8th grade New York curriculum
What 8th grade students practice in Gradelings, unit by unit, matched to the New York State Learning 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
- Similarity & ScaleScale factors and similar figures
- 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
- Distance on a GridPythagoras between two points
- Lines of Best FitPredict with a linear model
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
- Talking & Working TogetherListening, sharing ideas and giving kind feedback
- Plan, Form & VoicePick a text form, organize ideas, find your voice
- Dialogue, Events and Judging TextsHow dialogue and events drive a story, and choosing criteria to judge texts.
- Arguments, Stories and EvidenceClaims and counterclaims, narrative technique, creative responses and text evidence.
Science
- Light & RadiationWaves, the spectrum and how light behaves
- Cells & Life ProcessesOrganelles, photosynthesis and respiration
- 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 HistoryRock layers, the fossil record and common ancestors.
- Space SystemsMoon phases, eclipses, seasons, gravity and scale.
- Digital & Analog SignalsSmooth waves or 0s and 1s: how information travels.
- Clues from EmbryosSimilar embryos and body structures show how species are related.
Social Studies
- ReconstructionNew rights, and rights rolled back
- Industrial AmericaBig business, cities and workers
- Immigrants & the Growing CityEllis Island, tenements and Tammany Hall
- Workers & ProgressivesThe Triangle fire, unions and reform
- Expansion & EmpireThe Plains, the Pacific and the Spanish-American War
- World War ICauses, trenches and the peace
- The Roaring TwentiesJazz, Harlem and a changing society
- Depression & New DealThe crash, the Dust Bowl and FDR
- World War IIPearl Harbor, D-Day and the home front
- The Cold WarContainment, Korea, Vietnam and the space race
- A Changing WorldAfter the Cold War, September 11 and globalization
- Civil RightsFrom Brown v. Board to equal rights for many groups
- A Changing PopulationSuburbs, the Sun Belt and new immigrants
- The Great Society & BeyondJohnson, Vietnam, Watergate and the courts
- Timeline 1865–2001From Reconstruction to September 11
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