SCIENCE CURRICULUM for Grade 8 includes these topics:

Basic Science Skills - SI(Metric System), Laboratory Safety, 
Scientific Method of Inquiry, Laboratory Skills, Measurement of 
Volume, Length, Mass, and Density, Identification and Use of 
Laboratory Equipment.

Physics: Laws of Motion, Forces, Friction and Gravity, Work and 
Simple Machines, Energy Transformations.

Astronomy:  Earth in Space, Gravity and Motion, Earth and Sun 
relationship, Earth and Moon relationship, Phases, Eclipses, Tides, 
and Seasons. 


Science and Technology in Society:  Bridge building, Types of Bridges 
(Beam, Truss annd Suspension) and their Structure, Forces that affect 
bridges, Safety in building bridges.