Grade 8: Free Study Materials and Practice

Grade 8 Math

6 lessons

Linear Equations
Learners solve linear equations with parentheses, fractions and variables on both sides and set up equations to solve problems.
Linear Functions and Slope
Learners find and interpret the slope and intercept of straight-line graphs, write equations in slope-intercept form and model linear situations.
Scale Drawings and Dilations
Learners read and draw scale drawings and maps, enlarge shapes by a scale factor from a center and use bearings to describe directions.
Scatter Plots and Correlation
Learners draw and interpret scatter plots, describe correlation, draw lines of best fit by eye and make cautious predictions.
Square Roots and Irrational Numbers
Learners distinguish rational and irrational numbers, estimate square roots and place real numbers on a number line.
Pythagorean Theorem
Learners use the Pythagorean theorem and its converse to find lengths and test for right angles in 2D problems and simple 3D shapes.

Grade 8 Language Arts

4 lessons

Literary Analysis of Fiction
The learner analyses how plots unfold, how characters change, how setting shapes events, how themes develop and how a narrator's point of view affects the reader.
Argument Writing
The learner writes an argument with a clear claim, reasons and relevant evidence from credible sources, acknowledges and rebuts opposing claims and keeps a formal style.
Making Inferences and Citing Evidence
The learner draws inferences from fiction and non-fiction, chooses the strongest evidence, embeds quotations and explains how they support a point.
Greek and Latin Roots
The learner works out words from Greek and Latin roots and affixes, analyses connotation, analogies and allusions, and recognises verbal irony and puns.

Grade 8 Science

4 lessons

Atoms, Elements and Compounds
The learner uses Dalton's atomic model to tell elements, compounds and mixtures apart, reads and writes simple symbols and formulae, and names simple compounds.
Energy Stores and Transfers
The learner describes energy stores and the ways energy is transferred, applies conservation of energy, calculates efficiency, and works out the cost of running appliances from power ratings.
Heat Transfer
The learner distinguishes temperature from thermal energy, explains conduction, convection and radiation with the particle model, and evaluates insulation and thermal equilibrium.
Solar System, Stars and Galaxies
The learner describes the planets and other bodies of the Solar System and how it formed, the Sun as a star, galaxies and the scale of the universe in light years, and how we explore space.

10 lessons

Budgeting and Saving
The learner plans a personal budget, tracks income and spending, sets saving goals and decides between spending now and saving for later.
Colonial America
The learner explains how Native nations, European empires and African captives shaped colonial North America, compares the economies, societies and governments of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies, and…
Constitutional Convention
The learner explains the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, analyses the debates and compromises of the Constitutional Convention, and compares Federalist and Anti-Federalist arguments in the ratification…
Markets and Prices
The learner explains how buyers and sellers meet in markets, why prices rise and fall with demand and supply, and how competition affects consumers.
American Civil War
The learner explains how conflict over slavery and its expansion divided the United States, why the Southern states seceded, and how the Union won a war that became a war to end slavery.
American Revolution
The learner explains how the Seven Years' War led to an imperial crisis, how colonial resistance became a war for independence, what the Declaration of Independence claimed, and how and at what cost the United States…
Atlantic Slave Trade and Abolition
The learner explains how the transatlantic slave trade worked, the lives and resistance of enslaved people in the Americas, and how abolition movements ended the trade and slavery.
Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny
The learner explains how the idea of Manifest Destiny, settlers and wars pushed the United States to the Pacific, and evaluates the consequences for Native nations, Mexico and the balance between free and slave states.
What Government Spends Money On
The learner explains why governments provide some goods and services, how they raise money through taxes, and how a public budget is decided.
Work, Jobs and Income
The learner describes economic sectors and jobs, explains why wages differ, and reads the difference between gross and net income in outline.

Grade 8 Computers & Technology

4 lessons

Binary, Bits and Bytes
The learner explains why computers use binary, converts between binary and denary up to 8 bits, adds simple binary numbers and uses units of data.
Digital Footprint and Citizenship
The learner manages their digital footprint and privacy settings, understands their data rights, and handles online conflict, misinformation and screen time.
How AI Works
The learner explains how machine-learning systems learn patterns from examples, why training data matters, where bias comes from, and how to use generative AI critically.
User Experience Design
The learner gathers user needs as user stories and requirements, generates ideas, designs the user experience with wireframes and storyboards, builds a clickable prototype with a low-code tool, and evaluates it against…