Multiplying with Mental Math Lesson Plan: Multiplication Blocks Game

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In this lesson plan which is adaptable for grades 2-6, students use BrainPOP resources (including a free online interactive game) to practice multiplying numbers to create target amounts. Students wil...
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Teaching with Monster School Bus: Math Snacks and GameUP

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In this tutorial video, follow exemplary teacher, Sharon Johnson, as she uses the game "Monster School Bus" with her class. She shares some of the strategies she uses for engaging the class in discuss...

Sortify: Instruments Discussion Starters

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Use these Sortify Discussion Starters to help students reflect on their learning during and after the Sortify: Instruments game, and expand the discussion to how game play relates to real life. W...

Sortify Game Lesson Ideas: An Adaptable Overview

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This page provides Sortify game lesson ideas for BrainPOP's Sortify game. The ideas are adaptable for any subject area and any grade level (K-12.) Learn how the Sortify game can be used as a playful a...
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Teacher Resources and Assessment Strategies for Monster School Bus

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This screencast outlines teacher support materials and assessment strategies for using the Monster School Bus math game by New Mexico State University's Learning Games lab....
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Design Your Own Sortify Game

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Print copies of the Game Designer Planning Log below and challenge students to design their own paper version of the Sortify game! Here's how. . ....

Ratio Rumble Math Game

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Visit the lesson ideas page to find resources for Ratio Rumble, a free online math game....

Virtual Labs: Disposable Lab Equipment Science Game

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Visit the lesson ideas page to find resources for the Virtual Labs: Disposable Lab Equipment, a free online science game....

Teaching with Games GLPC Case Study: Ginger

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The Joan Ganz Cooney Center released new research about teaching with games from their Games and Learning Publishing Council initiative.  They conducted a series of video case studies and a national s...

New on GameUp: Carpenter’s Cut

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BrainPOP is excited to include Carpenter's Cut in our collection of Math, Engineering and Technology games on GameUp! Developed by our partner Hooda Math, the Carpenter's Cut game allows students to t...