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Grade 8 Science Units

Explore Grade 8 Science unit plans with standards-aligned lessons that build understanding of waves, energy, engineering design, and real-world scientific inquiry.

Unit Plan 11 (Grade 8 Science): Newton’s Third Law in Action

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Unit Plan 11 (Grade 8 Science): Newton’s Third Law in Action

Grade 8 NGSS unit using Newton’s Third Law to design devices that harness equal and opposite force pairs to move or control the motion of two interacting objects.

Unit Plan 10 (Grade 8 Science): Newton’s Laws—Motion Basics

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Unit Plan 10 (Grade 8 Science): Newton’s Laws—Motion Basics

Grade 8 NGSS unit where students use force diagrams and motion graphs to show how changes in motion depend on net force and mass through hands-on investigations.

Unit Plan 9 (Grade 8 Science): Matter & Interactions—Quarter Synthesis

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Unit Plan 9 (Grade 8 Science): Matter & Interactions—Quarter Synthesis

Grade 8 NGSS unit integrating atoms, molecules, reactions, mass conservation, and thermal energy with engineering design to model and solve real-world systems.

Unit Plan 8 (Grade 8 Science): Designing Thermal Devices

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Unit Plan 8 (Grade 8 Science): Designing Thermal Devices

Grade 8 NGSS engineering unit where students design, build, test, and improve devices that absorb or release thermal energy using particle models and data.

Unit Plan 7 (Grade 8 Science): Thermal Energy & Particle Motion

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Unit Plan 7 (Grade 8 Science): Thermal Energy & Particle Motion

Grade 8 NGSS-aligned unit where students model how adding or removing thermal energy changes particle motion, temperature, and states of matter using data.

Unit Plan 6 (Grade 8 Science): Synthetic Materials & Natural Resources

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Unit Plan 6 (Grade 8 Science): Synthetic Materials & Natural Resources

Grade 8 NGSS unit where students research how synthetic materials come from natural resources and analyze their benefits, drawbacks, and societal impacts.

Unit Plan 5 (Grade 8 Science): Conservation of Mass in Reactions

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Unit Plan 5 (Grade 8 Science): Conservation of Mass in Reactions

Grade 8 NGSS unit where students model atom rearrangement and measure mass to show matter is conserved in chemical reactions using closed systems.

Unit Plan 4 (Grade 8 Science): Physical vs. Chemical Changes

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Unit Plan 4 (Grade 8 Science): Physical vs. Chemical Changes

Grade 8 NGSS unit modeling how thermal energy changes particle motion, temperature, and state, helping students explain physical vs chemical changes with evidence.

Unit Plan 3 (Grade 8 Science): Properties of Substances

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Unit Plan 3 (Grade 8 Science): Properties of Substances

Grade 8 NGSS-aligned unit where students use data, properties, and CER writing to tell physical changes from chemical reactions using clear evidence.

Unit Plan 2 (Grade 8 Science): Atoms, Molecules & Structures

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Unit Plan 2 (Grade 8 Science): Atoms, Molecules & Structures

NGSS-aligned Grade 8 science unit using atomic models to show how atoms form molecules and extended structures, building foundations for chemical reactions.

Unit Plan 1 (Grade 8 Science): Science Skills & Modeling Foundations

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Unit Plan 1 (Grade 8 Science): Science Skills & Modeling Foundations

Kick off Grade 8 science with an NGSS-aligned unit on lab safety, measurement, graphing, and modeling matter and energy using criteria and constraints.