

1.Newton's Third Law

2.Designing for a Safe Collision

3.Force, Mass, and Acceleration

4.Balanced and Unbalanced Forces

5.Electric and Magnetic Forces

6.Building an Electromagnet

7.Gravity Depends on Mass and Distance

8.Forces That Act at a Distance

Energy

6 lessons

9.Kinetic Energy, Mass, and Speed

10.Why Speed Matters More Than Mass

11.Potential Energy and Position

12.Energy Transformations

13.Thermal Energy Transfer

14.Designing a Device That Releases or Absorbs Energy

Waves and Information

6 lessons

15.Amplitude, Wavelength, and Frequency

16.Wave Energy

17.Reflection, Absorption, and Transmission

18.How Light Bends: Refraction

19.Digital Signals Carry Information

20.Analog Versus Digital

Space Systems

7 lessons

21.The Earth-Sun-Moon System

22.Lunar Phases and Eclipses

23.The Solar System and Gravity

24.Orbits and Gravitational Pull

25.Scale and Properties of Objects in the Solar System

26.Earth's Long History in the Rock Record

27.Reading Rock Strata and Deep Time

Heredity and Evolution

9 lessons

28.Genes, Chromosomes, and Proteins

29.Mutations and Their Effects

30.The Fossil Record

31.Comparing Anatomical Structures

32.Evidence from Embryos

33.Natural Selection

34.Adaptation Over Generations

35.Artificial Selection and Selective Breeding

36.Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

People, Planet, and Design

4 lessons

37.Human Population and Resource Use

38.Defining an Engineering Problem

39.Evaluating Competing Design Solutions

40.Iterative Testing and Optimization

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