Presents an activity for eighth-grade students and beyond to explore relationships between and among the areas of various polygons. Emphasizes that students should be given the opportunity to design their own examples. (ASK)

Presents an extended hands-on project for eighth-grade mathematics classrooms in which students are to determine the probability that a local creek would flood. (ASK)

In this project, eighth grade students are exposed to black history, literature, music, and art to enhance the understanding of diversity and to establish an atmosphere of tolerance for diversity. Students are asked to choose a personality or significant historical event to research and present to the class. They focus on issues such as prejudice,…

A teacher describes the teaching techniques she uses in an eight-grade English class composed of learning-disabled students. (JD)

Described is a unit of study entitled "Where Would I Like To Live?" that develops student insight into geographic relationships among the physical, cultural, and imaginary worlds. It is intended for use in an eighth-grade world geography course. (RM)

A eighth-grade environmental hazards unit is described. Includes unit objectives, typical activities, and a taxonomy of environmental hazards. Indicates that the unit helps develop skills in thinking critically and helps in clarifying environmental values by examining three major traditions of American environmentalism: biocentric, ecological, and…

Almost two-thirds of the eighth graders and preservice elementary teachers tested said that gardens with the same perimeter had the same area. Suggestions for teaching area are given. (MNS)

Outlines the principles underlining the ethnography approach and illustrates how these principles can be applied to promote elementary school students' cognitive growth and cross-cultural understanding. (Author/MP)

Describes how semantic mapping and semantic features analysis were used to teach reading skills and social studies in two eighth grade classes. In mapping the word "transportation," students listed examples of and relationships between vehicles, fuel, and place concepts. In the semantic features analysis, they compared characteristics of…

Two questions were addressed regarding the utility of the keyword method, originally developed as an instructional technique to facilitate foreign language vocabulary acquisition: (1) the method's applicability to other common school learning tasks; and (2) students' use of the method as a self-initiated study strategy. (Author/AL)

A computer program written in BASIC designed to simulate the activities of businesses in a marketplace where several car companies compete is provided. The educational uses of this program in an eighth-grade consumer economics class are highlighted. (MP)

Describes an activity in which eighth graders explored color relationships in art. Students selected their favorite pieces of art work, redrew and redesigned the artists' composition, and then painted them using completely different color schemes. Student confidence in their own artistic judgment and capabilities increased. (AM)

This activity guide, developed to provide hands-on environmental education activities geared to New River State Park in North Carolina, is targeted for grades 7 and 8 and meets curriculum objectives of the standard course of study established by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Three types of activities are included: pre-visit,…

Suggestions for teaching eighth-grade students to write 20 different types of poetry are presented in this unit from the Greenfield Express Management System (GEMS) program, a California Demonstration Program in Reading. A project overview form from the California Centers for Educational Improvement (CCEI) describes the GEMS program and lists…

This paper presents a literature review related to the time spent teaching science and a study designed to test the hypothesis that student achievement in science is related to classroom hours devoted to science instruction. The study involved testing two groups of eighth grade earth science students (N=200) over instructional material presented…