In this activity, students will hone their observation, inference, and making conclusions skill by trying their best to use a dichotomous...
8th Grade Resources
Eighth Grade resources for teachers. Contains videos, worksheets, websites, and activities for students.
This is a great video to introduce or review the Sit ins at the Woolworth's Drug Store in Greensboro North Carolina during the Civil Rights...
This video is a fun rap about the organization and powers declared in the Constitution.
This SciShow video discusses what Demodex mites are, how we get them on our skin, and why they would choose our faces to live. This video teaches...
In this demonstration, students will get a better understanding of what a geyser is and what makes it function the way it does. I was worried...
This video visually discusses what ecosystems and biomes are. The video is 16 minutes long. It talks about the 7 major biomes on Earth, arctic,...
Here is an interesting man/nature made landform found in Turkmenistan. This video describes how scientists search for oil and natural gas created...
This health-related video discusses the importance and science of sleep. It discusses why some don't sleep well and many of the external stimuli...
In this volcano video, students will be able to see a climb up Krakatoa's child, Anak. I find this video fascinating because it vividly shows the...
This video shows the hearings of Alger Hiss and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, supposed spies, during the Red Scare at the beginning of the Cold War...
This is a short clip to help introduce or reinforce global supply and demand in economics.
Why do we blush? This is actually a scientific mystery. This video explores some of the hypothesis out there.
In this EdTech Earth Science activity, students will use Google Drawing to create an image that demonstrates the three main types of earthquake...
When you are teaching a unit on Astronomy, inevitably you are going to get into a discussion with students on the possibility of life outside of...
This is a pretty cool 3d animation comparing the different depths of water bodies all the way down to the Marianas Trench. This would be a cool...
This is a wonderful short documentary about the life of President George Washington. It explains elements of his childhood and life at Mount...
This is a brief educational video on the geography (including location, size, and regions) of the United States.
Here is an excellent video about how scientists map the human genome. Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine, Tissues, Organs, Organism, DNA, and...
This is a great tribute video to heros. It introduces Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., Flight 93, 9-11, Sandy Hook, and even the Granite...
In this activity students will discover information about the four mass movement types: creeps, slides, falls, flows, slumps. They will discover...
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 video discusses how there is a myth that the "undeveloped" countries are still having huge child mortality rates. He demonstrates that the...
This video examines President Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency, his fight against poverty, the anti-war movement, and his approach to Vietnam.