8th Grade Resources

This is a great overview of the organization and functions of the three branches of government.

In this assignment, students will find images of rocks and rock formations that demonstrate that weathering has occurred. They will create a...

This is a great video to introduce or review prefixes, suffixes, and roots when decoding a word.

In this self-guided activity, students will gain an understanding of how to interpret basic to advanced weather station models. They will read...

This is a fun video to tour the World and begin your exploration of the World. It names all the countries of the World.

This video shows President Nixon as he announces his resignation after Watergate in the 1970's.

This is an interactive digital glacier lab that will help students understand what glaciers are, what some of the formations and deposits look...

In this science video, Veritasium does a fantastic job interviewing the public to see if they know what it actually means to be a solid, liquid or...

A quick video that will describe erosion found in the mountains and show beautiful scenery, then you have found a good one.  This video shows...

Here is a quick video demonstrating how the Lunar Landing Module worked when landing and taking off from the moon.

This video clip explains and shows the events of Lee Harvey Oswald being shot by Jack “Ruby” Rubenstein after Oswald had been arrested for the...

Here is a catchy song for young students that discusses the 8 planets.  
 

Vladimir Lenin overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas II and founded the Soviet Union, forever changing the course of Russian politics. But was he a hero...

This is an entertaining newscast that interviews scientists and what they have to say about the movie San Andreas.  I show this video in class to...

This is the full speech by President John F. Kennedy as he addressed the nation about the Cuban Missile Crisis during the Cold War when Russia was...

This is the trailer to the movie the Rosa Parks Story with Angela Bassett. The full movie is a wonderful depiction of the era during the Civil...

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...

With this video, students will learn about how energy and matter get transferred through different organisms via the food chain.  Sun Energy,...

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...

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

Teachers can create arrays and visually show how division works.  Using the program students can also work on estimation, factoring, remainders,...

This is a documentary explaining the history just before the Great Depression occurred.  It does a good job showing actual footage and music from...

This video explains the advancements and competition of the Space Race between russia and the United States as part of the Cold War.

This is a fun video that takes students on a quick tour of the U.S. and visit the state capitals.