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Students watch "Flush to Finish" to learn what happens to water as soon as it goes down the drain or toilet and is normally forgotten about. This video shows the importance of water conservation, appreciation for water as a resource, and how to keep the water cycle clean.

Students work through the scientific method to practice observations, research statements, hypotheses, variables, and conclusions.They analyze the fascinating scene unfolding in front of them to learn about bonds and equilibrium. You can even relate this to their own lives and why we use soap to wash our clothes/dishes!

How many drops of water will the head of a penny hold? This lab is great for any time of the year to introduce or practice the scientific method. Make observations, a hypothesis, and analyze the surprising results!

This assessment will test the students' knowledge of Observations, Research, and Hypotheses. It narrows in on qualitative vs. quantitative observations, inferences vs. predictions, and independent vs. dependent vs. controlled variables.

This presentation allows students to review earthquakes, seismic waves, and faults.

Here is an example of our first Ancient Twitter. Students choose a scientist to research and then create a tweet as if they were that scientist. The tweets are meant to tell us a little about that scientist and their life. Then we share one scientist's tweet each day as students walk in the room.

I made a new rock cycle test for my students that I think matches my learning targets better. This assesses the rock cycle and many characteristics of sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks.

Use any or all of these labs to help students practice the scientific method. Some come with helpful hints or what to write as research, variables, constants, etc. I have also used portions of this as a hands-on summative assignment instead of a test.

Here are over 30 questions and answers that you can use throughout the year as bell ringers or at the end of the year as part of your state test prep/final exam review. Answers are included. These questions are aligned to the 8th grade science curriculum.

17 questions to give your students orally or written. Answers included! Students could answer these with a partner, on their own, as a bonus assignment, or even as a class competition. This resource can also be used to help students sketch lunar and solar eclipses.

presentation or pdf explaining lake effect snow

These posters will help you build a classroom mindset promoting kindness, effort, and positivity. I like to post one each week for the first half of the year and then revisit them for the second half as we grow as learners and people. Students can train their brain to believe in themselves and others.

Use this interactive calendar time with your students both in the classroom and at home! I found that I needed to create a calendar time that I could project for all students to see. Best part? It's interactive! You can move all of the pictures to build you calendar and students can take turns interacting with the days of the week, weather graph, and calendar.

Here is a power point that I have perfected over the years. It includes information on abiotic vs. biotic factors, characteristics of living things, classification systems, autotrophs vs. heterotrophs, and the 6 kingdoms! You will love this information-packet power point.

Attached are two documents. The first is a spreadsheet of 6 different cities followed by columns for the date, sunrise time, sunset time, high temperature, low temperature and 2-3 websites where information can be found. (This wouldn't load as a preview.) The second is the sheet you see below with questions encouraging students to analyze their data for patterns to learn more about how the globe is affected by Earth's revolution around the Sun.

Use this presentation to analyze the height, weight, and age of various athletes. Students will then calculate averages and determine "the ideal athlete for each sport" OR which sport a skateboarder, horse jockey, and figure skater, might prefer to their own.

Use this presentation to review polygons: quadrilaterals, and triangles with individual students, parterns, small group, or your whole class. There are ten questions with answers and a bonus.

Clues with answers provided that will review the first semester of 8th grade science including Earth's Interior, Earthquakes, Weathering and Erosion, and Land Features. I use this for review bingo-students can make their boards as I read the red answers, then I will read the clues in random order.

This power point is great for Smart boards etc. Its slides are linked to the first one so that students can take turns matching vocabulary terms to their definitions. Just like in the game "Memory", students must remember what they have seen so they can make each correct match.

Information about igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks-includes intrusive vs. extrusive, characteristics, and examples of each rock type.