Eighth Grade

Pre- and Post-Visit Activities

Explore pre- and post-visit activities designed for every grade level. Use the links below to find lessons, videos, and book ideas that help prepare your students for their outdoor experience—and extend learning back in the classroom.

Structures and Processes

Activities/Videos

Natural Selection & Common Ancestry (openscied.org)

Structure and Function of Cells & Adaptations (YouTube)

Unity and Diversity

Activities/Videos

What is Natural Selection? | Middle School Life Science (YouTube)

Natural Selection (YouTube)

Charles Darwin for Kids | Natural Selection & Evolution (YouTube)

Variation | Genetics | Biology | FuseSchool (YouTube)

How Mendel's pea plants helped us understand genetics (YouTube)