8th Grade Programs Basic Principles PDFs
194 results
Filters
Grade
Subject
Format
Resource type
Standard
Theme
Language
Programs & methods
Supports
Scientific Method Variables Shuffleboard Game Interactive Print & Digital Gr.5-9
Teach experimental design and scientific method variables with this hands-on interactive STEM activity for grades 5-9. Includes 13 scenarios in print & digital formats to engage students in learning independent, dependent, and control variables. No prep.Engaging Scientific Method Variables Game for Interactive LearningTransform your science lessons with this innovative shuffleboard game that makes learning about experimental design fun and interactive. This engaging scientific method lesson use
5th - 9th
Basic Principles, Physical Science, Science
CCSS, NGSS
RI.3.4
, RI.4.4
, RI.5.4
+20
Science Logic Puzzles for Middle School
This Science Logic Puzzles for Middle School product has 10 logic puzzles of varying difficulty and factual scientific information. They are great for Back to School days, and can be used for team building, fast finishers, after tests, for close reading or critical thinking exercises, for extra credit, or to fill in those odd schedule days like half days, sub plans, or when you need a fun break. Famous Women InventorsFamous Africa-American InventorsThe Mammals of AustraliaThe Highest Volcanoes
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Groundhog Day STEM Groundhog Day Science Groundhog Day Art & Shadow Activities
Celebrate Groundhog Day with a hands-on STEM challenge that’s creative & educational! Perfect for grades 2–8, this activity combines science, art, and engineering & math to explore the fascinating world of light and shadows. Students will love experimenting with angles and distances to create groundhog shadows, while adding a unique twist with “street art” shadow tracing. What’s the Groundhog Graffiti STEM Challenge all about?Students work individually or in teams to: Design and manipulate
2nd - 8th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Visual Arts
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
SPUD GAMES! Low-Prep Classroom Olympics with Potato-Themed Events, Medals & MORE
Looking for classroom olympics, classroom games, end of year activities, low prep activities, fun classroom activities, stem day activities, hands on learning, team building activities, classroom competition.... or do you just plain love a good potato? WELL SAY NO MORE! Get ready to roll, lift, spin, stack, and SPLASH (optional 😉) with SPUD GAMES—a hilarious, low-prep classroom Olympics-style event your students will talk about all year! This low-cost, high-fun activity transforms simple m
4th - 12th
Basic Principles, Other (Science), Reading
Biology Bell Ringers Graph and Data Analysis 5 Minute Daily Graphs High School
Give your students daily practice analyzing biology data with these ready-to-use, 5-minute bell ringers. Each activity features a high-quality, NGSS-aligned graph and four multiple-choice questions, including one inference or prediction.Aligned to HS-LS1, HS-LS2, HS-LS3, and HS-LS4, these bell ringers cover key biology concepts while building graph reading, trend analysis, and data interpretation skills, which are essential for NGSS success.Why teachers love them:No prep, no grading (Google™ For
8th - 10th
Basic Principles, Biology, General Science
NGSS
HS-LS1-5
, HS-LS2-3
, HS-LS3-1
+6
Human Body Systems Worksheet Bundle | 10 Systems | Anatomy Activity Grades 6-10
😩 Planning a unit on body systems — but your class has THREE different readiness levels? One worksheet never fits all. You prep three versions. You grade three keys. You're exhausted before Friday. → There's a better way. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Human Body Systems Worksheet Bundle 10 Systems · Anatomy Activity · Grades 6–10 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ One purchase. Every learner covered. This complete human body systems unit gives you three ready-to-print tiers for ALL 10 body systems — s
6th - 10th
Anatomy, Basic Principles, Biology
Lab Safety Activity: Use as Stations, Group Work or Independent Work
Do you need a way to review Lab Safety with your students? In this activity your students will read about a lab experience and answer questions related to the safety practices that were demonstrated (or lack their of) in each scenario. This is an easy to implement, print and go activity. This activity can be implemented in a variety of ways: STATIONS: Hang up the Lab Safety Scenario Cards around the room, students walk around and answer the questions. GROUPS: In groups, students can go read
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Basic Principles, Biology, General Science
Ocean Currents and Climate Worksheet - Global Winds Graphs CER Data Analysis
Strengthen your students’ understanding of ocean currents, global winds, and climate systems with this engaging, NGSS-aligned resource. Students will look at climate graphs to find the evidence. Students will: Analyze real-world graphs showing ocean and wind circulation patterns Practice Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) writing using data as evidence. Explore how unequal heating and Earth’s rotation drive global climate patterns. Perfect for bell ringers, practice, or assessment preparation, thi
6th - 8th
Basic Principles, Earth Sciences, General Science
NGSS
MS-ESS2-6
Back to School STEM Challenge - Apple Wrecking Ball - Team Building Paperless
This back-to-school STEM / STEAM Challenge brings the joy back to your classroom with collaborative, hands-on, brain-busting work (disguised as fun)! This is a great intro to Newton’s Third Law of Motion, which is part of 3rd and middle school NGSS standards! (3PS2-1, MS-PS2-1, and MS-PS2-2) The basic premise: Individually or in partners/groups, students will design and build an apple wrecking ball built for annihilation! • Students will set up marker “bowling pins” and try to knock down as many
2nd - 8th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Participation Before Perfection™ A Transformational Participation Framework
Participation Before Perfection™ is a transformational educational framework designed to help educators create learning environments where students feel emotionally safe enough to participate, communicate, collaborate, take risks, and grow without fear of perfectionism or failure. This framework encourages educators to move beyond fear-based academic environments by supporting confidence-building, authentic engagement, classroom participation, emotional safety, communication, leadership devel
PreK - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Basic Operations, Basic Principles, Creative Writing
First Week of School Science STEM Activity First Day of School Team Building
This Apple Wrecking Ball Back to School STEM Challenge is the perfect hands-on experience to launch your first week of school science activities while introducing or reinforcing Newton’s Third Law of Motion in a highly engaging way. Whether you're teaching upper elementary or middle school, this engineering challenge promotes team building, creative problem-solving, and critical thinking, ideal for the first day of school STEM activities or any beginning of the year science activities focuse
2nd - 8th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Social Emotional Learning
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Groundhog Day STEM - Groundhog Day Science - Groundhog Day Shadows Art & Science
This Groundhog Day STEM challenge engages students in exploring light, shadows, and design through hands-on experimentation and creative shadow art. Bring Groundhog Day to life in your classroom with this versatile STEM and science activity combining both printable and digital Google Slides™ resources. Perfect for grades 2–8, this resource is packed with NGSS-aligned lessons, editable templates, and extensions for a variety of classroom settings. How It Works:Students work individually or i
2nd - 8th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Visual Arts
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
+7
Carnivorous Plants Science Literacy Bundle
🌿🪰 Carnivorous Plants Science & Literacy Bundle | Reading Comprehension, NGSS Crosscutting Concepts, CER Writing & Google Forms Bring the fascinating world of carnivorous plants to life with this comprehensive science and literacy bundle! Students will explore amazing plants such as the Venus flytrap, pitcher plant, sundew, and bladderwort while building reading comprehension, applying Next Generation Science Standards Crosscutting Concepts, and practicing Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) writ
6th - 10th
Basic Principles, Biology, Other (Science)
CCSS, NGSS
RI.6.1
, RI.6.2
, W.6.1
+13
Five ThinkForge Desktop Engineering Challenges Volume 3 - Energy/Motion (MS/HS)
ThinkForge™ Desktop Engineering Challenges are low-prep, classroom-ready engineering design challenges that engage students in hands-on problem solving using common materials and minimal space. Each challenge guides students through the engineering design process as they analyze a real-world problem, design and build a solution, test and redesign, and communicate results. Perfect for STEM, science, and physics classrooms (grades 6–12), these desktop-friendly challenges build critical thinking, c
6th - 12th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Physics
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
+3
Speciation Activity: Use as Stations, Group Work or Independent Work
Do you need a way to review different types of speciation with your students? In this activity your students will read case studies that cover different types of speciation and answer questions about them. This is an easy to implement, print and go activity that will have your students apply there knowledge of genetics and apply it to real world scenarios. The depth of application makes this assignment best fit for an advanced or AP Biology class. The different case studies in the activity r
8th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Basic Principles, Biology, General Science
ACT Science Practice Chromosomes and Inheritability Worksheet
I wrote this practice passage as like the ACT practice passages are for Science Section. I catered it towards my current unit in Biology on Genetics- specifically chromosomes, inheritability and meiosis. The answer key and some ACT Science tricks are included on the last pages. The blue star is only on the preview file. The original download file you get with purchase is simply the document without any stars on it.
8th - 12th
Anatomy, Basic Principles, Biology
States of Matter MEGA Bundle | Montessori Chemistry Labs, Timeline, Cards & More
Make chemistry come alive with this States of Matter MEGA Bundle, a complete set of hands-on labs, literacy connections, research guides, and Montessori-inspired three-part cards designed for upper elementary learners (grades 4–6). Whether you’re teaching in a Montessori classroom, micro school, or homeschool, this growing science bundle provides everything you need to explore solids, liquids, gases, and plasma in meaningful, engaging ways. This resource combines 10 of Southern Montessori Co
4th - 9th
Basic Principles, Chemistry, World History
Science Fair Project: A complete guide to completing a project. Science Inquiry
Whether you are wanting to enter your students in a science fair, or you desire to add completing a science project to your curriculum, use these documents to lead your students to success in the inquiry process. I created documents using over 30 years of experience in leading students to compete in science fairs. Included are an overview of how to do a science fair project, and seperate docuements for each step. Teacher pages and student pages are included.
4th - 9th
Basic Principles, Engineering, General Science
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
+1
Which Graph Should I Use? | Biology Graphing Skills Worksheet
Students can often read graphs but struggle when asked to choose and create the correct graph from lab data. This resource was designed to explicitly teach students how to select the appropriate graph type before graphing, reducing common errors and building confidence in data analysis. In this activity, students practice identifying independent and dependent variables, determining which graph type best fits the data, and constructing graphs using proper scientific conventions. Visual examples,
7th - 12th
Basic Principles, Biology, General Science
Blank Science Experiment Journal Template | Digital Or Print | Grades 6 7 8 Labs
Are you looking to create hands-on investigations with your middle school students? Help students think like a scientist using a lab report template. Included are an editable Google Slides and a print version. We will take you step by step in designing unique experiments on the topic of your choice. Great For6th, 7th, 8th grade, and even high schoolFlexible Learning in the ClassroomTeachers creating experiments from their curriculumHomeschool Science LessonsScience Fair ProjectsSummer Science
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, General Science, Graphing
Design Thinking Notebook | Introduction to Engineering Interactive notebooks
Introduce your students to the EDC in an interactive and comprehensive way! This print-and-go interactive notebook is perfect for 5th - 7th grade STEM, science, engineering, or design-thinking. Aligned with NGSS and designed for middle school engagement, this resource helps students connect real-world problem solving with hands-on learning—while building academic vocabulary and critical thinking. ✨ What’s Included: ✅ Engineering Design Cycle Overview Wheel✂️ Cut-and-Paste Sequencing Activitie
5th - 8th
Basic Principles, Engineering
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
+4
Newton's Laws of Motion Task Cards: Force and Motion, Physics, Science Center
Are you struggling to find engaging, hands-on activities to help your students truly understand Newton's Laws of Motion and apply Force and Motion concepts to real-world situations? These interactive task cards are the perfect solution to reinforce Inertia, Acceleration (F=ma), and Action-Reaction in your Physical Science classroom, transforming abstract physics theories into easy-to-grasp scenarios. What is included:24 Task Cards in Full Color: Vibrant illustrations to engage visual learn
5th - 9th
Basic Principles, Informational Text, Physical Science
Specialized Cells: Think-Pair Share Activity OR Independent Packet
Do you need a way to teach or review Cell Specialization with your students? In this activity your students will read about a specific specialized cell and answer questions based on the passage. The questions focus on the relationship between the structure/organelle composition of the cell and its function. This is an easy to implement, print and go activity that is perfect for biomedical sciences, advanced biology or AP Biology. Specialized Cells Included: Red Blood Cells, Muscle Cells, Ne
8th - 12th
Anatomy, Basic Principles, Biology
Building Blocks Speed Lab: Heavy vs. Light Cars
Grade Levels: Kindergarten - 8th Grade Duration: 60 minutes Building Blocks Speed Lab: Heavy vs. Light Cars (Lesson Plan + Student Worksheet) Engage your students in a fun, hands-on investigation of motion, weight, and engineering design with this interactive STEM lesson! In this project, students design, build, and test Building Blocks cars to explore how weight affects the distance a car travels down a ramp. Through repeated trials, measurement, sketching, and data collection, students practic
K - 8th
Basic Principles, Measurement, Physics
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
+5
Showing 1-24 of 194 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands