Science
Year 8
Year 8 Science introduces learners to further scientific concepts and skills that will allow them to describe and explain everyday phenomena. In Year 7 and 8 Science, there is a two year programme cycle with both classes studying the same topics at the same time in each year, which will allow for increased collaboration.
Course Focus
2024 Programme
Laboratory skills
From garden to kitchen: preserving, chromatography, pH
Ecology: habitats, adaptations to the environment
Interactive systems: weather, water and its impact on the environment
Electricity: simple circuits, batteries and static electricity
Investigating sound
Science Badges - learners choose an area of Science they wish to study and complete activities to earn a badge
2025 Programme
Introduction to the laboratory
Using evidence to solve a crime
Physical and Chemical Changes
Heat and light energy in everyday examples
Individual investigations (leading to Science Fair projects)
Space - our place in the solar system
Space travel and how rockets work
Micro-organisms - helpful and harmful