8th Grade General Science Activities (by date, oldest first)

This word sleuth will provide your students/children with a fun journey in the world of Science with key vocabulary words. It can be done in class, centers, or as a fun homework assignment.

Word sleuth is in PPTX format along with the answer key.

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Are you searching for a unique and engaging way to teach kids about the water cycle? Our Water Cycle Flexagon Craft offers a dynamic and hands-on approach to learning this essential environmental process. This printable flexagon activity allows children to cut, print, and fold their own flexagon, a fun, interactive tool that visually demonstrates the stages of the water cycle—evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection. By manipulating the flexagon, kids can explore how water moves through its continuous cycle in a creative and memorable way.

Perfect for science lessons, environmental education, homeschooling, or at-home learning, this flexagon craft makes understanding the water cycle both enjoyable and interactive. Kids will love the tactile experience of crafting and using their flexagon, enhancing their grasp of how water circulates through the environment.

What’s Included in the Water Cycle Flexagon Pack:

• Printable Flexagon Templates: Detailed templates for each stage of the water cycle, ready to print and assemble.
• Instructional Guide: Easy-to-follow instructions for cutting, folding, and constructing the flexagon.
• Illustrative Graphics: Visuals for evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection stages to aid understanding.
• Educational Content: Brief descriptions of each water cycle stage included on the flexagon.

Dive into the dynamic process of the water cycle with our Water Cycle Flexagon Craft, and let your kids discover the continuous journey of water through a creative and interactive activity!

IN ADDITION, this resource includes a helpful tip sheet about "Child Development and Play Activities." Through this resource, parents will gain practical insights into how different types of play contribute to their child's overall development. The information sheet provides simple and engaging ideas for fostering cognitive, physical, social, and emotional growth through play. By incorporating these activities, young learners can develop essential skills while enjoying the fun and creativity that play brings to their everyday lives.

Are you searching for an engaging and educational tool to help your children or students understand the complex structure of the human heart? Our Heart Anatomy Foldout Craft is designed specifically to simplify learning about the cardiovascular system, making it an ideal resource for homeschoolers and classroom environments alike.

Here’s why this detailed craft is a must-have for budding biologists and future doctors:

• Detailed Anatomical Representation: This foldout provides a comprehensive overview of the heart, including heart chambers, atria, ventricles, valves, septum, blood vessels, coronary arteries, and the pulmonary artery and vein.
• Hands-On Learning Experience: By building the foldout, students can visually and tactically explore the various parts of the heart, enhancing their understanding through interactive learning.
• Educational Benefits: Aids in teaching complex concepts such as blood flow, heart functions, and cardiovascular health in a digestible and memorable way.
• Highly Versatile: Perfect for students of varying ages and educational levels, from elementary through high school, adapting to different depth of detail as needed.
• Ready-to-Use Format: Comes in a ready-to-print format, allowing for immediate use in both homeschool and traditional classroom settings.

Introduce your students to the intricacies of heart anatomy with our Heart Anatomy Foldout Craft. It’s a powerful visual tool that promotes a deeper understanding of human biology and encourages a hands-on approach to learning!

IN ADDITION, this resource includes a helpful tip sheet about "Child Development and Play Activities." Through this resource, parents will gain practical insights into how different types of play contribute to their child's overall development. The information sheet provides simple and engaging ideas for fostering cognitive, physical, social, and emotional growth through play. By incorporating these activities, young learners can develop essential skills while enjoying the fun and creativity that play brings to their everyday lives.

This single page is a great way to get students started on science either at the beginning of the year or the beginning of a new unit. This form can be used one of two ways: 1. students use two colors and use this like a KWL. One color for what they think they know and one for what they have learned. 2. Simply adding new science words to the page as they learn them. Please don't forget to take a look at the other items I have available in my store!

So many of the best museums may not be in your backyard, but it doesn’t mean you can’t learn more about them! This resource is a fun way to strengthen research skills, explore a variety of science museums and get kids considering where and how the public interacts with science. Perfect for early finishers or extension.

Students are tasked with:

• Researching science museums
• Finding out which exhibits are on permanent display
• What information can be found in the exhibits
• Identifying why learners their age would want to visit the museum

Sometimes students don’t know where to start! To help them get started with their museum research, included is a Google Slides presentation that:

• Introduces the assignment
• Explains various types of science museums
• Tells what kid of topics are covered in those institutions
• An example museum to get them started if needed

This assignment is ready-to-use and easy to implement in your classroom with little to no prep. 

Includes:

• PDF printable version
• Google Slides version to assign digitally
• Google Slides about the types of science museums

Enhance student comprehension of the Earth's layers with this large, specialized graphic organizer. Designed to support and communicate learning effectively, this graphic organizer offers an innovative layout that provides plenty of room for both writing and drawing. It's the perfect tool for a range of educational activities and objectives related to the layers of the Earth.

This oversized graphic organizer features:

• Ample room for writing and drawing
• Graphics about the layers of the Earth

Once completed, these graphic organizers make a striking display, adding a unique touch to your classroom or hallways. The versatile design is perfect for a range of learning activities.

This oversized graphic organizer is perfect for:

• Note taking
• End of Unit Review
• Projects
• Research

Includes:

• 2 letter size pages that combine to make one larger image
• Size when complete: Approx. 11x14

This oversized graphic organizer is an excellent resource for reinforcing the layers of the Earth and engaging students in their learning process!

Enhance student comprehension of the scientific method with this large, specialized graphic organizer. Designed to support and communicate learning effectively, this graphic organizer offers an innovative layout that provides plenty of room for both writing and drawing. It's the perfect tool for a range of activities and objectives related to mastering the scientific method.

This unique oversized graphic organizer features:

• Ample room for writing and drawing
• Example graphics about the scientific method

Once completed, these graphic organizers make a fun display, adding a unique touch to your classroom or hallways. The versatile design is perfect for a range of learning activities.

This oversized graphic organizer is perfect for:

• Note Taking
• End of Unit Review
• Projects
• Research

Includes:

• 2 letter size pages that combine to make one larger image
• Size when complete: Approx. 11x14

This oversized graphic organizer is an excellent resource for reinforcing the scientific method and engaging students in their learning process!

Enhance student understanding of producers, consumers and decomposers with this oversized graphic organizer, designed to facilitate communication of their learning. The unique layout of this graphic organizer provides ample space for writing and drawing, making it an ideal tool for various educational tasks and objectives.

This unique oversized graphic organizer features:

• Ample room for writing and drawing
• Example graphics about the scientific method

Once completed, these graphic organizers make a striking display, adding a unique touch to your classroom or hallways. The versatile design is perfect for a range of learning activities.

This oversized graphic organizer is perfect for:

• Note taking
• End of Unit Review
• Projects
• Research

Includes:

• 2 letter size pages that combine to make one larger image
• Size when complete: Approx. 11x14

This oversized graphic organizer is an excellent resource for reinforcing how ecosystems interact and engaging students in their learning process!

Engage your students with these no prep Valentine's Day themed graphing and data table task cards. Each card has a different scenario or task to help strengthen the science process skills of graphing and data table organization.

This activity is designed to help practice:

• Making graphs
• Making data tables
• Interpreting information given via graph or table

These cards are a perfect way to celebrate and recognize the holiday, while meeting academic objectives.

Included:

• 20 task cards - 4 print per page
• Printable recording sheet
• Digital cards in Google Slides
• Teacher Key

Learn about the layers and atmosphere of the Sun while researching the topic and creating this oversized resource. With resources you provide or with information that they research on their own, students will label and tell about our closest star, its structure, atmosphere and features.

Allows for the use of the following vocabulary:

core, radiation zone, convection zone, atmosphere, corona, photosphere, chromosphere, sun spot, prominence, solar flare.

Includes:

• 2 coloring pages that combine to make one larger image
• Size when complete: 11x14

Learn about our solar system while researching planets and creating this oversized resource. With resources you provide or with information that they research on their own, students will label and tell about an assigned or chosen planet and its features!

Includes TWO Versions Each With:

• 2 coloring pages that combine to make one larger image
• Size when complete: 11x14

Looking for a different resource to introduce and reinforce lab safety? This 100% digital Interactive Science Notebook is ready to meet that need. No prep needed from you, ready to assign to students and engage.

This resource addresses the following Essential Questions:

• How can we keep ourselves safe in a laboratory setting or in the field?

Interactive Notebook Contains:

• Google Slides Digital Notebook Pages
• 13 Full Color Pages with text and examples
• 2 Interactive Drag and Drop Pages
• 5 Pages That Require Student Interaction

Please check out the preview video to ensure that this product would work for you and your students!

These science vocabulary tiles are a fun way for students to manipulate content and show off their learning! Set of tiles comes with a mixture of vocabulary and other words for students to build their own waves "poetry."

What is Included?

• 30 prompts to get students started
• 156 vocabulary and filler words
• Blank template to write in new/needed words

Included vocabulary words support NGSS: MS-PS-4-1 and MS-PS-4-2

Printable PDF & Digital Versions are included in this distance learning ready activity which consists of 15 addition and subtraction problems where students also have to identify the significant figures in the answers.

Important Information

Not all boxes are used in the maze to avoid students from just figuring out the correct route. Students will have to solve 13 problems to finish the maze.

Distance learning?

• No problem! This activity now includes Google Slides & Easel by TeachShare digital options!

Three Forms of Use Included

1. Printable PDF
2. Google Slides
3. Easel by TeachShare

Check out my other mazes for practicing significant figures!

*Identifying Significant Figures Maze

*Multiplying and Dividing Significant Figures Maze Activity

This graphic organizer activity about classifying metals, non-metals and metalloids is low prep and flexible for student needs. Use as a traditional graphic organizer or allow students to use the cut and sort option.

Vocabulary covered: metal, non-metal, metalloid, periodic table of elements, physical property, luster, brittle, malleability, insulator, conductor and semi conductor.

This Resource Contains:

• Resource materials in color, black and white as well as digital for ease of use.
• Blank Graphic Organizer
• Cut and Sort Option
• Teacher Key/Guide

These science vocabulary tiles are a fun way for students to manipulate content and show off their learning!

Set of tiles comes with a mixture of 189 vocabulary and other words for students to build their own scientific method or experimental design "poetry." A blank set for you or students to add more words as needed is also included.

These science vocabulary tiles are a fun way for students to manipulate content and show off their learning!

Set of tiles comes with a mixture of 189 vocabulary and other words for students to build their own mitosis "poetry." A blank set for you or students to add more words as needed is also included.

Printable PDF & Digital Versions are included in this distance learning ready activity which consists of 15 multiplication and division problems.

Important Information

Not all boxes are used in the maze to avoid students from just figuring out the correct route. Students will have to solve 13 problems to finish the maze.

Distance learning?

• No problem! This activity now includes Google Slides & Easel by TeachShare digital options!

Three Forms of Use Included

1. Printable PDF
2. Google Slides
3. Easel by TeachShare

Check out my other mazes for practicing significant figures!

*Identifying Significant Figures Maze

These science vocabulary tiles are a fun way for students to manipulate content and show off their learning! Set of tiles comes with a mixture of vocabulary and other words for students to build their own rocks and minerals themed "poetry."

What is Included?

• 29 prompts and questions to get students started
• 255 vocabulary and filler words
• Blank template to write in new/needed words

Vocabulary included supports NGSS MS-ESS2-1

Printable PDF & Digital Versions are included in this distance learning ready activity which consists of identifying significant figures in a number 15 times.

Important Information

Not all boxes are used in the maze to avoid students from just figuring out the correct route. Students will have to identify the amount of significant figures in a number 12 times.

Distance learning?

• No problem! This activity now includes Google Slides & Easel by TeachShare digital options!

Three Forms of Use Included

1. Printable PDF
2. Google Slides
3. Easel by TeachShare

Check out my other mazes for practicing significant figures!

*Multiplying and Dividing Significant Figures Maze Activity