8th Grade Resources

This is a great clip to open a discussion about conflict of character vs. society. 

In this science lab, students will gain a pretty good understanding of what mass, volume, and density are. They will digitally change the volume...

In this informative Earth Science video, viewers will learn about the layers of the Earth and how scientists have come to know about them. From...

This video explores why some people get allergies more often then others. What are allergies anyway? Did you know that people with good hygiene...

This is a great video to help introduce or review adjectives.

This is a great video to help introduce the idea of bartering, trade, and money in economics.

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 is a bio feature of the Rosa Parks story during the Civil Rights Movement.

In this Earth Science lab, students will create their own homemade barometers using a canning jar, a balloon, and a straw. The barometers can show...

Bill Nye said about the Joy of Discovery is awesome.  It is the joy of discovery that makes every human being a scientist.  We explore, test,...

This image was designed to demonstrate how sandstone ends up as gneiss, a metamorphic rock.  It follows the sequences of: sandstone, quartzite,...

This video was an educational film for schools during the Cold War to teach them about Duck and Cover Drills in the event of a nuclear attack. (...

In this video symbiotic relationships are discussed.  The video does a great job detailing the relationships between symbiotic organisms,...

This resource would be a great introduction to your unit on cells.  It is an animation of many different types of cells and some of their...

In this self-guided activity, students will gain an understanding of how to interpret basic to advanced weather station models. They will read...

This is a great video to help introduce or review prepositions in grammar.

This is a great video that can be used to introduce or review the main ideas and supporting details in a story or paragraph.

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

Eyeball floaters are what you see sometimes floating across your vision when looking at something bright.  This video explains what those are.

A quick video that will describe erosion found in the mountains and show beautiful scenery, then you have found a good one.  This video shows...

This is a reading of the Declaration of Independence by Hollywood actors and actresses.

Enhance your knowledge with our geologic time scale, spanning from the ancient Precambrian era, nearly 4 billion years ago, to the vibrant...

Engage in a captivating Earth Science activity that hones your cloud identification skills. In this interactive session, students will have the...

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...