Free Middle School Learning Activities

Sharpen your writing, language, critical thinking, and reading skills with these instructional resources for Grades 6-8, including a poetry scavenger hunt.

Have your middle schoolers write their own haikus, identify themes in works of literature, and create a character's social media profile.

Teach students about metaphors and have them write fiction stories with these free downloadable activities for middle schoolers.

Have your students hone their active-listening skills and identify literary terms with these at-home activities for middle schoolers.

For this week's activities, students can create how-to videos, analyze media messages, and respond to summer writing prompts.

Have middle schoolers create a Story Spine, find inspiration in everyday objects, and write an advice column.

Download financial literacy activities for middle school students and teach them about topics including wages, salaries, and careers.

Put students in Grades 6-8 on the path to making knowledgeable purchasing decisions with these free activities ideal for at-home learning.​

Help students learn about how to plan for the future, with a focus on creating a personal budget and constructing a net worth statement.

Help students build their skills in working with fractions, decimals, ratios, and percent.

Explore 6 fun math activities for middle school from HMH's GO Math! program. These middle school math games and projects for grades 6-8 will keep your students engaged.

Here are three specific ways that teaching math through art from The Met can enhance your students’ learning experience.

Explore a variety of scientific learning activities to engage students in objects in the sky.

Download these spread of infectious disease lab activities for students in Grades K-8 to teach them how to prevent the transfer of germs and infectious diseases.

Watch these 90-Second Science videos of quick and easy science experiments for kids that you can do at home or in the classroom.

Get back into science with these back-to-school activities for middle school science.

Explore a variety of scientific learning activities to engage students in environmental conservation.

Explore a variety of learning activities to engage your child in scientific exploration of the great outdoors.

Here are Constitution Day activities to engage your students in learning about the historic document that defines how our government works.

Give a lesson on the significance of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day with these Pearl Harbor activities for elementary and middle school students.

Looking for ways to help your students understand the September 11 terror attacks and their impact? Use these 9/11 activities and lesson plans designed for middle and high school classrooms.

Celebrate Juneteenth in the classroom. Explore Juneteenth activities and lesson plans for elementary, middle school, and high school students.

Inauguration Day is January 20. These presidential inauguration activities for students can be integrated into social studies or language arts lessons and used in remote or in-person classrooms.

Use these 9 Presidents’ Day lesson plans and activities for middle and high school classrooms to foster engaged and informed citizens.