Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) – 8th Grade Science

Nature of science

8.1 - Safe practices and conservation and disposal of materials

8.2 - Scientific method

8.3 - Critical review of other scientific work, publications and models or scientific phenomena/process

8.4 - Using scientific tools to conduct inquiry, make predictions based on collected data

8.5 - Design process (cycle)

Living systems and the environment

8.6 - Interdependence among living systems (feedback mechanisms and equilibrium)

8.11 - Change over time. Adaptations of species, genetics traits and their effect on survival of the species

Structures and properties of matter

8.8 - Structure, parts and properties of an atom

8.9 - Chemical properties, periodic table, application of chemical and physical properties

8.10 (a & c) - Interactions between matter and energy (e.g. exothermic and endothermic reactions, specific heat)

Motion, forces, and energy

8.7 - Characteristics waves, unbalanced forces effect on motion

Earth and Space systems

8.10b - Interactions among solar weather and ocean systems

8.12 - Phases of the moon and rock cycles (e.g. predict events); role of oceans and climate; effects of change in the earth's nitrogen, water and carbon cycle

8.13 - Characteristics of the universe e.g. galaxies, distances and theories of the origin of the universe

8.14 - Predict land features that result from gradual change (e.g. faults, erosion, subsidence);natural or human contributions to demise of species