> Year 8 Science curriculum

Science - Year 8

Course content

Students study 6 units of work that cover parts of the national curriculum.

  1. Healthy Lifestyle - includes how our choices affect our bodies
  2. Drama Show - includes light, sound and forces
  3. Gold Rush - includes the rock cycle and how to separate mixtures and compounds
  4. Energy - includes energy resources, energy transformations, storing energy
  5. Earth and Space - includes ideas on history of the solar system, night & day, seasons, forces
  6. Sunflower project - includes ecology/geography trip, interrelationships in ecosystems

Recommended book list and websites

Homework/coursework requirements

One learning homework will be set each week.