Scholastic: All About Reading http://www.scholastic.com/familymatters/read/gr6_8/index.htm
**8th Grade Reading List (Fairfield,CT) http://www.fairfield.k12.ct.us/tomlinson/ctomlinson02/8th.htm
**I wanted to add a reading list from another school so that you would see what other students are reading around the country and give you the opportunity to read any of these books at your leisure.
Writing Links
Kids Space http://www.kids-space.org/
MidLink Magazine http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/
Grammar Gorillas http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html
Houghton Mifflin English for Middle School Students http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/index.html
GRAMBO http://jcomm.uoregon.edu/~russial/grammar/grambo.html
Social Studies Links
Future State http://www.future.state.gov/
United Nations Cyber School bus http://www.un.org/pubs/cyberschoolbus/index.asp
The CIA World Factbook http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Abraham Lincoln Research Site http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton/Lincoln2.html
The African American Mosaic http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
Prohibition http://prohibition.osu.edu/
Black History Activities http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
U.S. Historical Documents http://www.ushda.org/
World War II Timeline http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm
World War II Battles http://history.acusd.edu/gen/ww2_links.html#battles
World War II Maps http://images.google.com/images?q=World+War+II+maps&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=ii&oi=imagest
Science Links
Astronomy Links
Basics of Space Flight http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/
Jet Propulsion Laboratory http://education.jpl.nasa.gov/
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (New World Atlas) http://planetquest1.jpl.nasa.gov/atlas/atlas_index.cfm
Just for kids: Johnson Space Center http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/education/justforkids.html
NASA Kids http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/
Smithsonian for Kids http://www.si.edu/kids/
How things work http://howthingswork.virginia.edu/
The School for Champions: The Force of Gravity http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/gravity.htm
The School for Champions: Newton's Laws of Motion http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/motionlaws.htm
ZOOM Activities http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/
Meteorology Project Links
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002974F/photo.htm
http://www.angelfire.com/wi/twisters/