Find out how glacier melt can actually raise the sea levels of the ocean. Thermal expansion is also explained in this science video.
8th Grade Resources
Eighth Grade resources for teachers. Contains videos, worksheets, websites, and activities for students.
Students have a difficult time actually understanding how big or small planets are or distances to and from planets compared to other terrestrial...
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...
Note: You will need some fossil examples in order to complete this lab.
In this historical geology lab, student groups will do their best...
This is a great video that explores the life and culture of the New England Colonies.
Eyeball floaters are what you see sometimes floating across your vision when looking at something bright. This video explains what those are.
Engage in a captivating Earth Science activity that hones your cloud identification skills. In this interactive session, students will have the...
This is a great video to explore a brief history of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C.
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...
This video discusses what comparative embryology in relation to the study of evolution. They do a great job talking about Ernst Haeckel who faked...
In this activity, students get to know Alfred Wegener and why and how he came up with the idea of continental drift and the super-continent...
This is a great video to introduce or explore the Birmingham, Alabama protests during the Civil Rights Movement.
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...
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 great video to help introduce or reinforce irrational numbers in algebra.
Students will dive into the world of balancing using levers and fulcrums. Through a virtual simulation called "Phet Balancing Act," students will...
Everyone has an Adam's Apple. This video discusses why a man's Adam's Apple is so prominent.
In this assignment students will find images of the most common formations found in caves: helictites, stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, cave...
This is a great video on economics to help introduce needs and wants to students. It gives a real life example that kids can relate to.
Here is a quick video that demonstrates and explains the history of the microscope.
This is a good video, yet kind of sad, about the use of Laika the dog as the first living organism to enter space during the Space Race of the...
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...
This is a great video to help introduce or review the Nashville, Tennessee Sit ins during the Civil Rights Movement.