⭐ 8th Grade Science • Texas TEKS

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Every 2024 TEKS standard broken down, a planning guide to map out your year, and 100% aligned lessons and ideas for everything you teach. All in one place.

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Browse the 24 Standards

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Free TEKS At-a-Glance

Every 8th grade TEKS on one page

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Free Planning Guide

Map all 24 standards across the year

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All 24 Eighth Grade TEKS Standards

Click any standard for a plain-English breakdown, where kids get stuck, and 100% aligned lessons.

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Physical Science

9 standards

TEKS 8.6Matter & Properties

8.6AModeling Matter 8.6BPeriodic Table & Reactions 8.6CProperties of Water 8.6DProperties of Acids & Bases 8.6EConservation in Reactions

TEKS 8.7Force, Motion & Energy

8.7ANewton's Second Law of Motion 8.7BLaws of Motion in Systems

TEKS 8.8Waves

8.8ATransverse Waves 8.8BElectromagnetic Waves

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Earth & Space

9 standards

TEKS 8.9Earth & Space

8.9AClassifying Stars 8.9BCategorizing Galaxies 8.9COrigins of the Universe

TEKS 8.10Atmosphere & Weather

8.10AEnergy From the Sun 8.10BAtmospheric Movement 8.10CTropical Storms

TEKS 8.11Climate

8.11ANatural Events & Climate 8.11BHuman Activities & Climate 8.11CDescribing the Carbon Cycle

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Life Science

6 standards

TEKS 8.12Ecosystems

8.12ADisruptions in Ecosystems 8.12BSuccession & Species Diversity 8.12CSustainability of an Ecosystem

TEKS 8.13Organisms & Environments

8.13ACell Organelles 8.13BGenes 8.13CAdaptations for Survival

Free 8th Grade Downloads

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A one-page TEKS reference sheet and a full-year planning guide. Both free, both print-ready.

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8th Grade TEKS At-a-Glance

Every 8th grade science standard on a single color-coded reference sheet. The one-pager to keep in your planner or hand to a sub or a coordinator.

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8th Grade Planning Guide

The full year mapped out. Every 8th grade TEKS standard in a suggested teaching order, with pacing, so you can plan your whole year in an afternoon.

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