I built my own laser light sound visualizer. Using a tone generator and multiple tones you can create some awesome light patterns. We showed this...
8th Grade Resources
Eighth Grade resources for teachers. Contains videos, worksheets, websites, and activities for students.
I show this video during my unit on volcanoes when discussing the two Hawaiian volcano flow types, Pahoehoe and aa lavas. It shows both very well...
This is one of the papers I have my students' parents fill out each year at the beginning of the school year. This helps me know a little more...
Enhance your knowledge with our geologic time scale, spanning from the ancient Precambrian era, nearly 4 billion years ago, to the vibrant...
This is a great video to introduce manifest destiny or moving west.
This is a great video clip to help introduce or review the March on Washington with Martin Luther King (MLK) during the Civil Rights Movement.
In this assignment, students will open up a Google Doc, you can have it printed as well, and fill out a table of some very useful industrial ores...
This physics lab worksheet focuses on exploring the concepts of collision and momentum using a simulation. The lab is designed to engage students...
How do scientists know the patterns of bird migration? This video demonstrates how science over the years has evolved in its discovery of bird...
I show this volcano video when discussing cinder cone volcanoes. Paricutin erupted in 1943 and erupted for 9 years afterward. It occurred on...
This video teaches the science behind getting nervous and how it involves adrenaline.
Find out how many calories people need to eat per day. The video discusses what calories actually are, how your body burns them, and the...
This is a great clip to introduce or review key points of the Truman Doctrine and The Marshall Plan in the rebuilding of Europe after WWII (World...
What can I say more than this is a great video about goats, their sounds, ability to see, and other animal adaptations that make them what they...
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 video is a great way to introduce the evolution of languages. How do linguists trace the origin of words?
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 animated and narrated video demonstrates how a flu virus exits one person and enters another. Then it visually describes how the virus will...
This awesome video highlights two students who came up with a great invention for stopping ketchup from coming out all watery. The video shows...
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 scientific video from BBC is really neat. It shows a few different types of fish that use luminescence to attract prey and obtain their food...
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...
This volcanic eruption style is called Surtseyan, named after the island of Surtsey. Surtseyan volcanoes erupt below the surface of the water.