PROGRAM OF STUDIES AND
CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

PHYSICAL SCIENCE

Grade 8

SCIENCE SKILLS AND CONCEPTS:  

Matter and Changes in Matter 

• Identify the characteristic properties of matter either as physical and chemical properties.  

• Physical and chemical properties will be used to classify and describe

• matter as being elements, compounds, mixtures, atoms.

• The Kinetic Molecular Model.

• Differences between physical properties and physical changes.

• Differences between chemical properties and chemical changes.

  Elements, Mixtures and Compounds

    Classify matter according to its chemical makeup

•  Structure and composition of matter

Elements
Compounds
Mixtures

Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table

     Understand that all matter is made up of atoms too small to be seen

• Models of the atom

• Structure and nature of atoms

• Organization of the Periodic Table
  

Chemical Bonding and Reactions

    Identify and predict types of chemical reactions

• Types of chemical bonds

• Predicting chemical reactions
  

Motions and Forces

       Describe the interaction of forces which makes physical activity possible

• The nature of the forces of gravity, friction, inertia and molecular attraction
• Newton’s Law of Motion
• Scientific “work”
• Scientific “power”
• Simple machines

Energy

      Describe the interaction between matter and energy

• Divisions and forms of energy

• Transformation of energy from one form of energy to other form(s) and/or into matter
  

KEY TEXT

Science Explorer - Physical Science -- Prentice Hall