Sweden Åk 8 Curriculum - Physics

Force, Pressure, and Motion

Core Content:

• Different forces, e.g., gravity, friction, centrifugal force
• The relationship between mass and weight
• An object's stability depending on its center of gravity and base area
• Pressure as force distributed over an area
• How pressure is affected by the size of the force and the size of the area
• Buoyancy and Archimedes' principle
• How to calculate pressure, buoyancy, and related concepts
• Applications of these concepts in everyday life and technology

Resources:

• Åk 8 Fysik - Kraft, tryck och rörelse:
• Tryck fysik, åk 8:
• Åk8 Krafter och tryck Tryck:
• Åk8 Krafter och tryck Arkimedes princip:
• Fysik - Tryck del 2 - ÅK 8:

Light and Sound

Core Content:

• How light propagates, reflects, and refracts
• How sound is created, propagates, and can be registered in different ways
• The human eye and how we perceive light
• Properties of light and sound waves, such as wavelength and frequency
• Applications of light and sound in technology and everyday life

Resources:

• Ljus åk 8:

Electricity and Magnetism

Core Content:

• Electrical and magnetic phenomena and their interaction
• Electric circuits and how they function
• The relationship between electricity and magnetism
• Applications of electricity and magnetism in technology and everyday life

Resources:

• Lektion. Åk. 8. Fysik – Elektricitet och magnetism:
• Fysik åk 8: Rörelse och kraft: (This resource also covers motion and force, which are related to electricity and magnetism in some applications.)

Heat and Matter

Core Content:

• Different states of matter (solid, liquid, gas) and their properties
• How heat is transferred between objects with different temperatures
• How the states of matter can be changed through heating and cooling
• The particle model of matter and its properties

Resources:

• Lektion. Åk. 8. Fysik – Materia och värme:

Scientific Investigations and Inquiry

Core Content:

• Planning and conducting experiments
• Collecting and analyzing data
• Drawing conclusions and communicating results
• Critical thinking and evaluation of information

Resources:

• The curriculum emphasizes the importance of scientific investigations throughout the course. Many of the resources listed above include examples of experiments and investigations related to the specific topics.
• Fysik - Kursplan - Vi använder kakor (Grundskolan) - Skolverket: (This link provides the official curriculum, which includes information about scientific inquiry.)