8th Grade Resources

This website is great.  You can create a near limitless sets of configurable math worksheets. The worksheets have multiple variables and all...

This informative video explains the 27 amendments to the United States Constitution in just 4 minutes. From the Bill of Rights to the most recent...

How well can you or your students complete a simple mental math question under pressure?  This video shows a young woman losing out on the first...

This is an introductory video to avalanches.

This is a great video that shows a general simulation of how the launch, orbiting, and re-entry worked for John Glenn as he beacme the first...

In this activity, students will first begin by exploring area and perimeter.  Tell your students to make a shape that has a specific area or...

Note: You will need some fossil examples in order to complete this lab.

In this historical geology lab, student groups will do their best...

This short animation explains how DNA can get a mismatch mutation and how the body repairs such an error.

Here is a quick 8-minute video that talks about 3 man-made disasters that were all preventable.  The three disasters talked about are, Chernobyl...

Have you ever wanted to know how rainbows are formed?  This video quickly and graphically demonstrates and explains how they are formed.

This video shows the hearings of Alger Hiss and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, supposed spies, during the Red Scare at the beginning of the Cold War...

This is an interesting video that describes some problems with the aquatic food web that contains certain types of trout.

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 great video to help introduce or review prepositions in grammar.

This is a really short video about how to become an entrepreneur and discusses what an entrepreneur is in economics.

This video takes you on a journey to find out how a tree can get water all the way to its top when so many other scientific factors and laws...

This video provides a glimpse into the preparation and recovery steps for the launch of Alan Shepard, the first American in space during the Cold...

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...

Discover the truth behind common misconceptions about dinosaurs in this video. Uncover fascinating insights as we delve into the world of...

Here is a quick video that demonstrates and explains the history of the microscope.

This video discusses how scientists are taking plants and creating fuel and energy with it.  Biological concepts are also taught about breaking...

In this lab, you will be exploring the organisms present in pond water. Add leaves and grasses to your pond water. Students will observe and...

Students will find vocabulary that deals with metamorphosis.  I use this when teaching 3rd-graders about how caterpillars turn into butterflies....

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...