8th Grade Geology Activities

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  • Activity: Types of Fossils

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    Activity: Types of Fossils

    After reading a passage about fossil molds and casts, students will answer comprehension questions and identify types of…

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    Animals (Zoology)
    Geology
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  • Hard or Soft Water?

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    Hard or Soft Water?

    Students determine the hardness of two water samples, labeled only as A and B. Assesses their understanding of factors…

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    Electricity
    Electricity and Magnetism (Electromagnetism)
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  • Activity: Prehistoric Animals

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    Activity: Prehistoric Animals

    Enrich your study of prehistoric animals with this science printable. Students will identify present-day animals that…

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  • Modeling Plate Boundaries

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    Modeling Plate Boundaries

    Students create a model for each of three types of plate boundaries: transform boundary, divergent boundary, and…

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    Geology
    Plates and Tectonics
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  • Layers of Rock

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    Layers of Rock

    Students create a drawing of rock layers in a cliff by interpreting the notes of a geologist. Makes a great lab to…

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    Geology
    Geologic Formations
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  • Mountain Building: How Mountains Grow

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    Mountain Building: How Mountains Grow

    Try a printable science activity that illustrates how mountains are formed. Students simulate this geologic process,…

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    Geology
    Geologic Formations
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  • Modeling the Effects of Fault Movements

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    Modeling the Effects of Fault Movements

    Students create a model to show the effects of strike-slip, normal, and reverse faults on a surface feature, such as a…

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    Geology
    Plates and Tectonics
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  • Making a Model of the Rock Cycle

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    Making a Model of the Rock Cycle

    Students create a model of the rock cycle using the materials given. Assesses their knowledge of the characteristics of…

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    1930s
    Geology
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  • A Model Landscape

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    A Model Landscape

    Students create a model that shows a variety of landform features created by river erosion and deposition. Assesses…

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    Earth Science
    Geology
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  • Modeling Plate Movement

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    Modeling Plate Movement

    Students develop a working model of plate divergence at the mid-ocean ridge and plate convergence at a trench. Assesses…

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    Geology
    Plates and Tectonics
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  • Activity: Comparing Batholiths and Stocks

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    Activity: Comparing Batholiths and Stocks

    Read the passage in this geology printable to learn about batholiths and stocks. Students will use a graph grid to…

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    Geology
    Rocks
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  • Making Time Lines: Relating Time to Distance

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    Making Time Lines: Relating Time to Distance

    Explore an activity that integrates math and science, as students create a large chart to plot a time line of Earth's…

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    Earth Science
    Science
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  • Learning about Metamorphic Rock

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    Learning about Metamorphic Rock

    In this science activity, students learn how metamorphic rocks are formed, and then make models of the Earth's crust,…

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    Geology
    Rocks
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  • Activity: Rocks and Their Uses

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    Activity: Rocks and Their Uses

    This Earth science printable asks students to complete a table with the class, description, and uses for each rock…

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    Geology
    Rocks
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  • Activity: Interpreting Dinosaur Characteristics from Their Names

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    Activity: Interpreting Dinosaur Characteristics from Their Names

    Enrich your study of reptiles with this printable about dinosaurs' physical traits. This science printable lists the…

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    Dinosaurs (Paleontology)
    Vocabulary
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