8th Grade Resources

This worksheet reviews the concept of area and perimeter.  Types of questions include the area of irregular shape, adding the total area of two...

In this Earth Science activity, students will gain a better understanding of what gases the atmosphere is made out of. Students will need to work...

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...

This is a great video to introduce and explain Consumer Price Index within economics.

This is a great video to help explore a brief history of Arlington National Cemetery. 

Find out what happens to the body as it lacks water.

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

This is a great clip to open a discussion about conflict or character vs. character.  Harry Potter vs. Volermort

Learn about pain and what humans create to numb it.  This video explains how your brain knows when pain has occurred.  It talks about rare cases...

The letters of a homesteader couple describe the epic experience of the first white settlers on the Plains.

This animated video discusses force and motion.  Inertia, Mass, Gravity, Force, Friction, Newtons, Energy are all discussed in this StudyJam film...

How does tape work?  Van Der Waals bonds are the answer.  This video describes how tape acts like a solid and a liquid to keep its ability to...

Here is a fun poem created to show all of the elements on the periodic table.  Much of the poem demonstrates where the different names came from...

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 video demonstrates how to create a geyser that you can show to your students. I have used this demonstration for multiple levels of science....

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

This video discusses what would happen to the human body if it were to dehydrate.  This is a great video to use when discussing the importance of...

In this Earth Science Lab, students will gain an understanding of what relative humidity and dew point are. There are four parts to the lab. The...

This animated video demonstrates how the Kansas-Nebraska act of 1854.  Learn how this act help begin the Civil War and divide our government...

Survivor stories from Kristallnacht (Night of broken crystal or glass) from the USC Shoah Foundation offer a great first-hand account of the...

This video is a fun rap about the organization and powers declared in the Constitution.

Mr. Edmond sings a good song about the difference between Mass and Weight.  He actually has a nice voice.  He holds up signs so that you can...

This is a fun propaganda cartoon that is a great review of dictators, people, and events of WWII. (World War 2, WW2, World War II, HItler,...

I show this volcanic eruption when trying to discuss the different types of eruptions.  This one is called a Vulcanian eruption.