7th Grade Resources

This is a great video overview with interesting facts about President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ), produced by Disney. Includes items JFK...

I have actually been to the Arenal Volcano.  It is a beautiful site.  The volcano erupted sending down a pyroclastic cloud killing several...

This is a great short clip with some personal information from actual Navajo Code Talkers about their experience as a Code Talker and the Code...

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

This is an assignment I give my students before they actually take their mineral identification test. In this activity, the minerals have already...

Show students how to use protractors and ruler in this interactive website.  Teachers can also easily show polygons and quadrilaterals.  Shape...

This is a fun video that demonstrate optical illusions as well as other issues your brain might have, with getting information incorrect.

If you are teaching a unit on the skin or the epidermis, your students might be interested in viewing how tattoos stay permanent in your skin.  ...

Find out the answer to why bug bites itch.  Did you know that most itching bites are all in the head?

Try this video activity with your students.  See how long it takes for them to keep from yawning.

This video describes how the ear and eyes are related to motion sickness.  

This is a fun song to help review or reinforce the Bill of Rights.

This video discusses the 5,000 mile Silk Road.  Learn how commerce and economics connected the world's major settlements.  The Silk Road was the...

In this activity students will discover information about the four mass movement types: creeps, slides, falls, flows, slumps. They will discover...

Here is a story of Stephen Sillett, who discovered that the extremely tall redwood trees actually contain their own ecosystems.  Watch this video...

This NASA video describes how the Wright Brothers used the scientific inquiry in learning to fly.  It will demonstrate how their first plane...

In this informative video, the question "Why do trees have rings?" is explored in detail. The presenter delves into the fascinating topic of tree...

This volcano video demonstrates and discusses how composite and shield volcanoes are created and describes their lava type.  The Ring of Fire and...

This is an Awesome Overview of the CIvil Rights Movement. It covers everything from Plessy Vs. Ferguson, Ku Klux Klan - KKK, Brown Vs. The Topeka...

In this Study Jam video, students will get a better understanding of biomes.  Vocabulary that is discussed is biome, ecosystem, habitat, climate,...

In this activity, students will determine the type of soil they have as well as figure out the pH level of the soil. Students will reinforce their...

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...

I took another copy of this and then edited some of the slower parts and parts that might be objectionable for High School students.  This video...

In this video you will actually get a chance to see how old your ears are.  This video does an excellent job explaining the science behind it as...