8th Grade Resources

The rumors are partially true that the baldness "gene" comes from your mother's father, but how true is this?  Watch this video with your students...

Here is a handout to give students when they are about to do a science experiment.  It will help them focus on the procedure of the scientific...

This video discusses what comparative embryology in relation to the study of evolution.  They do a great job talking about Ernst Haeckel who faked...

Prepare to be amazed and informed by this excellent animated video on the topic of tsunamis. Through the use of stunning visuals and easy-to-...

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

Try this word problem with your students  to see if they can solve the word problem given in this movie, "Little Big League."  This video is sure...

Find out how many calories people need to eat per day.  The video discusses what calories actually are, how your body burns them, and the...

This NASA educational video discusses the Aurora Borealis/Northern Lights.

This is a great video to introduce Feudalism in the Middle Ages. It explores the structure of the Feudal system of Nobility (Kings), Lords,...

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...

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

I show this video during my unit on volcanoes when discussing the two Hawaiian volcano flow types, Pahoehoe and aa lavas.  It shows both very well...

This is a great video clip to help explain the George Kennan's proposed policy containment of Soviet style communism at the end of World War II (...

This video demonstrates a science experiment on the formation of calderas.  The idea is great.  Either show the video or demonstrate the formation...

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

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...

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

This video discusses and demonstrates how levers are used to reduce the amount of work and energy required to lift something.   This would be...

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

This is a great video to help explain the dictators' movements, or prelude, toward war in WWII. (World War 2, WW2, World War II)

In this assignment students will find images of the most common formations found in caves: helictites, stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, cave...

This is a short video that does a good job describing the Yellowstone Supervolcano. It does a great job showing the potential of large magma...