8th Grade Resources

This is a good great video to show the basic story (dramatization) of the (Jimmy Doolittle) DooLittle Raids in WWII. (World War 2, WW2, World War...

This is a great video to help introduce the idea of bartering, trade, and money in economics.

In this captivating video, the measurement of temperatures on Earth takes center stage as the presenter delves into the scientific breakthroughs...

I do this convection currents demonstration when discussing how air moves. This can be used as well when discussing volcanoes, mantle convection,...

How do plastic polution affect oceans.  This video does a good job explaining the science behind plastics and some of the dangers they pose.

This video will show your students how pearls are formed in Bivalve animals.

This website gives teachers the ability to quickly create random numbers that can be used for adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, order of...

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 the rubric I use to grade each student's science experiment that they present to the class.

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 is a great video to help introduce and explain how money circulates in our economic system. It gives a real world example that will help kids...

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 Study Jam video does a great job demonstrating the differences between weather and climate.  It discusses how temperature and air pressure...

This is a great video on economics to help introduce needs and wants to students. It gives a real life example that kids can relate to.

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...

Here is a great video that introduces volcanoes.  It is very visual and the music fits.  This is the video I show to get students excited to learn...

In this lab I have students observe what happens to water, which represents air, warms up and what happens to water as it cools down. Using a hot...

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...

Find out what the Asteroid belt is.  Did you know that it isn't like what you might see in the movies?  There is much more space in the Asteroid...

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

This is a great video that explores the life and culture of the Southern Colonies.

In this EdTech Earth Science activity, students will use Google Drawing to create an image that demonstrates the three main types of earthquake...

Here is a quick video that discusses what would happen if you drank too much water.  More importantly though is that it discusses many organs that...

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...