8th grade Texas curriculum
What 8th grade students practice in Gradelings, unit by unit, matched to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). Tap any unit to see what it covers and try sample questions.
Math
- Big, Small & Real NumbersScientific notation and irrational numbers
- Squares, Cubes & RootsPerfect squares and cubes, and their roots
- Tessellations & TransformationsSlides, flips, turns and dilations
- Congruent ShapesSlides, flips and turns that keep a shape the same
- Slope & Rate of ChangeRise over run
- Tables, Graphs & Linear RelationsFind missing values in y = mx + b
- FunctionsOne input, one output
- Scatter Plots & StoriesTwo-variable data and misleading graphs
- Cones, Cylinders & SpheresVolume of round solids
- Surface Area & VolumePrisms, cylinders, nets and views
- Pythagorean TheoremRight triangles and a² + b² = c²
- Angle DetectiveParallel lines and polygons
- Systems of EquationsWhere two lines meet
- Variables on Both SidesEquations with x on both sides
- Loans, Interest & CollegeCost of credit, investing and college
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
- Roots: ast, qui, path, mand, ducGreek and Latin roots for star, quiet, feeling, order and lead.
- Analogy, Contrast & FallaciesAnalogy and juxtaposition, bandwagon appeals and circular reasoning.
Science
- Elements & CompoundsFormulas, properties and changes
- Chemical ChangeReactions, mass and chemical names
- Forces, Motion & MomentumNewton's second law, momentum and safer collisions.
- Light & RadiationWaves, the spectrum and how light behaves
- Cycles & SuccessionMatter cycles; land regrows
- Cells & Life ProcessesOrganelles, photosynthesis and respiration
- Genes & HeredityGenes, mutations and reproduction.
- Natural SelectionVariation, survival and populations changing over time.
- Water, Acids & BasesCohesion, adhesion and surface tension, and the pH scale.
- Stars, Galaxies & the UniverseStar life cycles, the H-R diagram, kinds of galaxies, and the Big Bang.
- Weather, Winds & HurricanesHow the Sun, oceans and air make weather, global winds, and how hurricanes form.
- What Changes ClimateNatural events and human activities that influence global climate.
- Food Web Disruptions & BiodiversityHow disruptions ripple through food webs, and why variety keeps ecosystems stable.
Social Studies
- Founding IdealsDeclaration, Constitution and their roots
- Rights & AmendmentsThe Bill of Rights and beyond
- Factories & ReformersInventions, immigrants and reform
- ReconstructionNew rights, and rights rolled back
- Colonies to IndependenceKey dates, colonies and the American Revolution
- The Constitution & the CourtsFrom the Articles to landmark Supreme Court cases
- A New NationThe early republic, from George Washington to Monroe
- Westward ExpansionJackson, Indian removal, Texas and the US–Mexican War
- A Nation DividedSlavery, compromises and sectional conflict
- The Civil WarCauses, leaders, battles and turning points
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