British Columbia Prescribed Learning Outcomes — Grade 8

Number represents, describes, and compares the quantities of ratios, rates, and percents.

Computational fluency and flexibility extend to operations with fractions.

Energy can be transferred as both a particle and a wave.

The relationship between surface area and volume of 3D objects can be used to describe, measure, and compare spatial relationships.

Analyzing data by determining averages is one way to make sense of large data sets and enables us to compare and interpret.

Perfect squares and cubes

Forms, functions, and genres of text

Text features

Literary elements

Literary devices

Elements of visual/graphic texts

Pythagorean theorem

Properties

Behaviours

Ways of sensing

Construction, views, and nets of 3D objects

Central tendency

Theoretical probability with two independent events

Local geological formations

Significant local geological events

Financial literacy best buys

Square and cube roots

Reading strategies

Oral language strategies

Metacognitive strategies

Writing processes

Percents less than 1 and greater than 100 (decimal and fractional percents)

Features of oral language

Multi-paragraphing

Language usage and context

Elements of style

Syntax and sentence fluency

Conventions

Presentation techniques

Numerical proportional reasoning (rates, ratio, proportions, and percent)

Basic functions of the immune system

Vaccination and antibiotics

Impacts of epidemics and pandemics on human populations

Operations with fractions (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and order of operations)

Changes in population and living standards

Expressions- writing and evaluating using substitution

Two-step equations with integer coefficients, constants, and solutions

Surface area and volume of regular solids, including triangular and other right prisms and cylinders

Reasoning and analyzing

Use logic and patterns to solve puzzles and play games

Recognize how literary elements, techniques, and devices enhance and shape meaning

Recognize an increasing range of text structures and how they contribute to meaning

Recognize and appreciate the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view

Develop an awareness of the protocols and ownership associated with First Peoples texts

Use reasoning and logic to explore, analyze, and apply mathematical ideas

Identify a question to answer or a problem to solve through scientific inquiry

Demonstrate and apply mental math strategies

Use tools or technology to explore and create patterns and relationships, and test conjectures

Model mathematics in contextualized experiences

Recognize how language constructs personal, social, and cultural identity

Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world

Respond to text in personal, creative, and critical ways

Understanding and solving

Apply multiple strategies to solve problems in both abstract and contextualized situations

Develop, demonstrate, and apply mathematical understanding through play, inquiry, and problem solving

Visualize to explore mathematical concepts

Engage in problem-solving experiences that are connected to place, story, cultural practices, and perspectives relevant to local First Peoples communities, the local community, and other cultures

Ensure that safety and ethical guidelines are followed in their investigations

Select and use appropriate features, forms, and genres according to audience, purpose, and message

Transform ideas and information to create original texts.

Communicating and representing

Use mathematical vocabulary and language to contribute to mathematical discussions

Explain and justify mathematical ideas and decisions

Construct and use a range of methods to represent patterns or relationships in data, including tables, graphs, keys, models, and digital technologies as appropriate

Represent mathematical ideas in concrete, pictorial, and symbolic forms

Use scientific understandings to identify relationships and draw conclusions

Connecting and reflecting

Reflect on mathematical thinking

Connect mathematical concepts to each other and to other areas and personal interests

Use mathematical arguments to support personal choices

Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of evidence (qualitative and quantitative)

Exercise a healthy, informed skepticism and use scientific knowledge and findings from their own investigations to evaluate claims in secondary sources

Consider social, ethical, and environmental implications of the findings from their own and others' investigations

Characterize different time periods in history, including periods of progress and decline, and identify key turning points that mark periods of change (continuity and change)

Contribute to care for self, others, community, and world through personal or collaborative approaches

Co-operatively design projects

Transfer and apply learning to new situations

Generate and introduce new or refined ideas when problem solving

Determine which causes most influenced particular decisions, actions, or events, and assess their short-and long-term consequences (cause and consequence)

Communicate ideas, findings, and solutions to problems, using scientific language, representations, and digital technologies as appropriate

Explain different perspectives on past or present people, places, issues, or events, and compare the values, worldviews, and beliefs of human cultures and societies in different times and places (perspective)

Make ethical judgments about past events, decisions, or actions, and assess the limitations of drawing direct lessons from the past (ethical judgment)