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Science · Year 8 road map

Western Australian Curriculum · 40 weeks · 11 chapters

🔒 Science lessons for Year 8 are not open yet. This page shows the plan for the year.

How we check learning

📝Quiz after every lesson
🔁Review quiz every week
🏁Test after every chapter
🏆Term and year tests

🔎 Science skills in every chapter

Plan reproducible investigations, manage risks, record data precisely, find patterns and improve the method.

Term 1

Weeks 1–10
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WhenChapterWhat you learn
Weeks 1–4CellsBiological sciences
Weeks 5–9Body and Plant SystemsBiological sciences
  • Gas exchange
  • Transport systems
  • Plant systems
  • Reproduction in plants
  • Reproduction in vertebrates
Week 10🏆 Term 1 test everything from this term

Term 2

Weeks 11–20
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WhenChapterWhat you learn
Weeks 11–13Atoms and ElementsChemical sciences
  • Protons, neutrons and electrons
  • Elements and compounds
  • Symbols and formulae
Weeks 14–16Metals and Non-metalsChemical sciences
  • The periodic table
  • Physical properties
  • Classifying elements
Weeks 17–19Physical or Chemical?Chemical sciences
  • Physical changes
  • Chemical changes
  • Signs of new substances
Week 20🏆 Term 2 test everything from this term

Term 3

Weeks 21–30
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WhenChapterWhat you learn
Weeks 21–23Plate TectonicsEarth and space sciences
  • Earth's layers and plates
  • Plate boundaries
  • Global patterns of activity
Weeks 24–26The Rock CycleEarth and space sciences
  • Igneous rocks
  • Sedimentary rocks
  • Metamorphic rocks
Weeks 27–29MineralsEarth and space sciences
  • Colour, streak and lustre
  • Hardness and cleavage
  • Resources from minerals
Week 30🏆 Term 3 test everything from this term

Term 4

Weeks 31–40
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WhenChapterWhat you learn
Weeks 31–33EnergyPhysical sciences
  • Kinetic and potential energy
  • Transfers and transformations
  • Energy in systems
Weeks 34–36HeatPhysical sciences
  • Conduction
  • Convection
  • Radiation, reflection and absorption
Weeks 37–39Electric CircuitsPhysical sciences
  • Series and parallel
  • Loads and energy
  • Safety switches and circuit breakers
Week 40🏆 Term 4 test everything from this term
Week 40🎓 Year 8 final test everything from this year

Colour key

Biological sciences (9 weeks)Chemical sciences (9 weeks)Earth and space sciences (9 weeks)Physical sciences (9 weeks)Test week (4 weeks)

Lessons marked ▶ are open now. Lessons marked 🔒 are locked. The rest are planned and will be added week by week.