The purpose of this research is to analyse the academic achievements of primary school eighth

grade students in Chemistry course. The research is in scanning model. The sample of the

research is primary school students at Turkish education classes in the academic year of 2017-

2018. As a data collection tool, the examination of written tests on different themes throughout

the year, the academic success of the students and the affecting factors were interpreted and

solution suggestions were given. It has been observed that the results of the tests performed on

different subjects according to the annual chemistry course curriculum give different results. Here, it was determined that the difficulty of the chemistry course subjects affected the results.

According to the research findings, it has been determined that there is a statistically significant

difference in the academic achievement scores of female and male students in the Chemistry

course, in favour of female students. Theoretical courses alone are not enough to increase the

academic success of students. It is foreseen that the use of visual methods and experiments will

help the percentage gain higher values.