Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School
-GRADE 8-
TOPIC
1 Respiration
2 Properties of
materials
3 Forces and
Energy
END OF TERM EXAMINATION – NOV 2022
4 Ecosystems
5 Materials and
their structure
6 Light
7 Diet and
growth
8 Chemical
reactions
9 Magnetism
END OF YEAR EXAMINATION – JUNE 2023
REFERENCE BOOKS USED: Spotlight science 7, Framework Ed and Science World 8
N.B. The dates are tentative as three weeks are usually kept aside for the Standardized tests, PTI, mid-term break and the
revision at the end of the term.
AKMSS Grade 8 – 2022/23 – SCIENCE COURSE OUTLINE
SCIENCE
COURSE OUTLINE
FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/ 23
DETAILS REMARKS
 The human respiratory system
 Gas Exchange
 Breathing
 Respiration
 Dissolving
 Solutions and solubility
 Planning solubility investigations
 Paper chromatography.
 Forces and motion.
 Speed
 Describing movement
 Turning forces
 Pressure in liquids and gases
 Particles on the move.
 The Sonoran Desert.
 Different ecosystems
 Intruders in an ecosystem
 Bioaccumulation
 The structure of the atom
 Purity
 Weather and climate
 Climate and ice ages
 Atmosphere and climate
 Properties of light
 Reflection
 Refraction
 Rainbows
 Galaxies
 Rocks in space
 Nutrients
 Balanced diet
 Growth and development
 Moving the body
 Exothermic reactions
 Endothermic reactions
 Metals and their reactions with oxygen
 Reactions of metals with water and dil.
acids
 Magnetic fields
 The earth as giant
 Electromagnets
 Investigating electromagnets.
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