Earth Awareness Lesson Plan: What’s Your Cause?

June 22, 2012
In this Earth Awareness lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-8, students choose an area of environmental interest that is relevant t...

Earth Cycles and Global Ecosystems Lesson Plan: Carbon Cycle, Nitrogen Cycle, and Water Cycle

June 6, 2012
In this multi-day lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 9-12, students use BrainPOP resources to identify the steps of the carbon, nitr...

Alternative Energy Sources Lesson Plan: Fossil Fuels’ Impact on the Environment

June 5, 2012
In this lesson plan for grades 6 through 12, students will use BrainPOP resources to learn how alternative sources of energy can be created ...

Planets and Galaxies Lesson Plan: Sizing Up the Universe Interactive Game

March 13, 2018
In this lesson plan which is adaptable for grades 4-8. students use BrainPOP resources (including a free online interactive) to explore the ...

Relative Dating Lesson Plan

February 11, 2020
This lesson plan accompanies the BrainPOP topic, Relative Dating, and can be completed over several class periods. See suggested times for e...

Relative Dating Lesson Plan: Earth’s Systems

December 8, 2021
*Click to open and customize your own copy of the Relative Dating Lesson Plan This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic Relative Dating,...

Earth Day Lesson Plan: Civic Ideas and Practices

April 7, 2023
*Click to open and customize your own copy of the Earth Day Lesson Plan.  This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic Earth Day, and suppo...

Where’s the Water? Lesson Plan: Exploring Earth’s Bodies of Water Through Digital Storytelling

June 7, 2012
In this multi-day Water lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3, 4, and 5, students use BrainPOP resources to explore bodies of water o...

Earth’s Structure Lesson Plan: Earth’s Systems

July 11, 2022
*Click to open and customize your own copy of the Earth's Structure Lesson Plan. This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic Earth’s Struc...

Copernicus Lesson Plan: Analyze a Primary Source

January 4, 2017
In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 4-12, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about the astronomer and mathematician Nicolaus...