8th Grade Resources

Overfishing Ecology Decision Challenge Activity | Population, Sustainability

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TWFScience

This Overfishing Decision Challenge will help your students understand how overfishing, population decline, reproduction, carrying capacity, food webs, sustainability, and fisheries management are connected. This activity gives teachers an easy, NO PREP way to have students analyze ecology data, com

6th - 10th Biology, Environment, General Science

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+3

Also included in: Food Chains and Food Webs Worksheet Bundle + Energy Flow in Ecosystems Lesson

Pollinator Habitat Decision Ecology Challenge | Plant Reproduction, Pollination

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TWFScience

This Pollinator Habitat Decision Challenge will help your students understand how pollinators, plant diversity, native plants, habitat features, biodiversity, and human impact are connected. This activity gives teachers an easy, NO PREP way to have students analyze ecology data, compare schoolyard h

6th - 10th Biology, Environment, General Science

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+3

Also included in: Real World Ecology Decision Challenges Bundle | Ecosystems Activity

Passive Solar Water Heater Design Challenge | SNC1D/SNC1W STEM Activity

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TWFScience

Passive Solar Water Heater Design Challenge | Ontario Grade 9 Science STEM Project and Graphing LabIn this project, your students will research, design, build, and test a passive solar water heater using simple classroom materials. Students explore how solar energy can be used to warm water and how

8th - 10th Engineering, Physical Science, Physics

NGSS MS-PS3-3, MS-PS3-4, MS-PS4-2+11

Passive Solar Water Heater Design Challenge | STEM Engineering Activity

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TWFScience

Passive Solar Water Heater Design Challenge | Solar Energy STEM Project and Graphing LabIn this project, your students will research, design, build, and test a passive solar water heater using simple classroom materials. Students explore how solar energy can be used to warm water and how design choi

8th - 10th Engineering, Physical Science, Physics

NGSS MS-PS3-3, MS-PS3-4, MS-PS4-2+11

Also included in: STEM Investigations Growing Bundle — Scientific Method, Design, Data & CER

Road Construction Ecology Decision Challenge | Habitat Fragmentation & Movement

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TWFScience

This Road Construction Decision Challenge will help your students understand how habitat fragmentation, biodiversity, animal movement, migration routes, wetland corridors, wildlife crossings, and human development are connected. This activity gives teachers an easy, NO PREP way to have students anal

6th - 10th Biology, Environment, General Science

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+3

Also included in: Real World Ecology Decision Challenges Bundle | Ecosystems Activity

Species Protection Ecology Decision Challenge | Biodiversity, Keystone Species

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TWFScience

This Species Protection Decision Challenge will help your students understand how biodiversity, habitat loss, keystone species, pollination, food webs, ecosystem stability, and conservation trade-offs are connected. This activity gives teachers an easy, NO PREP way to have students analyze ecology d

6th - 10th Biology, Environment, General Science

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+3

Also included in: Real World Ecology Decision Challenges Bundle | Ecosystems Activity

Real World Ecology Decision Challenges Bundle | Ecosystems Activity

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TWFScience

This Real-World Ecology Decision Challenge Bundle will help your students analyze real-world environmental problems, compare possible solutions, and make evidence-based decisions using science. Each activity gives teachers an easy, NO PREP way to build data analysis, critical thinking, and science r

6th - 10th Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+2

Human Impact & Sustainability - 13 Reading Article Bundle - 6th 7th 8th Grade

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TWFScience

This grade 6–8 reading bundle introduces students to major environmental challenges caused by human activities and the science behind building a more sustainable future. Across 13 high-interest readings, students explore how energy production, agriculture, mining, waste, pollution, deforestation, an

6th - 8th Earth Sciences, Environment, Marine Science

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+7

Human Impact & Sustainability - 13 Reading Comprehension Bundle | Grade 8 and Up

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TWFScience

This reading bundle is meant for high school students and higher level grade 8 students. It explores the real-world science behind human impact, environmental change, and the challenge of building a more sustainable future. Across 13 in-depth readings, students investigate how energy production, agr

8th - 12th Earth Sciences, Environment, Marine Science

NGSS HS-LS2-1, HS-LS2-2, HS-LS2-3+11

Crash Course BIOLOGY 2024: Foundations, Ecology & Climate Bundle | Episodes 1–10

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TWFScience

Crash Course BIOLOGY (2024 Updated) Foundations, Ecology, Climate Change & Conservation Video Worksheet Bundle — 10 video worksheets with complete answer keys. Whether you are introducing biology, teaching ecology and climate change, reviewing important concepts, or preparing a sub plan, these C

8th - 12th Science, Biology, General Science

NGSS HS-LS1-1, HS-LS1-2, HS-LS1-3+21

Water Cycle & Hydrology Data Analysis Graphing Bundle | HIGH SCHOOL

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TWFScience

These three water cycle data graphing activities will help your students understand how precipitation varies by season and location, how temperature affects evaporation, condensation, and cloud formation, and how rainfall, soil type, and infiltration affect runoff and river flow while building stron

6th - 9th Graphing, Earth Sciences, Environment

NGSS HS-ESS3-1, HS-ESS3-3, HS-ESS3-4+1

Also included in: High School Science Graphing and Data Analysis Mega Bundle | Real-World Data Lab

Waves and Energy Data Graphing Lab Bundle 6th, 7th, 8th Grade | Sound and Light

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TWFScience

These three waves and energy data graphing activities will help your students understand how wave properties are related, how amplitude and frequency affect sound, and how wavelength, frequency, and energy are connected across the electromagnetic spectrum while building strong graphing and data anal

6th - 9th Graphing, Physical Science, Physics

NGSS MS-PS4-1, MS-PS4-2, MS-PS4-3

Also included in: Middle School Science Graphing & Data Analysis Bundle | Real-World Data 6, 7, 8

Resource Depletion & Mining Data Graphing Lab Bundle 6th, 7th, 8th Grade

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TWFScience

These three natural resources and resource depletion data graphing activities will help your students understand how human resource use affects availability, how consumption compares with production and new discoveries, and how growing demand for copper and lithium is connected to mining and sustain

6th - 9th Graphing, Earth Sciences, Physical Science

NGSS MS-ESS3-1, MS-ESS3-3, MS-ESS3-4

Also included in: Middle School Science Graphing & Data Analysis Bundle | Real-World Data 6, 7, 8

I Was Today Years Old When I Learned | Start of the Year Science Activity

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TWFScience

I Was Today Years Old When I Learned…: Science Discovery & Research ActivityTurn the popular phrase “I was today years old when I learned…” into an engaging science research and discovery activity! Perfect as an icebreaker activity for the beginning of the school year or the start of a new scien

4th - 12th Science, General Science, Physical Science

Hydroponic Food-Growing System STEM Investigation - Soil-free food-growing

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TWFScience

Students will investigate hydroponics, plant growth, and sustainable food production by designing and building their own soil-free food-growing system. Using a simple reservoir, nutrient solution, growing medium, and fast-growing plant, students explore how plants can receive the water and nutrients

6th - 11th Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-3

Also included in: STEM Investigations Growing Bundle — Scientific Method, Design, Data & CER

Food Chains and Food Webs Worksheet Bundle + Energy Flow in Ecosystems Lesson

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TWFScience

Help your students understand food chains, food webs, energy flow, trophic levels, and species interactions with this comprehensive middle school ecology worksheet bundle. These 12 resources combine direct instruction, informational readings, video worksheets, digital learning, and engaging cipher p

6th - 10th Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3+16

Characteristics of Life - I Was Today Years Old When I Learned | Living Things

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TWFScience

Characteristics of Life Research ActivityTurn the popular phrase “I was today years old when I learned…” into an engaging science research and discovery activity about the Characteristics of Life! Perfect as an icebreaker activity for the beginning of the unit or as a fun activity during. This activ

6th - 11th Science, Biology, General Science

Also included in: Characteristics of Living Things Lesson Bundle | What is Life, Living, Nonliving

Characteristics of Living Things Reading Comprehension | Grade 8 and Up

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TWFScience

Characteristics of Living Things: How Scientists Determine What Is Alive Reading Comprehension Passage and QuestionsThis reading explores how scientists determine whether something is alive by examining the shared characteristics of living organisms. Students learn why displaying a single life-like

8th - 12th Anatomy, Biology, General Science

Also included in: Characteristics of Living Things Lesson Bundle | What is Life, Living, Nonliving

Characteristics of Living Things Reading | What is Life? | 6th, 7th, 8th Grade

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TWFScience

This Grade 6–8 reading comprehension article and questions introduces students to the characteristics shared by living things and how scientists determine whether something is alive. Students explore why showing one life-like feature—such as growing, moving, responding, or releasing energy—is not en

6th - 8th Anatomy, Biology, General Science

Also included in: Characteristics of Living Things Lesson Bundle | What is Life, Living, Nonliving

Characteristics of Living Things Lesson | Living vs Nonliving | 6, 7, 8th Grade

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TWFScience

This 7 Characteristics of Living Things lesson introduces students to the major characteristics shared by living organisms in a clear, student-friendly way This middle school life science lesson builds understanding without overwhelming learners. Students examine familiar examples—including plants r

6th - 8th Science, Biology, General Science

Also included in: Characteristics of Living Things Lesson Bundle | What is Life, Living, Nonliving

Characteristics of Living Things Data Graphing Lab Bundle 6th, 7th, 8th Grade

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TWFScience

These three characteristics of living things data graphing activities will help your students understand how organisms grow and develop, obtain and use energy, respond to environmental changes, and maintain stable internal conditions—all while building strong graphing and data-analysis skills. This

6th - 9th Graphing, Biology, General Science

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-4+3

Also included in: Characteristics of Living Things Lesson Bundle | What is Life, Living, Nonliving

Ecosystem Health & Biodiversity Data Graphing Lab Bundle 6th, 7th, 8th Grade

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TWFScience

These three ecosystem health and biodiversity data graphing activities will help your students understand how habitat loss, invasive species, environmental conditions, and pollinator changes affect populations, biodiversity, ecosystem services, and ecosystem balance—all while building strong graphin

6th - 9th Graphing, Biology, Environment

NGSS MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-4+3

Also included in: Middle School Science Graphing & Data Analysis Bundle | Real-World Data 6, 7, 8

Water Desalination Challenge STEM Investigation - Solar Desalination

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TWFScience

Students will investigate water desalination, phase changes, and sustainable freshwater production by designing and building their own solar desalination device. Using a shallow basin, prepared saltwater, collection cup, transparent cover, and solar energy, students explore how evaporation and conde

6th - 11th Engineering, Physical Science, Physics

Also included in: STEM Investigations Growing Bundle — Scientific Method, Design, Data & CER

What Makes Something Alive Reading Comprehension | Grade 8 and Up

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TWFScience

What Makes Something Alive? Living, Once-Living, and Nonliving Reading Comprehension Passage and QuestionsThis reading explores how scientists use evidence to classify objects as living, once-living, biologically produced but never independently living, or nonliving. Students learn that appearance,

8th - 12th Anatomy, Biology, General Science

Also included in: Science Reading Comprehension Article Mega Bundle | Grade 8 and Up