Classroom Activities: Migration

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These classroom activities are designed to complement the Migration topic page on BrainPOP Jr. Migration Celebrations Party! As a cross-curricular and cross-cultural activity, have students resear...

Classroom Activities: Hibernation

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These classroom activities are designed to complement the Hibernation topic on BrainPOP Jr. Pajama Day Host a Pajama Day, where students imagine what it would be like to sleep through the winter. ...

Classroom Activities: Parts of a Plant

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These classroom activities are designed to complement the Parts of a Plant topic page on BrainPOP Jr.   Growing Up Bring in seeds for your students to study, plant, and observe. You can pr...

Butterflies Background Information for Teachers, Parents and Caregivers

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This page provides information to support educators and families in teaching K-3 students about butterflies and moths. It is designed to complement the Butterflies topic page on BrainPOP Jr. The bu...

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

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In this lesson plan which is adaptable for grades 4-8. students use BrainPOP resources (including a free online interactive) to explore the vastness of the universe and the size and distance between c...

Solar System Game Lesson Plan: Build and Learn

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In this solar system lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-8, students use BrainPOP resources to define a celestial body and explain how objects orbit and rotate. Students then use online gamin...

States of Matter Note-Taking and Make-a-Map Activity

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Created by Certified BrainPOP Educator, Robyn McKenney....

Phases of the Moon Lesson Plan: Position of the Planets

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In this multi-day lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-8, students use BrainPOP resources to demonstrate and identify the position of the earth, moon, and sun for each phase of the moon. Stude...

Virtual Labs: Using the Microscope Lesson Plan

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In this lesson plan which is adaptable for grades 6-12, students practice using a microscope in a virtual lab. Using BrainPOP resources, they first learn how microscopes work, and then through a virtu...

Puppet Pals and BrainPOP Jr – the Perfect Combo for Student Made Movies

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BrainPOP Educators Jan Bird and Eliza Chung's first grade class made a video about how to take care of chicks - using the structure of a BrainPop Jr. video. They used an iOS app called Puppet Pals.  M...