Web Resources for Grade 8

Web Resources for Communications

Scholastic News
An online news magazine for kids. In addition to interesting articles, there are links to surveys, games and quizzes.

PowerPoint Presentations
Use PowerPoint for your presentation. This step-by-step tutorial helps the beginner to create a presentation in PowerPoint to be used via the computer on posted on the web!

Online English Grammar
This site is an excellent reference tool for grammar rules on word usage and parts of speech. Topics can be accessed from the Table of Contents or from a Subject index.

Common Errors in the English Language
Scroll to bottom of this page and choose: Go to errors. Select a word or phase from the list to see how its should be used in the English language and how it is often misused.

Carol Hurst's Literature Site
Looking for a great book to read? This site provides titles and reviews of books that are interesting to 8th graders.

Web Resources for Math

Absolute Value Inequalities
Having trouble understanding absolute value of inequalities? This site offers a step-by-step tutorial.

AAA Math
This is an awesome site for interactive practice for students of all grade levels. Select your grade level or math topic to begin. Topics that address the 8th grade curriculum are computation, geometry, divisibility, fractions, decimals, percents, ratios, measurement, consumer math, area, perimeter, circumference, volume, integers, inequalities, and scientific notation.

Dave's Math Tables  (change name to Math2)
This site provides reference tables for math concepts such as fraction-to-decimal conversion, measurement conversion, and finding area and volume. It also provides references for algebra, geometry, trigonometry, statistics, calculus and advanced math topics.

Math Help for Students from Math Goodies
This site provides many free interactive math lessons and activities for the students in math concept areas, such statistics, pre-algebra, probability Lessons, integers, percent and percentages, number theory, circumference, area and perimeter.

Tangrams
Choose from three interactive websites, where you can move and rotate the basic geometric shapes that create a tangram to reproduce a variety of figures.
Tangram Game from PBS Kids
Tangrams at Enchantedmind.com

Web Resources for Science

Amusement Park Physics
Learn the physics behind the most popular rides at the amusement parks! Read how force, friction and gravity make the rides so thrilling! Plan your own roller coaster and have it checked for its fun and safety level!

The Physics Classroom - Newton's Laws of Motion
How does Newton's Laws of Motion apply to the way the world works? Visit this site and see animated examples of these laws.

Earthforce
Tremendous forces are at work changing the earth's surface. Visit this site and learn more about volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, tsunamis and avalanches.

National Earthquake Center
This site provides current information and maps for areas experiencing earthquakes.

North Carolina's Water Quality Improvement Accomplishments
Visit this site and learn about North Carolina's efforts to restore and protect our water resources.

Web Resources for Social Studies

NC WiseOwl NC sites
Wonderful links to NC web sites. For more information on, NC Wise Owl contact your school media specialist.

Somerset Place
Somerset Place is located in Eastern North Carolina. This site gives fascinating information about the lifestyles and families of the plantation's slave community.

The American Experience
The Dust Bowl and the Great Depression brought hard times to the United States in the 1930's. Read first-hand accounts about dust changing day into night, surviving dust phenomena, and the constant struggle to stay clean and healthy. Read and understand why many historians feel that both of these disasters are possible again.

Web Resources for Encore

French Language Course Pages
This link provides lessons to help students review vocabulary, parts of speech, sentence structure and conversation.

AltaVista Translations
This site allows students to translate words, sentences and paragraphs in from English to Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian and Russian languages.

Web Resources for Reference

NC WiseOwl
NC WiseOwl is a site published by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. This site provides an incredible wealth of reference materials which include access to online encyclopedias, periodicals, journals, dictionaries and photographs. Contact your school media specialist to obtain passwords for at home access.

Dictionary.com
Type in any word and get the correct spelling, definition, respelling, part of speech and related words. There are many types of dictionaries at this site such as sign language, translators for languages, rhyming dictionaries.

School Subjects
Need help finding information for a school research project or just need help with homework? This site provides many links for school subjects, reference resources, student leisure, search engines and more! Select computers and choose free clipart to gain access to a wonderful selection of clipart and photographs!

Kentucky-in-Touch References!
This site contains hundreds of links to grade appropriate topics. Select the middle school icon and look at the links in each subject area.