Grade 8

GRADE 8 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

Course Code - 01036G0808

This course provides students with opportunities to engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on various topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly. 

GRADE 8 MATHEMATICS  

Course Code - 02038G0808

This course provides students with opportunities to participate in inquiry and project-based learning activities for a deeper understanding of Number Systems and Operations, Algebra and Functions, Geometry and Measurement, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability.

GRADE 8 ACCELERATED MATHEMATICS 

Course Code - 02038H0808

This course provides students with opportunities to participate in inquiry and project-based learning activities for a deeper understanding of Number Systems and Operations, Algebra and Functions, Geometry and Measurement, and Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability with a focus on quadratic relationships. *Grade 7 Accelerated Math is a prerequisite for this course.  *Teacher recommendation suggested.

GRADE 8  PHYSICAL SCIENCE

Course Code - 03011G0808

This course provides opportunities for students to engage in laboratory experiments and inquiry activities for a deeper understanding of atoms and bonding, chemical reactions, Newton’s laws of motion, potential and kinetic energy, and mechanical and electromagnetic waves. 

GRADE 8  HONORS PHYSICAL SCIENCE

Course Code - 03011H0808

Advanced level Physical Science progression of knowledge and understanding from earlier grades of the core ideas to include the composition and properties of matter; examining forces and predicting and developing explanations for changes in motion; the conservation of energy, energy transformations, and applications of energy to everyday life; and types and properties of waves and the use of waves in communication devices with the integration of science and engineering practices and crosscutting concepts from the science framework.

GRADE 8 WORLD HISTORY

Course Code - 04051G0808

This course provides opportunities for students to develop a deep understanding of world history beginning with prehistoric man and continuing to the year 1500. It covers the migrations of early people, the rise of civilizations, the establishment of governments and religions, the growth of economic systems, and how these events shaped Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Areas covered throughout the course include economics, geography, history, and political science.