8th Grade Resources

This video discusses and demonstrates how levers are used to reduce the amount of work and energy required to lift something.   This would be...

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...

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...

 In this assignment, students will access a database with documented tornadoes since 1950. Students will use a Google spreadsheet as a class to...

Here is a plate tectonic demonstration/lab idea for all grade levels.  You can easily use this video when teaching about earthquakes and plate...

How does tape work?  Van Der Waals bonds are the answer.  This video describes how tape acts like a solid and a liquid to keep its ability to...

This informative film is an ideal resource for educators to wrap up their World War I unit. It delves into the causes and consequences of the war...

In this lab/demonstration, the teacher will demonstrate how convection currents in the atmosphere occur. This demonstration is very visible and...

Learn how gypsum and selenite crystals got formed in the Great Crystal Cave found in Mexico.  The crystals are some of the largest ever discovered...

This is a documentary and interview with President George W. Bush given 10 years after the September 11 (9/11) attacks on the World Trade Centers...

Mr. Edmond sings a good song about the difference between Mass and Weight.  He actually has a nice voice.  He holds up signs so that you can...

This animated video does a great job of talking about the relativity of speed.  This would be an excellent video to show during a physics or...

This website gives a great example of using the commutative and associative properties of addition using Skittles.  There is a video available...

In this activity, students will first begin by exploring area and perimeter.  Tell your students to make a shape that has a specific area or...

This NASA video describes how the Wright Brothers used the scientific inquiry in learning to fly.  It will demonstrate how their first plane...

Find out what happens to the body as it lacks water.

This is a great video overview with interesting facts about President James Monroe.

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...

This video explores the story of the election for president of 1960 between Kennedy and Nixon.

This is an interesting video that describes some problems with the aquatic food web that contains certain types of trout.

This volcano video demonstrates and discusses how composite and shield volcanoes are created and describes their lava type.  The Ring of Fire and...

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 gfeat clip to help explores the sit in demonstrations by the Greensboro Four and others that occurred at the Woolworth's in Greensboro...

This is a three-point rubric for informative writing. It includes grading criteria for the topic sentence, organization, details, conclusion,...