8th grade California curriculum
What 8th grade students practice in Gradelings, unit by unit, matched to the California Content Standards. 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
- Light & RadiationWaves, the spectrum and how light behaves
- Motion, Forces & Newton’s LawsSpeed, velocity, acceleration, friction and the Laws of Motion.
- Kinetic & Potential EnergyEnergy of motion and stored energy.
- Fields & Forces at a DistanceGravity, magnetism and electric forces.
- Genes & HeredityGenes, mutations and reproduction.
- Natural SelectionVariation, survival and populations changing over time.
- Earth's History & FossilsRock strata, the geologic time scale and evidence of evolution.
- Space SystemsMoon phases, eclipses, seasons, gravity and scale.
Social Studies
- Rights & AmendmentsThe Bill of Rights and beyond
- ReconstructionNew rights, and rights rolled back
- Founding IdealsDeclaration, Constitution and their roots
- A New NationThe first presidents to the Monroe Doctrine
- Westward ExpansionManifest Destiny and its costs
- Factories & ReformersInventions, immigrants and reform
- The Civil WarSlavery, secession and war
- A Nation DividedThe South, abolition and compromise
- Industrial AmericaBig business, cities and workers
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