8th GRADE SCIENCE

Read, Explore, Play Games, Watch Videos, Do Experiments

• News articles on multiple subjects

• Requires a parent login

• Science Videos from actual astronauts on the International Space Station

• Actual astronauts read stories from the International Space Station

• Activities Using Household Materials

  • Measuring Earthquakes (4th - 8th) - By building your own seismograph to document shaking, you and your children will learn about the cause of earthquakes and how scientists measure earthquake intensity.

  • Buoyancy Bull’s-Eye (6th - 8th) - In this hands-on investigation using household objects, students will explore the concepts of buoyancy and mass to create a device to help an action figure stay neutrally buoyant, just like a scuba diver.

  • Mapping Mockingbirds (7th - 12th) - By solving a logic puzzle, students will learn about the speciation of the Galápagos mockingbirds as they practice reading and constructing a branching diagram showing the evolutionary relationships among this group of birds.

• Explanation of the immune system and white blood cells

• Also covers a lot more information about keeping our bodies healthy

  • skin

  • lymphatic sytem

  • and so much more...

• Two experiments to be done at home. Instructions are in both English and Spanish

  • Water-Energy Nexus Lesson - Explore the relationship between water and energy (water-energy nexus) and build a model to demonstrate the way water travels from sources to homes and businesses.

  • Nexo Agua-Energía - Explorar la relación entre el agua y la energía (nexo agua-energía) y construir un modelo para demostrar la forma en que el agua viaja desde las fuentes hasta los hogares y las empresas.

  • Electromagnetic Forces *Lesson should be completed with adult supervision* - Explore magnetism and design electromagnets to explain the phenomenon: when an electric current moves through a wire, an invisible magnetic force surrounds the wire. Adding a nail to the electromagnet will temporarily magnetize the nail.

  • Fuerzas Electromagneticas *La lección debe completarse con la supervisión de un adulto* - Explorar el magnetismo y diseñar un electroimán para explicar el fenómeno: cuando una corriente eléctrica se mueve a través de un cable, una fuerza magnética invisible rodea el cable. Agregar un clavo al electroimán magnetizará temporalmente el clavo.

• Educational Resources from The National Weather Service - for Kids and Teens