8th Grade Resources

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.

Discover a captivating educational video that creatively explains the theory of Plate Tectonics in the style of a pop-up book. Explore scientific...

This is a neat animate video that discusses the difference between poisons and venoms.  

Why does swiss cheese have holes?  I have to admit I never thought about it, but this video show how bacteria goes through processes that create...

This is a great video to help introduce or review the division of Germany after WWII (WW2, World War 2, World War II). It describes the Communist...

This science lab can be used in any of the science disciplines because it is going to help students learn how to read a meter tape. Students will...

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)

This video discusses how temperatures in lakes affect the flow of the lake's ecosystem.

This video would be more for advanced students, but it does a good job of explaining how media can get scientific ideas completely screwed up.    ...

This is a fun video that demonstrate optical illusions as well as other issues your brain might have, with getting information incorrect.

What can you do with Geography…This video gives some examples of jobs using Geography.

This is a great video to help explore a brief history of Arlington National Cemetery. 

This is an animated video about the time value of money.  The calculation of compound interest is discussed.

This Google search activity allows students to go to the internet to search for specific minerals and then to use the Periodic Table to discover...

This engaging video series offers a fun and quick way to introduce basic economic concepts to students. The series is broken up into several short...

This video teaches the science behind getting nervous and how it involves adrenaline. 

In this short National Geographic science video, we get to take a look at how deadly and awesome some eagles can be.  This eagle enjoys reying...

Here is some simple history behind the spacesuit.  Find out who comes up with the idea and how they have changed over time.

This is a fun video that can be used as an introduction to the language, grammar, and a host of other general English topics.

I show this volcano video when discussing cinder cone volcanoes.  Paricutin erupted in 1943 and erupted for 9 years afterward.  It occurred on...

In this Earth Science Lab, students will gain an understanding of what relative humidity and dew point are. There are four parts to the lab. The...

With this video you can easily start off a class on genetics or reproduction.  Simply propose the age old question, "Which came first, the chicken...

This video covers a range of key concepts that are essential for any unit on energy, including geothermal energy, solar energy, convection, the...

This is a cute retelling of the events of the Continental Congress on the road to independence at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. It could...