Grade 8
Grade 8 Electives & CTE
7 units and 30 learning lessons. This is the outline a Grade 8 student works through in Electives & CTE — the lessons themselves are taught inside OHM School, adapted to how each child is doing.
About this outline: the listed lessons are part of the available learning path. A lesson appearing here does not mean its standards mapping or assessment evidence has completed educator review. See the evidence and review methodology.
Grade 8 Electives & CTE
OHM School · Grade 8
Electives & CTE
7 units · 30 lessons
It opens with Digital Storytelling and closes with Physical Education: Fitness for Life.
All units
All units
Lessons
Unit 1 of 7
Digital Storytelling
2 lessons
Lessons
- 1Planning a Digital Story
- 2Basic Animation Concepts
Unit 2 of 7
Digital Literacy: Internet Architecture
3 lessons
Lessons
- 1How the Internet Works
- 2Protecting Information
- 3Digital Safety and Privacy
Unit 3 of 7
Programming Fundamentals
8 lessons
Lessons
- 1Algorithms with Flowcharts and Pseudocode
- 2Variables and Data
- 3Loops and Conditionals
- 4Procedures with Parameters
- 5Decomposing a Problem
- 6Testing and Debugging
- 7Documenting and Sharing Code
- 8Team Programming Project
Unit 4 of 7
Data and Computing Systems
4 lessons
Lessons
- 1Representing Data
- 2Collecting and Cleaning Data
- 3Models and Simulations
- 4Hardware Meets Software
Unit 5 of 7
Introductory Web Design
4 lessons
Lessons
- 1HTML Basics
- 2Adding Images and Links
- 3Accessible and Fair Technology
- 4Career Exploration in Tech
Unit 6 of 7
Health: Adolescent Wellness
5 lessons
Lessons
- 1Changes During Adolescence
- 2Nutrition Facts and Myths
- 3Managing Stress and Emotions
- 4Alcohol, Tobacco, and Vaping
- 5Preventing Bullying and Violence
Unit 7 of 7
Physical Education: Fitness for Life
4 lessons
Lessons
- 1Assessing Health-Related Fitness
- 2Designing a Two-Week Fitness Plan
- 3Strength and Conditioning Principles
- 4Team Strategy and Sportsmanship
How it is taught
The whole subject, in the order a child meets it.
- What is covered7 units and 30 lessons, every one of them in the book above: this is the whole of Electives & CTE in Grade 8, not a sample.
- Taught in orderA lesson unlocks when the one before it is mastered, and review is scheduled from what the child has actually shown rather than on a fixed timetable.
- Kept currentThese titles are read from the live curriculum, so what is in this book is what a Grade 8 student would work through today.
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