7th-8th Grade Resources

PGSD Online Resources

iReady and Typing Club will require the students to log in.

iReady - This is a reading/math resource for grades 7th-8th.

Typing Club - This is a keyboarding resource for grades 7th-8th.

Wide Open School - a free collection of the best online learning experiences for kids curated by the editors at Common Sense.

MobyMax

PBS Learning Media PBS has curated a special collection of resources organized by grades and subject area. Parents will find videos and activities that support learning at home. Spanish Version

LearningExpress Library - School Center - Offers 6th - 8th grade English, math, and social studies practice tests and tutorials that can be completed online or paper/pencil. Register as a new user with personal or school email address.


Multi-Subject Resources

CK-12 - This is a collection of resources for grades 7th-8th on math, science, and social studies.

Brain Pop - Animated Educational Site for Kids - Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts & Music, Health, and Technology.

Username: whileathome | Password: abc123

Khan Academy - This is a collection of videos and resources for grades 7th-8th on multiple subjects.

Hippo Campus - This is a collection of videos and resources for grades 7th-8th on multiple subjects.

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - Students can explore the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History virtually.

Discovery K12 - Discovery K12 provides a complete online curriculum for pre-k to 12th grade. All main subjects are covered, plus extra curriculum courses.

PhET - Students can explore math and science topics with interactive simulations.

Nitro Type - Students improve the foundational skill of typing by competing in fast-paced races against their friends.

Crash Course - Youtube channel of educational videos

COVID 19 Break Packet - Packets for K-8 for students to work on

Self Care for Teens - 50 self-care ideas for middle and high school students. Links to yoga, meditation, virtual tours, crosswords, and more...for teens!

Language Arts Resources

Renaissance -

  • School Name: Read at Home

  • Username: readnow

  • Password: myon

Audible Stories
Students can stream a collection of stories, including titles across six different languages. All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone, or tablet.

Loyal Books - Free Public Domain Audiobooks & eBook Downloads

Project Gutenberg - Free ebooks (public domain)

Classroom Cereal - Grammar practice in free, printable short stories.

Read Theory - Improve your students’ Reading Comprehension. It’s free. Personalized reading comprehension exercises for K-12 and ESL students. The texts are accurately aligned to grade-level standards and a Lexile measure is provided for each, so you can trust your students’ performance metrics and reading level.

CommonLit - CommonLit is committed to providing free remote learning resources to schools affected by coronavirus. CommonLit's digital platform allows teachers to stay in touch with kids at home through customized directions and annotations, instant feedback on student in-text notes, and easy grading with personalized comments.

Read Write Think - Sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English, ReadWriteThink provides educators with access to the highest quality practices in reading and language arts instruction by offering the very best in free materials. Sample Lessons: Color Poems-Using the Five Sense to Guide Pre-Writing, Teaching About Story Structure Using Fairy Tales, A Blast From the Past With Nuclear Chemistry and more.

The Story Starter - The Story Starter randomly generates 356,300,262,144 story starters. Use the story starters to help students become more creative with their writing.

Youngzine - Youngzine is a one-of-a-kind Web site where children can learn about current news and events shaping their world -- in a simple, engaging and interactive manner.

Math Resources

Delta Math - Delta Math is a free website for teachers and students covering a wide range of math content from middle school through AP Calculus.

Illuminations - This is a collection of math interactive resources for grades 7-8, created by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Figure This! - This site provides math challenges students and parents can complete together.


Printable Resources Packets

Students can access a shared 7th-8th grade science folder to obtain various science packets. Currently, you will find the following packets:

7th Grade Packet

8th Grade Packet

Science Resources

The Science Spot - Take-home science projects that can be completed with or without Internet access; other resources useful in eLearning.

Flinn Scientific - At home science labs and activities

Google Science Journal - By using the sensors built into smartphones, iPads, Chromebooks, and other mobile devices, students can make real-time and real-world observations of their current environments with the Google Science Journal application. Students can observe sound, light, and motion and gather relevant data, formulate questions, and identify problems about their environments and construct logical and evidence-based answers and solutions.

Science Bob - Fun science site that includes experiments, research ideas and videos for kids.

Science Journal For Kids - Hundreds of scientific articles, written for kids, approved by scientists. Each article features a glossary of unfamiliar terms and "check for understanding" questions.

SciWorthy - Scientific articles that tell you about what scientists do, why they did it, and the results they got, in everyday language.

The Biology Place by Pearson - Specifically designed for students studying biology, this site aids students in getting a firm grasp of concepts with the BioCoach, experiencing virtual application of concepts with the Lab Bench, and understanding the meanings of conceptual vocabulary.

Social Studies Resources

Smithsonian's History Explorer - This is a collection of interactives and media resources for 7-8 grade.

MrBettsClass - A Youtube channel that teaches mainly US History through parody songs, animations, meme compilations, and reviews

HipHughes History - United States History lectures brought to you by Mr. Hughes. These lectures are designed for broad based conceptual review for studying for middle and high school students

Mission US - Mission US is a multimedia project featuring free interactive adventure games set in different eras of U.S. history.

Famous Speeches from the Past - Watch and/or listen to famous speeches from the past that shape our current landscape and world. Students and parents can search by common tags, names, and events.

PBS: History Detective: Special Investigations Resources - In each hour-long episode of History Detectives Special Investigations, historians ask probing questions behind a single iconic mystery from America's past. Viewers are asked us to solve the puzzles behind their historic objects and artifacts and special features such as tips on conducting your own historical investigation to resources to use in the classroom.


PE/Music Resources

Busy Kids Do Piano - Free month of lessons with coupon code PIANOATHOME

Chrome Music Lab - Chrome Music Lab is a website that makes learning music more accessible through fun, hands-on experiments.

Sight Reading Factory - Unlimited exercises for sight reading and sight singing practice

Mr. Ethridge Music.com - video resources to support students' individual instrument-learning projects

Virtual Tours

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - Students can explore the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History virtually.

Yellowstone Virtual Tours - Explore multiple areas of Yellowstone National Park.