8th grade California units to assign
Every 8th grade unit in Gradelings, matched to the California Content Standards. Open a unit to read what it covers and try sample questions, then assign it to your class.
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
- 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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