7th Grade Resources

This is the rubric I use to grade each student's science experiment that they present to the class.

This is a great video overview with interesting facts about Harry S. Truman, produced by Disney. Includes items like the atomic bomb, Japanese...

This is a great video to help introduce or review the division of Germany after WWII (WW2, World War 2, World War II). It describes the Communist...

With this video, students will learn about how energy and matter get transferred through different organisms via the food chain.  Sun Energy,...

In this science video, Veritasium does a fantastic job interviewing the public to see if they know what it actually means to be a solid, liquid or...

This is a TEDed video that demonstrates how cancer-fighting drugs kill cancer and why the human body ends up with some side effects.

This is a good great video to show the basic story (dramatization) of the (Jimmy Doolittle) DooLittle Raids in WWII. (World War 2, WW2, World War...

I show this volcanic eruption when trying to discuss the different types of eruptions.  This one is called a lava dome eruption. Lava Dome...

Learn about air pressure in this engaging animation that explains how heavy air affects us and why it doesn't crush us. The video does a great job...

This is a great video to introduce manifest destiny or moving west.

This video would be more for advanced students, but it does a good job of explaining how media can get scientific ideas completely screwed up.    ...

This is a great video to introduce or review the Sit ins at the Woolworth's Drug Store in Greensboro North Carolina during the Civil Rights...

Find out the answer to why bug bites itch.  Did you know that most itching bites are all in the head?

This is a quick video that discusses the discovery and history of the Great Salt Lake.

 In this assignment, students will access a database with documented tornadoes since 1950. Students will use a Google spreadsheet as a class to...

In this activity, students will determine the type of soil they have as well as figure out the pH level of the soil. Students will reinforce their...

Did you know that horseshoe crabs (they aren't really crabs) are used in the medical field?  Find out how the medical field is using these amazing...

This worksheet contains the writing prompt, "Do you think schools should have a dress code policy that requires students to wear uniforms? Why or...

This video does a good job explaining what is meant by natural selection in the evolutionary process and why scientists believe in the Theory of...

This is a clip of Robert F. Kennedy announcing the death of Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) as Kennedy is also running for President in 1968.

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

This video discusses how there is a myth that the "undeveloped" countries are still having huge child mortality rates.  He demonstrates that the...

Find out why the sky is blue in this SciShow video.  The video discusses the way light reflects colors and the fact that you really have to be...

In this assignment, students will open up a Google Doc, you can have it printed as well, and fill out a table of some very useful industrial ores...