8^th Grade Curriculum Resources

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Science

Astronomy

Call #	Book Title
520	Eyewitness: Astronomy
522	Universe in Focus
523.2	Journey to the Planets
523.3	The Moon in Fact and Fancy
523.8	Find the Constellations
525	Earth’s Place in Space

Amazing Space	interactive activities about galaxies, black holes, the Hubble space telescope and more, from the Space Telescope Science Institute
Comets, Asteroids & Meteors	detailed information and pictures from Leicester University in England
NASA	official home of NASA, with news, information and incredible pictures
The Nine Planets	extremely comprehensive multimedia tour of the solar system, created by Bill Arnett, California software engineer

Social Studies

Reconstruction and Frontier West

Call #	Book Title
973	Reconstruction and Reform
973.7	The Underground Railroad in American History
973.8	After the Civil War
973.8	Freedom Bound
973.8	The Panic of 1893
978	Growing Up in the Old West
978	The Buffalo Soldiers

Reconstruction and its Aftermath	information and illustrations from a Library of Congress exhibit, African American Odyssey
The American West	25+ links to sites related to the history and development of the 22 states of the American West; created by Bengt Lindeblad, a Swedish immigrant
National Oregon/California Trail Center	maps, trivia, timeline and further links from a museum in Idaho
Buffalo Soldiers & Indian Wars	created by Stanford L. Davis, MA, descendant of a buffalo soldier; contains detailed information and historic photographs

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