Year 8 Science Online Courses – Class Subscription (2026)

Description

Year 8 Science Online Courses (Class Subscription)

The Year 8 science online courses provide high-quality lessons aligned to the Australian Curriculum.

Click on the links below to view free sample lessons:

• Elements, Compounds and Mixtures (Chemistry)
• Microscopes (Biology)
• Introduction to Energy (Physics)
• Earth’s Internal Structure (Earth & Space)

 

About the Year 8 Science Online Courses

Purchase of the Year 8 online science courses gives access to the following courses for one year:

• Year 8 Chemistry
• Year 8 Biology
• Year 8 Physics
• Year 8 Earth & Space

Each course consists of high-quality, in-depth lessons broken up into several topics.
Students can test their understanding with self-marking quizzes at the end of each topic.

 

Course Contents

Chemistry

Elements and Compounds

• Elements, Compounds and Mixtures
• Names and Symbols for Elements and Compounds
• Introduction to the Periodic Table

Chemical Change

• Physical and Chemical Changes
• Describing Chemical Reactions Using Equations
• Investigating Chemical Reactions

Biology

The Cellular Basis of Life

• Microscopes
• Cells
• Unicellular and Multicellular Organisms
• Cell Division
• Respiration and Photosynthesis

Body Systems

• Overview of Body Systems
• The Digestive System
• The Respiratory System
• The Circulatory System
• The Excretory System
• The Musculoskeletal System

Physics

Energy

• Introduction to Energy
• Kinetic Energy
• Potential Energy
• Energy Transfer
• Energy Transformation
• Conservation of Energy

Earth & Space

Plate Tectonics

• Earth’s Internal Structure
• Plate Tectonic Theory
• Tectonic Plate Boundaries
• Volcanoes
• Earthquakes and Tsunamis

The Rock Cycle

• Rocks and the Rock Cycle
• Igneous Rocks
• Sedimentary Rocks
• Metamorphic Rocks

 

Workbooks

The Year 8 Online Courses are designed to be used in conjunction with the Year 8 Workbooks, which contain a range of questions and activities, including extension and topics for further research.

The online courses and workbooks can be purchased together as a discount bundle.

 

Coverage of the Australian Curriculum

The online courses are aligned with Version 9.0 of the Australian Curriculum.

Year 8 Chemistry – Science Understanding

• Classify matter as elements, compounds or mixtures and compare different representations of these, including 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional models, symbols for elements and formulas for molecules and compounds (AC9S8U06).
• Compare physical and chemical changes and identify indicators of energy change in chemical reactions (AC9S8U07).

Year 8 Biology – Science Understanding

• Recognise cells as the basic units of living things, compare plant and animal cells, and describe the functions of specialised cell structures and organelles (AC9S8U01).
• Analyse the relationship between structure and function of cells, tissues and organs in a plant and an animal organ system and explain how these systems enable survival of the individual (AC9S8U02).

Year 8 Physics – Science Understanding

• Classify different types of energy as kinetic or potential and investigate energy transfer and transformations in simple systems (AC9S8U05).

Year 8 Earth & Space – Science Understanding

• Investigate tectonic activity including the formation of geological features at divergent, convergent and transform plate boundaries and describe the scientific evidence for the theory of plate tectonics (AC9S8U03).
• Describe the key processes of the rock cycle, including the timescales over which they occur, and examine how the properties of sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks reflect their formation and influence their use (AC9S8U04).

 

Subscription Information

Class subscriptions last for one year from the date of student enrolment (not from the date of purchase). This means that subscriptions can be purchased the preceding year.

Subscriptions do not auto-renew.