| Unit | Unit Title | Teaching time (hours) |
| 8A | Food and digestion | 8 |
| 8B | Respiration | 9 |
| 8C | Microbes and disease | 8 |
| 8D | Ecological relationships | 9 |
| 8E | Atoms and elements | 7.5 |
| 8F | Compounds and mixtures | 8 |
| 8G | Rocks and weathering | 7.5 |
| 8H | The rock cycle | 7.5 |
| 8I | Heating and cooling | 10 |
| 8J | Magnets and electromagnets | 7 |
| 8K | Light | 7 |
| 8L | Sound and hearing | 7.5 |
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