Honeybees create their honey-cone out of hexagons. Why is this? This video demonstrates how bees use math to maximize space and energy.
8th Grade Resources
Eighth Grade resources for teachers. Contains videos, worksheets, websites, and activities for students.
This is a great clip to demonstrate and open a discussion about conflict: man vs. society as shown through the movie "Rudy."
Have you ever wondered how big the solar system is? This video explores the size and distance of our solar system. It also discusses where...
Why did Pluto get demoted from being a planet? Well did you know that there are actually bigger than Pluto objects that orbit our sun? If we...
In this activity students are going to find a small rock, decide what rock type it is, weight it, place it in a tumbler and then over a two week...
This is a great clip to use as a hook or a discussion point to introduce the Navajo Code Talkers in WWII. (World War 2, WW2, World War II)
This NASA educational video discusses the Aurora Borealis/Northern Lights.
This video explores the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis between the U.S. (President John F. Kennedy) and Russia (Nikita Khrushchev) during the...
This video shows a man on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, losing $15,000 because he didn't under stand the concept of squares. What is even...
This website is great. You can create a near limitless sets of configurable math worksheets. The worksheets have multiple variables and all...
Have you ever wanted to know how rainbows are formed? This video quickly and graphically demonstrates and explains how they are formed.