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8th Grade Physical Science Course Outline

Chapter 1: Matter and Atoms

  • Atoms
  • Electrons
  • The Development of Atomic Theory

Chapter 2: Sources of Energy

  • What is Energy?
  • Where is the Energy?
  • Sources and Forms of Energy

Chapter 3: Conservation of Energy

  • The Law of Conservation of Energy
  • Mass-Energy Equivalences
  • Heat and Heat Transfer
  • Work
  • Internal Energy

Chapter 4: Order and Design in Creation

  • Why Are There Laws of Nature?
  • Order and Structure in Nature
  • Nature was Designed with Us in Mind
  • The Intelligence Behind Nature’s Order

Chapter 5: Forces and Fields

  • The Four Forces
  • Three Types of Fields

Chapter 6: Substances

  • Atoms, Molecules, and Crystals
  • The Substances Family Tree
  • Elements
  • Compounds
  • Mixtures and Solutions

Chapter 7: Science Theories, and Truth

  • Science is Mental Model Building
  • The Cycle of Scientific Enterprise
  • Facts and Theories
  • Experiments and the Scientific Method
  • Truth
  • Ways of Knowing Truth
  • Revelation of Truth in Creation
  • Relating Scientific Knowledge and Truth

Chapter 8: Measurement and Units

  • Science and Measurement
  • The International System of Units
  • Metric Prefixes 
  • Unit Conversions
  • Calculating Volume

Chapter 9: Properties of Substances

  • Physical Properties
  • Temperature, Pressure, and Volume
  • Phases of Matter
  • Calculating Density
  • Chemical Properties

Chapter 10: Force and Motion

  • A Brief History of Motion Theory
  • Velocity
  • Acceleration
  • Inertia and Newton’s Laws of Motion

Chapter 11: Compounds and Chemical Reactions

  • Tools for Chemistry
  • How Compounds Form
  • Chemical Reactions

Chapter 12: Waves, Sound, and Light

  • What is a wave?
  • Types of Waves
  • Common Wave Phenomena
  • Sound and Human Hearing

Chapter 13: Electricity

  • The Nature of Electricity
  • Static Electricity
  • How Electric Current Works
  • DC Electric Circuits and Ohm’s Law
  • Series and Parallel Circuits

Chapter 14: Magnetism and Electromagnetism

  • Magnetism and Its Cause
  • Ampere’s Law
  • Faraday’s Law of Magnetic Induction