Printable checklist

Year 8 Science — what your child learns

These are the 55 Science topics Year 8 covers on TheLearnDen, following the National Curriculum for England. Print the list, stick it on the fridge, and tick topics off as they come up. Each topic name matches its page on this site, where you will find checked videos, lessons, worksheets and practice. Many are free; any account or subscription requirement is shown before you open a resource.

• Photosynthesis
• Gas Exchange Systems Breathing
• Nutrition And Digestion
• Atoms Elements And Compounds
• Rock Cycle And Formation
• Identifying Pure Substances
• Mixtures Including Dissolving
• Properties Of Solids Liquids And Gases
• Mendeleev The Periodic Table
• Magnetism
• Calculation Of Fuel Uses And Costs
• Energy Changes And Transfers
• Light Waves
• Sound Waves
• Changes In Systems
• Composition Of The Earth
• Composition Of The Atmosphere
• Carbon Cycle
• Observed Waves
• Motion And Forces
• Relationships In An Ecosystem
• Cellular Respiration
• Cells And Organisation
• Skeletal And Muscular Systems
• Reproduction
• Health
• Describing Motion
• Forces
• Pressure In Fluids
• Energy Waves
• Current Electricity
• Physical Changes
• Particle Model
• Energy Is Matter
• Changes Of State: Particle Model
• Simple Atomic Model
• Chemical Symbols And Formulae
• Conservation Of Mass
• Concept Of A Pure Substance
• Diffusion: Particle Model
• Separating Mixtures
• Rearrangement Of Atoms In Reactions
• Formulae And Equations
• Types Of Chemical Reactions
• Acids And Alkalis: Neutralisation Reactions
• Reactions Of Acids With Metals
• Catalysts
• Ph: Metal And Non Metal Oxides
• Back To School
• Core Subjects
• End Of Term 2
• End Of Term 3
• End Of Year
• End Of Term 1
• Topics

Topic order follows the site's Year 8 Science listing. Schools teach topics in their own order, so treat this as a coverage map, not a timetable.