8th Grade Resources

This video does a great job explaining why we cry and where those tears come from.

This is a great video overview with interesting facts about President James Monroe.

Can you beat a partner in discovering all the factors.  If you don't have a partner, try beating the computer.  Students will learn how 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 is a great short clip with some personal information from actual Navajo Code Talkers about their experience as a Code Talker and the Code...

Demonstrate how magma is more buoyant than the surrounding earth material.  Volcanoes erupt simply because the melted rock rises up through cracks...

This is a clip of Robert F. Kennedy announcing the death of Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) as Kennedy is also running for President in 1968.

This worksheet is designed to help students strengthen their understanding of momentum and impulse in physics. Through a series of engaging...

This is a cute retelling of the events of the Continental Congress on the road to independence at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. It could...

This video answers the misconception that blood is blue when it is in your veins.  This video discusses the different hues of red in humans as...

Honeybees create their honey-cone out of hexagons.  Why is this?  This video demonstrates how bees use math to maximize space and energy.

This is a great video overview with facts about President Andrew Jackson, produced by Disney.

This is an animated video about the states of matter from StudyJams.  They do an excellent job explaining the different states: solids, liquids,...

Scientists have recently discovered an ancient lake bed on the planet Mars.  This video gets into topics of geology such as erosion, deposition,...

This video discusses what comparative embryology in relation to the study of evolution.  They do a great job talking about Ernst Haeckel who faked...

Engage your students in a thoughtful exploration of friendship with this comprehensive worksheet. Designed to develop their writing skills and...

This video shows highlights of President John F. Kennedy's (JFK) challenge to go to the moon speech at Rice University as part of the Space Race...

Here is a quick video animation that demonstrates how Phagocytosis gets rid of bacteria from in the body.  

This is a fun and short informational video with some basic facts about President Abraham Lincoln, produced by Disney.

This video is great at giving a simple animation and description on how our body benefits from plants' photosynthesis. Stomata, Carbohydrates,...

Egg drop competition instructions and material list. It contains follow up questions.

I created this program to generate unlimited opportunities to create sentences using names, nouns, adjectives, and verbs.  Just click the "...

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 volcanic eruption style is called Surtseyan, named after the island of Surtsey.  Surtseyan volcanoes erupt below the surface of the water.