8th Grade Resources

Students will draw and diagram the different phases of the moon depending on how the Earth, Sun, and Moon are positioned relative to one another...

This is a short clip to help introduce or reinforce global supply and demand in economics.

This is a random three-digit subtraction generator that is Smartboard friendly, with big buttons. Click the reset values button and the program...

This video examines President Kennedy and events leading up to the building of the Berlin Wall during the Cold War and the events leading up to...

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...

This Educational Technology Tutorial demonstrates how teachers can use LightShot or any other screen capture software to quickly and easily add...

This is an excellent video that discusses the 10% usage of the brain myth.  The video will discuss how the brain functions and the energy required...

This is a fun video that displays the various international relationships that exist with the United States...or at least our perception of those...

This is a fun video that can be used to introduce, review, or reinforce state and capitals as scene on the Animaniancs.

This video describes the philosophy and histories behind the foundations that helped form the Bill of Rights as well as references to the...

This video will show your students how pearls are formed in Bivalve animals.

Try this video activity with your students.  See how long it takes for them to keep from yawning.

This is an excellent video about how the absence and reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone affected the Yellowstone food web and even change the...

Have you ever had students question, "Why do we yawn?"  In this video your students will get a very quick and accurate description as to why we...

This is a three-point rubric for informative writing. It includes grading criteria for the topic sentence, organization, details, conclusion,...

This video explains the development and rise of McCarthyism, and specifically the role of Joseph McCarthy during the Red Scare during the...

This video examines President Richard M. Nixon’s plans to “limit” yet “expand” America’s role in the Vietnam conflict.

This is a TEDed lesson on how our noses smell and detect odor. This is a cartoonized video with a great story track.  This science video goes...

This is a great video that explains the story of The Star Spangled Banner.

Egg drop competition instructions and material list. It contains follow up questions.

This is an entertaining newscast that interviews scientists and what they have to say about the movie San Andreas.  I show this video in class to...

Teachers can create arrays and visually show how division works.  Using the program students can also work on estimation, factoring, remainders,...

This is the full recording of the “I have a dream speech” given by Martin Luther King Jr. from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the Civil...

Here is a quick video animation that demonstrates how Phagocytosis gets rid of bacteria from in the body.