8th Grade Resources

This is a fun video to help introduce or review the Presidents of the United States.

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 an awesome video demonstrating quantities of food that equal 200 calories.  The video goes through the science behind a calorie and show...

This video shows a man on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, losing $15,000 because he didn't under stand the concept of squares.  What is even...

The letters of a homesteader couple describe the epic experience of the first white settlers on the Plains.

Have you ever tried to teach your students that sleep is important?  Here is a video that discusses sleep importance and what happens when you don...

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...

In this 3rd through 10th-grade lab, students will observe the formation of salt crystals. Students will also add food coloring to their dissolved...

This video discusses the science and culture of being left-handed.  This would be a great video to show a class with a good percentage of lefties...

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...

This is a short comical video about an interview with a cloud.  He describes how easy it is to hit humans as they try to escape lightning bolts.  ...

This is a great video that shows a general simulation of how the launch, orbiting, and re-entry worked for John Glenn as he beacme the first...

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

If the evolution of life were to be displayed in a 24 hour period, what would it look like and how long have mammals actually been on Earth?  This...

This is a cute clip of how inflation works and also its’ effects on economics or the economy.

This is a great clip to open a discussion about conflict of character vs. society. 

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 explore the Nuremberg Trials after WWII. (World War 2, WW2, World War II) It has personal accounts from Walter Cronkite...

How many times to we tell our children to put on warm clothes during the
winter so that they won't get a cold?   This video does an...

This video answer the questions, "Why do joints pop and crack?."  In the video, they will discuss the anatomy of a joint, how it is used, and why...

When discussing tsunamis it is good to discuss that some tsunamis can reach hundreds of feet high if the conditions are right.  In 1958 that is...

This video was an educational film for schools during the Cold War to teach them about Duck and Cover Drills in the event of a nuclear attack. (...

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

 This is a brief educational video on the geography (including location, size, and regions) of the United States.