8th Grade Topics                                7th Grade Topics

REVIEW                                                            GEOLOGY    Unit                              

Scientific Method                                                            Structure of the Earth         Pompeii

                                                                                      History of Geology            Mass Movements 

                                                                                       Erosion                                                     

WEATHER UNIT                                              CHEMISTRY   Unit                                 
 

Hurricanes                                                                       Describing matter                 Solutions     

Tornadoes                                                                       States of Matter                Models of the Atom

Lightning                                                                      

PHYSICS UNIT                                               ASTRONOMY  Unit                        

Acceleration                         Forces                                     Astronomers  Through  Time

Simple Machines                  Motion, speed and velocity

Mechanical Advantage           Work

   GENETICS Unit                               

   Mendel and Genetics

   Genetic Code

  Genetic Traits

BODY SYSTEMS Unit                                    

Body Systems I.  Levels of Organization

Body Systems II. Skeletal System

Body Systems III Muscular System