Eighth Grade resources for teachers. Contains videos, worksheets, websites, and activities for students.

Check out this video that will give you the ins and outs of lactose and lactate.  The video discusses what it takes for a human to digest milk and...

This video discusses the 5,000 mile Silk Road.  Learn how commerce and economics connected the world's major settlements.  The Silk Road was the...

This is a great video to introduce or explore the Birmingham, Alabama protests during the Civil Rights Movement.

This is a short clip about James Meredith and his quest to enter the University of Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement including...

Students can either label or put the skeleton together in this online activity.  The better they do the higher their score.  They can practice it...

Learn how gypsum and selenite crystals got formed in the Great Crystal Cave found in Mexico.  The crystals are some of the largest ever discovered...

This is a short video clip of a near execution in a POW camp in Japan during WWII. (World War 2, WW2, World War II)

This video shows the moment when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986. This event would ground the U.S. space shuttle program for almost...

What is the difference between a migraine and a regular headache?  Who gets them?  What are the symptoms?  These are some of the questions...

The constant battle for coaches is to get all of their athletes to warm up properly.  How important is stretching to the warm up process?

This video shows President Nixon as he announces his resignation after Watergate in the 1970's.

Students will find this grammar activity and worksheet fun as they try to put the words in the correct order to make a sentence.

 This is a brief educational video on the geography (including location, size, and regions) of the United States.

Bill Nye the Science Guy describes how scientists and physicists might be able to stop an asteroid as it comes closer to Earth.  He discusses the...

Where did all the material found in Saturn's rings come from?  How did those rings form?  Find out the answer to those questions and share this...

This is a fantastic video that takes the viewer on a detailed and informative tour of the White House Grounds where the President of the United...

This is a cute clip of how inflation works and also its’ effects on economics or the economy.

This is a great video to introduce or review conflict in literature.

At the beginning of science courses, usually, the scientific method is taught. My high school students have to demonstrate their knowledge of the...

This video demonstrates the science behind the spice.  Why do peppers make your brain think your tongue is on fire?  What is the spicey scale all...

Enhance your fossil unit with this concise and engaging video that explores the intriguing process of fossil extraction from rock. Witness the...

This video explores why our body craves food so much that we are willing to over eat until we are beyond full.

This is a great video to introduce or review prefixes, suffixes, and roots when decoding a word.

This worksheet contains two passages on how plants grow and tips for growing your own plants.  It contains the writing prompt, "How do plants grow...