8th Grade Resources

This classic Schoolhouse Rock video is a fun and engaging way to introduce or review the eight parts of speech and basic sentence structure....

This NASA video describes what the sun is and what it is made out of. 
Part of the discussion is about sun spots and solar flares.  They do...

This is a 16-word word search with a weather theme.  Words contained in the word search are, hail, temperature, thunder, drought, precipitation,...

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

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

If you are teaching physical science and have often tried to come up with a great explanation about why objects hit the ground at the same time if...

This video discusses molecules that make up every living thing, carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins.  This video will also discuss how we find...

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

Sugar is blamed way too much for a child's extra energy.  Watch this video to see why science says it is not to be blamed.

This is a great video that examines the process of mummification in a informational and humorous parody.

This is a quick summary of the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis between the U.S. (President John F. Kennedy) and Russia (Nikita Khrushchev)...

This is a very short clip that demonstrates the launch of Sputnik by Russia during the Space Race in the Cold War during the 1950s.

This website gives a great example of using the commutative and associative properties of addition using Skittles.  There is a video available...

This animated video does a great job of talking about the relativity of speed.  This would be an excellent video to show during a physics or...

The constant battle for coaches is to get all of their athletes to warm up properly.  How important is stretching to the warm up process?

I built my own laser light sound visualizer. Using a tone generator and multiple tones you can create some awesome light patterns. We showed this...

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

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

This is an interactive digital glacier lab that will help students understand what glaciers are, what some of the formations and deposits look...

Discuss character traits by analyzing this video about animated animals crossing a bridge.  Very fun and relevant to the discussion.

If you are teaching a lesson about or during the Olympics then this video might be suitable.  It talks ab little bit about what the medals are...

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

Have you ever wondered why the moon sometimes seems to be much larger?  This video will explore illusion of moon sizes.

An excellent video that briefly describes what motion sickness is and what is causing it.