Grade 8 Alberta curriculum
What Grade 8 students practise in Gradelings, unit by unit, matched to the Alberta Curriculum. Tap any unit to see what it covers and try sample questions.
Math
- Squares & Square RootsPerfect squares, their roots and in-between roots
- Percents & GSTPercents less than 1% and more than 100%, plus GST
- Ratios, Rates & ProportionsUnit rates, best buys and scale
- Fraction OperationsAdd, subtract, multiply and divide
- Integer OperationsMultiply, divide and mix
- 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
- Pythagorean TheoremRight triangles and a² + b² = c²
- Nets & ViewsFold nets into solids and picture top, front and side views
- Surface Area & VolumePrisms, cylinders, nets and views
- Congruent ShapesSlides, flips and turns that keep a shape the same
- Reading Graphs CriticallyPick the right graph and spot misleading ones
- Independent EventsMultiply probabilities of events that don't affect each other
English Language Arts(“Language Arts” in the app)
- Talking & Working TogetherListening, sharing ideas and giving kind feedback
- Close ReadingTheme, tone and evidence
- Reading DetectivePredict, infer and summarize
- Whose Story Is It?Limited, omniscient and unreliable narrators
- Literary DevicesIrony, symbolism and point of view
- Irony, Satire & AllusionWhen words mean more than they say
- Forms, Patterns & VisualsText forms, patterns and visual design
- Argument & MediaClaims, evidence and bias
- Digital CitizensSafe, smart and respectful online
- Write It BetterVoice, revising and proofreading
- Grammar & StyleClauses, voice and punctuation
- Word StudyRoots, affixes and connotation
Science
- Mixtures, Solutions & WHMISDissolving, concentration and safe handling
- Particles & MatterKinetic theory and the atom
- Viscosity & FlowWhy some fluids flow fast and others creep
- Density & BuoyancyMass, volume, floating and sinking
- Pressure & Pascal's LawSqueezing, heating and passing on force
- Hydraulics & PneumaticsMachines and bodies that move fluids
- Cells & Life ProcessesOrganelles, photosynthesis and respiration
- Cells, Organisms & TechnologyOne cell or many, and the tools that reveal them
- Cells, Tissues & OrgansSingle cells, specialized cells, diffusion and osmosis
- Systems in ActionInputs, outputs, safety and automation
- Human Body SystemsBreathing, blood, digestion and how the body responds
- How Light BehavesReflection, refraction and the ray model
- Light & RadiationWaves, the spectrum and how light behaves
- Lenses, Eyes & Optical DevicesMicroscopes, telescopes, cameras and the eye
- Simple Machines & AdvantageLevers, ramps, pulleys and mechanical advantage
- Work, Energy & EfficiencyForce, distance and wasted energy
- Gears, Pulleys & EfficiencySpeed ratios, force ratios and why friction matters
- Water Systems of EarthWhere water is, how it moves and watersheds
- Fresh Water, Salt Water & Water QualityWhere water is, and how we test and clean it
- Waves, Streams & GlaciersHow moving water and ice shape the land
- Life in Water & Our ImpactAquatic adaptations, indicators and caring for water
- Caring for WaterWater quality, treatment and stewardship
Social Studies
- Japan: Land, Beliefs & ValuesIslands, mountains and the ideas that shaped Japan
- Tokugawa Japan & IsolationShoguns, samurai and a country that closed its doors
- From Isolation to AdaptationPerry, the Meiji Restoration and a changing Japan
- Where the Renaissance BeganItalian city-states, wealth, patrons and humanism
- Renaissance Art, Printing & ScienceLeonardo, Michelangelo, Gutenberg and Galileo
- Renaissance & ReformationNew art, ideas and printing
- The Mexica & TenochtitlanA great city on a lake and the people who built it
- Spain & the Age of ExplorationWhy Spanish explorers crossed the Atlantic
- Contact & Conquest in MexicoCortés, allies, disease and the fall of Tenochtitlan
- Worldviews & Historical SourcesComparing perspectives and judging sources
French Immersion
- Les registres de langueFamilier, courant, soutenu
- Parler et se faire comprendreVoix, gestes et mimiques
- La légendePersonnages et phénomènes
- Le théâtreHéros, opposant, didascalies
- Le schéma narratifDu début à la fin d'un récit
- Informer et argumenterIntroduction, arguments, conclusion
- Point-virgule et guillemetsPonctuer avec précision
- Qui, que, oùLes subordonnées relatives
- L'accord du participe passéÊtre, avoir et le complément direct
- Les complémentsDirect, indirect, circonstanciel
- Futur simple et conditionnelDemain et les demandes polies
Core French
- Past, present, futureHier, aujourd'hui, demain
- Asking questionsOù, quand, pourquoi…
- How often?Toujours, parfois, jamais
- Opinions and reasonsÀ mon avis, parce que
- Comparing and contrastingPlus que, aussi que, mais
- Sounds and lettersEau, ai, gn, liaisons
- Reading and retelling storiesCharacters, setting, plot
- The Francophone worldFrench around the world
- Culture and respectAppropriation and plagiarism
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