8th Grade Resources

This video is a short explanation as to why the Constitution was created.

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...

 In this assignment, students will access a database with documented tornadoes since 1950. Students will use a Google spreadsheet as a class to...

I use this digital geoboard with my 3rd grade students when teaching shapes.  I have students do their best to create, 2d shapes like triangles,...

This video explores the beginning of the War on Terror and 9/11 (September 11th) including the actions of President George W. Bush.

Use this video to create a great classroom discussion on the importance of sleep.

This is an animated video discussing the age of the earth.  It discusses uranium and zirconium dating methods.  Part of the video also talks about...

This is a random three-digit subtraction generator that is Smartboard friendly, with big buttons. Click the reset values button and the program...

If you are teaching a lesson about or during the Olympics then this video might be suitable.  It talks ab little bit about what the medals are...

This video explains the advancements and competition of the Space Race between russia and the United States as part of the Cold War.

If you are teaching about how predators and prey interact then this video is awesome. It shows a monitor lizard and a cobra fight and defend...

This is a good video to help introduce or reinforce differing physical and cultural regions within Arizona.

This "Stated Clearly" video discusses what genes actually are.  This video does an excellent job breaking down and demonstrating what genes...

Students will find this grammar activity and worksheet fun as they try to put the words in the correct order to make a sentence.

This video covers a range of key concepts that are essential for any unit on energy, including geothermal energy, solar energy, convection, the...

Have you ever heard of a brinicle?  Brinicles are rare phenomena that occurs when ocean water freezes very quickly causing any life that gets...

This video explains the beginning of the United States involvement in the Vietnam Conflict including President Lyndon B. Johnson's role.

Find out how scientists create electricity near volcanoes by using geothermal energy.

For those teachers who use publisher to create worksheets and activities for their classroom, you may be interested in this...

This is a great video that can be used as an introduction or a simple review of the characteristics of life.

This video is a great attention grabber for learning  global geography, it names all of the nations of the world in a fun song....

This is a great video that shows Apollo 11, orbiting the Moon, and the Lunar Module descending and landing on the Moon, and Neil Armstrong taking...

This is a fun video that can be used as an introduction to the language, grammar, and a host of other general English topics.

I designed this 5 paragraph expository text writing organizer to help my 3rd graders have space to restate the prompt, come up with three big...