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.
8th Grade Resources
Eighth Grade resources for teachers. Contains videos, worksheets, websites, and activities for students.
This is a great video to help introduce using text eveidence to answer inferential questions. It also demonstrates the difference between literal...
This video explains the approach that JFK took to defuse the controversy of his being a Catholic running for President.
How do scientists know the patterns of bird migration? This video demonstrates how science over the years has evolved in its discovery of bird...
This is a great video to help introduce or review prepositions in grammar.
Steve Spangler does a great job presenting videos and experiments for kids. Here is a video and his website. In this video he demonstrates how...
This is a great to clip to help introduce or review how Plessy Vs. Ferguson and the idea of separate but equal and segregation impacted the Civil...
In this self-guided activity, students will gain an understanding of how to interpret basic to advanced weather station models. They will read...
In this assignment, students will open up a Google Doc, you can have it printed as well, and fill out a table of some very useful industrial ores...
This is an animated video that describes how the Declaration of Independence came about. This video also dispels a myth or two about its...
Explore with your students Saturn's moon Enceladus. Did you know that scientists believe they have finally confirmed under-ice oceans on...
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 video, students will see what your body converts fat too when it is burning fat. Your students will be surprised as to where your fat...
This is a great video to help introduce or reinforce irrational numbers in algebra.
This TEDed video shows just how big the ocean is. It does a great job at putting the sheer size of the ocean into perspective.
In this 7-12 Earth Science lab, students will get a chance to hone in on their observation and inference skills. Students will work in groups to...
This is a great video to show students the many monuments and layout of our nation's capitol.
Kepler is a camera that looks for exoplanets. This video discusses the processes behind finding exoplanets. It also demonstrates how math is...
This is a great video that describe the importance of many elements of the monuments that make up our our capitol.
This is an interactive digital glacier lab that will help students understand what glaciers are, what some of the formations and deposits look...
This is a good great video to show the basic story (dramatization) of the (Jimmy Doolittle) DooLittle Raids in WWII. (World War 2, WW2, World War...
This worksheet contains two passages on how plants grow and tips for growing your own plants. It contains the writing prompt, "How do plants grow...
Find out how glacier melt can actually raise the sea levels of the ocean. Thermal expansion is also explained in this science video.