This is a great video overview with interesting facts about president Ulysses S. Grant, produced by Disney.
8th Grade Resources
Kepler is a camera that looks for exoplanets. This video discusses the processes behind finding exoplanets. It also demonstrates how math is...
In this activity, students will briefly examine 10 fields/disciplines of Geology: hydrology, volcanology, mineralogy, paleontology, stratigraphy,...
This is a great video that explores a brief history of President Thomas Jefferson and the history behind the Memorial.
Can you beat a partner in discovering all the factors. If you don't have a partner, try beating the computer. Students will learn how to...
In this Earth Science activity, students will gain a better understanding of what gases the atmosphere is made out of. Students will need to work...
In this SciShow video, students will gain a quick understanding as to why they can see their breath in cold air. The video discusses dew point,...
This is a 5-minute video that does an excellent job talking about bats, their conservation, their feeding habits, their evolution, and their...
This is a great video to show students the many monuments and layout of our nation's capitol.
This is a great video to give a brief summation and history of the Pony Express.
This video discusses the 5,000 mile Silk Road. Learn how commerce and economics connected the world's major settlements. The Silk Road was the...
In this assignment, students will access a database with documented tornadoes since 1950. Students will use a Google spreadsheet as a class to...
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...
In this exercise, students will use a Geologic map to discover what types of rocks, faults, and ages of those rocks are. They will read about the...
This video discusses the possibilities of humans using specific genes and traits and trying to predict intelligence of future babies. The video...
Using colored pencils or crayons, students will read some Christmas puns and then identify nouns, verbs, pronouns, Adverbs, and Adjectives with...
Watch and learn how bats transmit diseases and viruses and why so many bats carry viruses.
This is a fun video that gives examples of the Bill of Rights as seen in Disney movies.
This is an assignment I give my students before they actually take their mineral identification test. In this activity, the minerals have already...
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 is a great video that explores the history and background of President George Washington and the Monument itself.
This is a great video to help introduce or review Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (Linda Brown) and how it affected the end of...
With this video, students will learn about how energy and matter get transferred through different organisms via the food chain. Sun Energy,...
This is a great video overview with interesting facts about President Benjamin Harrison, produced by Disney.