The eighth grade year builds on the sixth and seventh grade experiences and focuses on the physical sciences. Students study physical interactions, including Newtonian mechanics and rotational motion. They also investigate the invisible world of atoms and molecules, exploring interactions between the seen world and the unseen.
The year is guided by the following essential questions:
How can you predict how and why something moves?
What is matter made up of, and how can we tell?
How do you investigate things you can’t see?
How do matter and energy interact to form our world?