Grades K–8 · Brain break
Animal Moves
An animal or a clue appears. Students move like its animal group: stomp, flap, swim, creep or hop.
8th Grade Science Games & Labs
30 multiplayer classroom games and 14 virtual labs for 8th grade science. The games play on one shared screen and the labs run on each student's device. No student logins, works offline, and every one has a free demo you can try right now.
Grades 6–8 & Biology · Cells & Body Systems
Cell City
Organelles, body systems, photosynthesis, respiration, DNA and transport in a game-show city tour.
Grades 6–8 · Chemistry
Chemical Reactions and pH Lab
Students test pH with cabbage indicator, classify changes, weigh a reaction, neutralize an acid and time reaction rates.
Grades 6–8 · Chemistry
Chemical Safety and Reactions Lab
Students find lab hazards, build warning labels, spot signs of reactions, time reactions and test mass.
Grades 6–8 · Chemistry
Chromatography and Mixture Separation Lab
Students classify matter, separate mixtures, run ink chromatography, solve an ink mystery and distill alcohol.
Grades 4–12 · Electricity & Energy
Circuit Breakers
Circuits, conductors, electromagnets, Ohm’s law and energy conversions in a high-voltage game show.
Grades 6–8 · Life Science
DNA Extraction and Genetics Lab
Students extract DNA from fruit, build and translate a DNA strand, mutate a human gene and grow pea plant crosses.
Grades 3–12 · Data Analysis
Data Lab
Variables, fair tests, tables, graphs, mean and median, and claims backed by data.
Grades 3–12 · Engineering Design
Design Lab
The engineering design process: criteria and constraints, fair tests, using data to improve designs and trade-offs.
Grades 6–8 · Life Science
Ecosystem Population Dynamics Lab
Students estimate fish by mark-recapture, model deer and lynx–hare cycles, test a kelp web and build energy pyramids.
Grades 6–8 · Physical Science
Electrical Circuits and Troubleshooting Lab
Students measure Ohm's law, compare series and parallel circuits, blow a car fuse and use a multimeter to find faults.
Grades 6–8 · Life Science
Evolution and Natural Selection Lab
Students hunt peppered moths, track finch beaks through droughts, breed corn from teosinte and dig up whale fossils.
Grades 6–8 · Earth & Space
Extreme Weather and Storm Formation Lab
Students lift air to make clouds, build thunderstorms, move fronts, fuel hurricanes and time lightning.
Grades 3–8 · Ecosystems
Food Web Frenzy
Producers, consumers, decomposers, food webs and adaptations. Claim the ecosystem four in a row.
Grades 3–8 & Physics · Forces, Energy & Physics
Force Field Derby
Forces and motion, Newton’s laws, gravity, energy, momentum and waves on a speedway.
Grades K–8 · Brain break
Force Moves
A force or energy card appears. Students act out push or pull, attract or repel, forms of energy or Newton's laws.
Grades 3 & 6–8 · Fossils & Evolution
Fossil Finders
Life cycles, fossils, rock layers and evidence of evolution. Dig up the most fossils.
Grades 6–8 · Life Science
Frog Dissection Lab
Students find frog structures in a virtual, diagram-based dissection, then model breathing and a 3-chamber heart.
Grades 7–8 & Biology · Genetics
Genetics Lab
DNA, genes, Punnett squares, inheritance patterns, mutations and natural selection.
Grades K–8 · Brain break
Habitat Hop
An animal, plant or clue appears. Students hop to the corner of the room for the habitat where it lives.
Grades 6–8 · Physical Science
Heat Transfer Lab
Students race heat through rods, watch convection, test colors under a lamp, use specific heat and design a hot cup.
Grades 6–8 · Life Science
Human Organ Dissection Lab
Students sort torso organs by system, trace blood through the heart and model breathing, digestion and kidneys.
Grades K–8 · Brain break
Life Cycle Line-Up
A life cycle clue appears. Students strike the pose for that stage of a butterfly, frog, plant or grasshopper.
Grades 2, 5, 6–8 · Matter
Matter Mixers
Properties of matter, physical and chemical changes, particles and conservation of mass.
Grades 6–8 · Practice game
Microbe Mission
A single-player life science game for grades 6–8. Shrink down to explore cell parts, body systems, photosynthesis, ecosystem interactions, Punnett squares and natural selection, then finish with a skills report for six middle school NGSS life science standards.
Grades 6–8 · Life Science
Microscopic Cell and Microorganism Lab
Students focus a virtual microscope, compare plant and animal cells, measure cells, key pond life and model bacteria.
Grades 6–8 · Animal behavior, plant reproduction & growth
Nest & Nectar
Claim squares by explaining how animal behaviors and plant structures increase the odds of reproduction, how animals help plants and how environment and genes affect growth. Get 4 in a row to win.
Grades K–8 · Brain break
Particle Party
Students act out the particles. Huddle and vibrate for a solid, slide and sway for a liquid, spread out and zoom for a gas.
Grade 7 & Chemistry · Chemistry
Periodic Table Heist
Atoms, the periodic table, bonding, balancing equations and reactions. Pull off the heist!
Grades 5 & 6–8 · Earth & Human Activity
Planet Protectors
Natural resources, hazards, human impact and climate. Protect four regions in a row.
Grades 6–8 · Earth & Space
Plate Tectonics and Earthquake Modeling Lab
Students model plate boundaries, date the seafloor, locate an epicenter, compare magnitudes and test buildings.
Grades 6–8 · Physical Science
Projectile Motion and Gravity Lab
Students drop objects in air and vacuum, test gravity on other worlds, launch at angles and hit targets.
Grades 6–8 · Practice game
Reaction Rush
A single-player chemistry game for grades 6–8. Race through the lab with atoms and molecules, states of matter, density calculations, chemical reactions, conservation of mass, and exothermic and endothermic reactions, then finish with a skills report for five middle school NGSS matter standards.
Grades 6–8 · Practice game
Rocket Rally
A single-player physics game for grades 6–8. Race rockets with Newton's third law, forces and speed, magnetic and electric fields, kinetic and potential energy, heat transfer and waves, then finish with a skills report for six middle school NGSS physical science standards.
Grades K–8 · Brain break
Science Beat the Buzzer
The class shouts the letter of the right answer to build a streak before the buzzer. Every right answer makes the clock a little faster.
Grades K–8 · Brain break
Science Four Corners
A science question appears with four answers, one for each corner of the room. Students walk to the corner they think is right, then the answer lights up.
Grades K–8 · Brain break
Science Simon Says
Simon says buzz like a bee if plants need sunlight to grow! Students do the move only when Simon says it and the science is true.
Grades K–8 · Brain break
Science Stand Up, Sit Down
A science statement appears on the screen. Students stand up if it's true and sit down if it's false, then the answer and the real science pop up.
Grades 3–8 · Earth & Space
Space & Earth Explorers
Weather and climate, rocks and fossils, erosion, the sun, moon and stars on a trip across the solar system.
Grades 6–8 · Review game
Turf Takeover: Middle School Earth & Space Science Review
A team review game for every NGSS middle school earth & space science standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.
Grades 6–8 · Review game
Turf Takeover: Middle School Life Science Review
A team review game for every NGSS middle school life science standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.
Grades 6–8 · Review game
Turf Takeover: Middle School Physical Science Review
A team review game for every NGSS middle school physical science standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.
Grades 4 & 6–8 · Waves
Wave Riders
Sound, light, wave parts and how information travels. Surf the waves to the beach.
Grades K–8 · Brain break
Weather Warm-Up
A weather card appears. Students act out sunny, rainy, windy or snowy, the water cycle, weather tools or weather fronts.
Skills these games cover
Brain break (10)Life Science (6)Chemistry (4)Earth & Space (3)Physical Science (3)Practice game (3)Review game (3)Animal behavior, plant reproduction & growth (1)Cells & Body Systems (1)Data Analysis (1)Earth & Human Activity (1)Ecosystems (1)Electricity & Energy (1)Engineering Design (1)Forces, Energy & Physics (1)Fossils & Evolution (1)Genetics (1)Matter (1)Waves (1)
Standards practiced
The 8th Grade Classroom Bundle has 10 games, 3 brain breaks and 2 labs picked for this grade. The Grades 6–8 Classroom Kit has every product for Grades 6–8: 110 games, 20 brain breaks and 43 labs.
The All-Access Teacher License includes every game, every grade and all future games.
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