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

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In this multi-day lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 9-12, students use BrainPOP resources to identify the steps of the carbon, nitrogen, and water earth cycles. Students will also explore the...

Healthy Eating Habits Lesson Plan: Organic and Locally Grown Foods

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In this multi-day lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 6 through 8, students use BrainPOP resources to build awareness of the natural world and make connections to fresh, locally grown foods, or...

Rock Cycle Lesson Plan: Magma and Sedimentary Rock

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In this rock cycle lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 6 through 8, students use BrainPOP resources to explore whether magma can turn directly into sedimentary rock. Students will review the pr...

Comparing Habitats Lesson Plan: Rainforest, Desert, or Freshwater?

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In this multi-day comparing habitats lesson plan, adaptable for grades K-5, students use BrainPOP and/or BrainPOP Jr. resources to learn about three different habitats in which animals live (rainfores...

Researching and Identifying Cnidarians Lesson Plan: Jellyfish, Coral, Anemone, Hydra, and Man-of-War

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In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 6-12, students use BrainPOP resources to gain familiarity with the phylum of cnidarians. Students will research and communicate scientific informatio...

Natural Disasters Lesson Plan: Understanding Geologic and Weather Events

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In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-8, students use BrainPOP resources to gain a basic understanding of geologic and weather related natural disasters. Students will research one type...

Web Graphic Organizer

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This graphic organizer is useful for pre-planning a project, finding relationships among concepts, and generating ideas. It’s perfect for representing hierarchical or branching relationships and struc...

Food Chains and Ecosystems Lesson Plan: The Food Fight Game

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In this food chains lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3 through 8, students use BrainPOP resources to explore the relationships between organisms within an ecosystem. Students then build a vi...

Belly Up Two-Panel Comic

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This graphic organizer gives students the opportunity to create their own Belly Up comics. Keep it short and sweet with this two-panel comic strip....

Food Chains and Food Webs Lesson Plan: Understanding Energy Flow

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In this Food Chains and Food Webs lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades K-8, students use BrainPOP resources to construct a food chain and explain how energy flows through the chain. Students wil...