7th Grade Resources

In this lab, students will identify up to 6 igneous rocks. They will practice using a dichotomous key in order to ID their rocks. Students will...

This is a quick timeline overview of the events of WWII.

This video does a great job discussing and showing the processes of coastal beach and rock formations.  The video also discusses a little bit...

This video shows one of President Eisenhower’s campaign commercials.

Embark on an illuminating video that unravels the secrets of wind. Explore the fascinating mechanisms behind wind generation on our planet....

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

This is a great video to help introduce or explore some basics of the Nazis on trial during the Nuremberg Trials after WWII. (World War 2, WW2,...

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 the trailer to the movie the Rosa Parks Story with Angela Bassett. The full movie is a wonderful depiction of the era during the Civil...

This is a tribute showing the funeral train of Robert F. Kennedy.

Have you ever wondered how big the solar system is?  This video explores the size and distance of our solar system.  It also discusses where...

In this educational video, scientists from Arizona State University, discuss a little bit about the red planet, what we know about it, and how we...

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 great video to show during your unit on adaptations and evolutionary changes.  This video demonstrates how sharks have evolved over time...

Here is a great video that introduces volcanoes.  It is very visual and the music fits.  This is the video I show to get students excited to learn...

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...

This video explains how swallowed air becomes a burp and sometimes a smelly fart.  It also describes why those two bodily functions can smell.

Looking for an informative video about geothermal energy? Look no further than this fascinating 10-minute video from...

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

In this one-day activity students will read and learn about the different types of landforms that are out there. They will then, as groups, create...

This is the rubric I use to grade each student's science experiment that they present to the class.

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

Discover a captivating educational video that creatively explains the theory of Plate Tectonics in the style of a pop-up book. Explore scientific...

It's all about attraction.  This video discusses covalent and ionic bonding as well as the more basic structure of atoms and molecules.