Here is a great video that introduces volcanoes. It is very visual and the music fits. This is the video I show to get students excited to learn...
8th Grade Resources
Eighth Grade resources for teachers. Contains videos, worksheets, websites, and activities for students.
This is a fun video to help introduce or review the Presidents of the United States.
This "Its OK to be Smart" video discusses why our bodies feel cold. Students will learn that it is all about heat transfer. The video will...
Check out some anatomy of whales. This video demonstrates how whales communicate under water. The video is of a real scientists who delves into...
Show students how to use protractors and ruler in this interactive website. Teachers can also easily show polygons and quadrilaterals. Shape...
The letters of a homesteader couple describe the epic experience of the first white settlers on the Plains.
This is a great video to help introduce using text eveidence to answer inferential questions. It also demonstrates the difference between literal...
Find out why the sky is blue in this SciShow video. The video discusses the way light reflects colors and the fact that you really have to be...
Is it possible to be really scared to death? The answer is "Yes!" This video discusses how heart failure can occur and other reasons for being...
Here is a quick video that demonstrates and explains the history of the microscope.
This video clip explains and shows the events of Lee Harvey Oswald being shot by Jack “Ruby” Rubenstein after Oswald had been arrested for the...
This is a great video to introduce or explore the Birmingham, Alabama protests during the Civil Rights Movement.
This is a great video to help introduce or review the Nashville, Tennessee Sit ins during the Civil Rights Movement.
A limnic eruption occurs when a poisonous gas gets "belched" out of the bottom of a lake where it was building up pressure. This video discusses...
This is a great video to introduce and explain Consumer Price Index within economics.
In this 3rd through 10th-grade lab, students will observe the formation of salt crystals. Students will also add food coloring to their dissolved...
This clip explains the reasons and story of the case of Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas during the Civil Rights Movement.
A hearty bowl of cereal gives you the energy to start your day, but how exactly did that energy make its way into your bowl? It all begins with...
This video explains the advancements and competition of the Space Race between russia and the United States as part of the Cold War.
In this Study Jam video, students will learn about the water cycle. The vocabulary used in the video is precipitation, evaporation, condensation...
This video does a great job discussing and showing the processes of coastal beach and rock formations. The video also discusses a little bit...
Explore with your students Saturn's moon Enceladus. Did you know that scientists believe they have finally confirmed under-ice oceans on...