8th Grade Resources

This is a parody of the Breaking Bad series on AMC.  Studio C has a great time involving some comedy surrounding math.

This is a fun video that can be used to introduce, review, or reinforce state and capitals as scene on the Animaniancs.

Discover the truth behind common misconceptions about dinosaurs in this video. Uncover fascinating insights as we delve into the world of...

In this activity students take simple sentences and use metaphors and similes to enhance their sentences, making them more interesting,...

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

Sugar is blamed way too much for a child's extra energy.  Watch this video to see why science says it is not to be blamed.

This is a fantastic video that takes the viewer on a detailed and informative tour of the White House Grounds where the President of the United...

In this assignment, students will research 6 water features that are found in Yellowstone National Park. They will find three images and three...

In this video, students will witness the destructive power of an earthquake and learn about a fascinating phenomenon called liquefaction. This...

This image was designed to demonstrate how sandstone ends up as gneiss, a metamorphic rock.  It follows the sequences of: sandstone, quartzite,...

A worksheet for your students to practice Punnett Squares, deciding between heterozygous and homozygous, and describing the genotype and the...

This video shows the history of batteries.  Find out who were key inventors and what all the important parts of the battery are.

This is a great video overview with interesting facts about Richard Nixon, produced by Disney. Includes items of Vietnam War, Ping Pong Diplomacy...

This is an edited version of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami.  This video does a great job telling the story of the tsunami from the video of those...

Here is a story of Stephen Sillett, who discovered that the extremely tall redwood trees actually contain their own ecosystems.  Watch this video...

This is a fun video that gives examples of the Bill of Rights as seen in Disney movies.

This is an excellent video about how the absence and reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone affected the Yellowstone food web and even change the...

This is a great clip to use as a hook or a discussion point to introduce the Navajo Code Talkers in WWII. (World War 2, WW2, World War II)

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...

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...

During a leap year, this video would be great to show your students when the question arises, "Why do we have a leap year?"  This video discusses...

During my unit on volcanoes, I have the students do some research on some famous volcanoes.  Mt. Vesuvius is one.  This video shows a quick tour...

In this activity, students will briefly examine 10 fields/disciplines of Geology: hydrology, volcanology, mineralogy, paleontology, stratigraphy,...

This video explores why our body craves food so much that we are willing to over eat until we are beyond full.