At Adobe, we believe that learning is most impactful when students do more than just simple recall. In this group of eighth grade science activities, students are asked to apply their creative skills and scientific knowledge to familiar, real-world situations and tasks. This helps students cultivate digital literacy and build essential skills like the 4 Cs to help them succeed in the future. Rather than focusing on memorizing content, they develop the ability to reflect, synthesize, and create new ideas.
8th grade science projects
Selected by the Adobe for Education team
Inspire your students with free creative activities and real-world applications for important science concepts.
Design a phase diagram of water on a newly discovered planet
Students use Adobe Illustrator to create a phase diagram for conditions present on a new planet.
Create a climate change public service announcement
Students use Adobe Premiere Rush to create a PSA about the effects of climate change.
Design a web page to raise awareness about sustainability
Students use Adobe Spark to create a website about an environmental problem in their community.
Create an infographic about a STEM concept
Students use Adobe Photoshop to design an infographic explaining Avogadro’s number.
Create a sports presentation about the human body
Students use Adobe Acrobat to present research to a team of professional athletes and trainers.
Create a video about experiment design
Students use Adobe Spark to present an experiment using the scientific method.
Annotate articles about women's roles in STEM history
Students use Adobe Acrobat to annotate articles about the history of women in STEM.
Design a poster about cell functions
Students use Adobe Spark to design an infographic or poster that explains how cells work.
Make an explainer video about a scientific concept
Students use Adobe Premiere Rush to teach a friend, classmate, or peer about atomic numbers and isotopes.
Design an infographic about natural selection
Students use Adobe Illustrator to design an infographic that educates others about natural selection.
Illustrate a cell diagram as a map
Students use Adobe Illustrator to demonstrate their understanding of cell parts and functions.
Create an infographic about inheriting traits
Students use Adobe Spark to visualize the process of inheritance and build a DNA model.
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About this collection of 8th grade science projects
The Adobe for Education team selected this collection from hundreds of creative science resources available on the Adobe Education Exchange. These eighth grade science lesson plans cover a range of science topics and come in a variety of formats — some are short, some are longer, and others are part of a sequence. Our lessons work with many different kinds of projects, tools, media, and approaches for teaching science to eighth grade students.
Using these activities, your students will learn to demonstrate mastery of important concepts like genetic inheritance by presenting information in visually pleasing infographics. Or you might inspire them to tackle big issues like sustainability with public-facing presentations, videos, and posters. All eighth grade science projects in this collection have creativity and self-expression baked into each and every step. Additionally, these materials are easily adapted to other science topics, making them simple to integrate into any eighth grade science curriculum.
To ensure that each resource has a high level of pedagogical rigor, we co-created these materials with education experts and teachers just like you. Combining Adobe’s industry-leading creative tools with subject-area expertise, our eighth grade science lesson plans are designed to make science exciting and promote self-expression as an important skill for every student. By including teaching strategies educators have successfully employed in their own classrooms, you can challenge students to activate their knowledge in new ways and express themselves across a variety of media formats.
Engage students in new ways with these 8th grade science projects
The eighth grade science projects collected here are designed to help you start teaching with Adobe’s user-friendly creativity tools right away, with step-by-step tutorials included in each and every lesson. Additionally, our eighth grade science resources make use of a variety of creative tools, letting you find a natural fit no matter what your classroom looks like. If you’re just starting out with Adobe, make sure to check which software you have available in your district or institution.
In this collection, you'll find that each lesson was specifically developed to spark creativity, encourage digital literacy, and develop important communication skills in your students. Whether you're teaching in person, at a distance, or at home, and whether you just need one eighth grade science lesson plan or a whole collection, these creative teaching materials are made for you.
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To save you time and simplify your teaching process, these resources include everything you need to implement an eighth grade science project, lesson plan, or activity. Each piece collected here includes software tutorials, detailed learning objectives, and dynamic student samples to help you and your students get down to the business of learning as quickly as possible.
With powerful tools and teaching resources by your side, learning digital media can easily become part of any curriculum and any subject. The resources in this curation are easily adapted and scaled to fit into any unit in an eighth grade science curriculum. Whether you’re looking for an in-class bell-ringer, a short formative assessment, or a scaffolded final project, our eighth grade science resources will fit neatly into any classroom community.