8th grade Alabama curriculum
What 8th grade students practice in Gradelings, unit by unit, matched to the Alabama Course of Study. Tap any unit to see what it covers and try sample questions.
Math
- Squares, Cubes & RootsPerfect squares and cubes, and their roots
- Patterns & Two-Step EquationsExpressions, patterns and solving for x
- Pythagorean TheoremRight triangles and a² + b² = c²
- Surface Area & VolumePrisms, cylinders, nets and views
- Big, Small & Real NumbersScientific notation and irrational numbers
- Scatter Plots & StoriesTwo-variable data and misleading graphs
- Tessellations & TransformationsSlides, flips, turns and dilations
- Angle DetectiveParallel lines and polygons
- Tables, Graphs & Linear RelationsFind missing values in y = mx + b
- Equations with BracketsSolve ax = b, x ÷ a = b, ax + b = c and a(x + b) = c
- Congruent ShapesSlides, flips and turns that keep a shape the same
- Exponent RulesAdd, subtract, multiply exponents
- Systems of EquationsWhere two lines meet
- FunctionsOne input, one output
- Cones, Cylinders & SpheresVolume of round solids
- Slope & Rate of ChangeRise over run
- Two-Way TablesData in rows and columns
English Language Arts(“Language Arts” in the app)
- Close ReadingTheme, tone and evidence
- Literary DevicesIrony, symbolism and point of view
- Word StudyRoots, affixes and connotation
- Irony, Satire & AllusionWhen words mean more than they say
- Whose Story Is It?Limited, omniscient and unreliable narrators
- Forms, Patterns & VisualsText forms, patterns and visual design
- Reading DetectivePredict, infer and summarize
- Digital CitizensSafe, smart and respectful online
- Write It BetterVoice, revising and proofreading
- Precise Words & SpellingSpelling rules, word parts and exact vocabulary
- Media InfluenceAppeals, feeds and echo chambers
- Weigh the EvidenceAccurate, logical and fair sources
Science
- Mixtures & SolutionsMix it, dissolve it, separate it
- Density & BuoyancyMass, volume, floating and sinking
- Particles & MatterKinetic theory and the atom
- Atoms & ElementsElements, compounds and chemical symbols
- The Periodic TableGroups, periods and patterns
- Chemical ReactionsNew substances form, and atoms are conserved.
- Chemical ChangeReactions, mass and chemical names
- Speed, Velocity & Motion GraphsAverage speed, speed versus velocity, and reading distance-time graphs.
- Motion, Forces & Newton’s LawsSpeed, velocity, acceleration, friction and the Laws of Motion.
- Newton's LawsThree laws of motion
- Fields & Forces at a DistanceGravity, magnetism and electric forces.
- Kinetic & Potential EnergyEnergy of motion and stored energy.
- Work, Energy & EfficiencyForce, distance and wasted energy
- Circuits & StaticCircuits, conductors and static charge
- Light & RadiationWaves, the spectrum and how light behaves
- Energy Transfers & WavesEnergy is conserved as it changes form, and waves carry energy.
Social Studies
- Rome's Fall & ByzantiumFrom Rome to Constantinople
- The Islamic WorldScholars, cities and empires
- Empires of AsiaTang, Song, Mongols, Mughals and Japan
- African Kingdoms & EmpiresMali, Songhai, Great Zimbabwe and more
- Maya, Aztec & IncaEmpires of the Americas
- Medieval EuropeFeudalism, towns and the Black Death
- Crusades & the Black DeathConflict and disease in the postclassical world
- Renaissance & ReformationNew art, ideas and printing
- Exploration & ExchangeVoyages, maps and the Columbian Exchange
- Encounter & the Atlantic WorldExploration, exchange and the Atlantic slave trade
- Absolutism to EnlightenmentKings, scientists and new ideas about power
- Ottoman & Ming EmpiresTwo great powers, 1368 to 1600
- Science & the EnlightenmentNew ideas about nature and government
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