Ontario Grade 8 science curriculum
The Grade 8 science outcomes we teach, in the curriculum's own words, with the lessons and practice pages for each. Pick an outcome code for the full list of lessons and printables.
Ontario Science and Technology, Grades 1–8. Every lesson comes with a printable teacher guide and student sheet.
Life Systems
B2.1 Demonstrate an understanding of cells, using cell theory. (a Grade 8 expectation).
Lessons: Cells: The Smallest Living Things
B2.2 Identify organelles and other cell components, including the nucleus, cell membrane, cell wall, chloroplasts, vacuole, mitochondria, and cytoplasm, and explain their basic functions. (onion cells and DNA lesson; partial).
Lessons: Cells: The Smallest Living Things
B2.4 Explain the processes of diffusion and osmosis within a cell. (potato strip lesson).
Lessons: Cells: The Smallest Living Things
Matter and Energy
C2.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the factors that affect viscosity, and compare the viscosity of various fluids, including volumetric flow rate. (oobleck; partial, an early start on a Grade 8 expectation).
Lessons: Kitchen Chemistry for Families
Practice: Kitchen Chemistry for Families workbook · Test It, Choose It: Materials workbook
C2.3 Explain the difference between solids, liquids, and gases in terms of their density, using the particle theory of matter. (why ice floats; partial, an early start on a Grade 8 expectation).
Lessons: Solids, Liquids and Gases (Where does a puddle go?, Why does ice float?)
Practice: Solids, Liquids and Gases workbook · Earth and Sky at Home workbook · Kitchen Chemistry for Families workbook · Winter Science at Home workbook · Living with Water: Salt, Rice and the Mekong workbook
Structures and Mechanisms
D2.4 Use the scientific terms displacement , force , work , energy , and efficiency to describe everyday experiences. (displacement, force, work and energy; partial).
More outcomes
Outcome Strand B, Life Systems: Cells. Cell theory, the parts of a cell and what they do, and the processes of diffusion and osmosis within a cell.
Lessons: Cells: The Smallest Living Things
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