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Lesson Plans - 8th Grade

Hanukkah: The Festival of Lights

Read aloud a simple telling of the Hanukkah story and follow up with a handful of across-the-curriculum activities.

Hanukkah Fun: The Dreidel Game

Students create dreidels, traditional Hanukkah toys, from common materials and play the dreidel game!

Ladybird Beetle Rearing

Raising ladybird beetles is time consuming and difficult since the larvae are active and voracious predators of aphids and scale insects. It is not recommended to try raising the beetles in the classroom without a constant source of aphids. Eggs can be placed outside on plants with aphids.

HIV/AIDS Educational Activities

Students act out how HIV/AIDS affects the immune system

Surviving AIDS

To help students understand the facts and issues surrounding HIV and AIDS by creating a newspaper supplement containing information gathered from research.