8th Grade Resources

This is a great video that describe the importance of many elements of the monuments that make up our our capitol.

In this short National Geographic science video, we get to take a look at how deadly and awesome some eagles can be.  This eagle enjoys reying...

Show students how to use protractors and ruler in this interactive website.  Teachers can also easily show polygons and quadrilaterals.  Shape...

This volcanic eruption style is called Surtseyan, named after the island of Surtsey.  Surtseyan volcanoes erupt below the surface of the water.

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...

This worksheet has 9 questions relating to the area.  Students will draw the area.  They will find the total area of two rectangular shapes. They...

This TEDEd video discusses five parasites and how they affect the host's brain.  The parasites it discusses are the Gordian Worm, Rabies Virus,...

Engage in a captivating Earth Science activity that hones your cloud identification skills. In this interactive session, students will have the...

I use this digital geoboard with my 3rd grade students when teaching shapes.  I have students do their best to create, 2d shapes like triangles,...

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

This is a long list of Aesop's fables.  Most of them have a modern day version of the fable as well.  Use the fables to teach students how to...

Using colored pencils or crayons, students will read some Christmas puns and then identify nouns, verbs, pronouns, Adverbs, and Adjectives with...

This video is a short explanation as to why the Constitution was created.

Here is a quick tribute to Rosalind Franklin the lady scientist who helped discover the double-helix shape of DNA.

This is a fun video that gives examples of the Bill of Rights as seen in Disney movies.

This is an animated video that discusses eels.  It discusses how they reproduce, a bit about the mystery behind an eel's migration, and how an eel...

Can you beat a partner in discovering all the factors.  If you don't have a partner, try beating the computer.  Students will learn how to...

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...

Students will be engaged in hands-on experimentation and discover the principles of motion and collision through a series of captivating lab...

Have you or your students ever wondered why we yawn?  The theory that you may have heard was to add more oxygen to your body.  Well, guess what,...

This is a fun parody that paints a comical view of the Founding Fathers, yet still accentuates key points of the founding of America and...

This is a great video to help introduce or review adjectives.

When the sun begins to die, it will grow quite large and hot that the Earth will end up dying and be swallowed up by the sun.  Is there a way out...

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