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Lesson Plans - 8th Grade

Veterans Day is celebrated in the United States today.

Today, the United States honors those soldiers who have fought for their country in military service. Across America, ceremonies are held to commemorate the efforts of our armed forces past and present, and to remind us of both the strength and the compassion of our country.

Bugs! Lesson Plan

Students will tear colored paper into shapes appropriate to imaginary insects. Shapes will be arranged and glued to a background sheet.

Adopt-An-Insect Project Overview

The goal of the Adopt-An-Insect project is to create a school-wide insect collection to allow Havana Junior High School students to investigate the insect world. For this project, each grade level will “adopt” specific orders of insects, collect specimens, create classroom collections, and complete related activities. From lessons on life cycles to the basic anatomy of insects, students will discover the amazing world of these “minibeasts”.

The Multidimensional Paper

Create an impossible object out of a piece of paper.

Newspaper Tree

Turn a Newspaper into a tree.