Classroom Activities: Email

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These classroom activities are designed to complement the Email topic on BrainPOP Jr. Class Email Foster new friendships and help students practice their reading and writing skills. Pair students ...

No Bully Zone Lesson Plan: Responding to and Preventing Bullying

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In this Preventing Bullying lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades K-8, students use BrainPOP Jr. and/or BrainPOP resources to define bullying (and/or cyberbullying) and explain its effects. Stude...

Evaluating Online Sources Lesson Plan: Is Everything on the Internet True?

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In this online sources lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades K-8, students use BrainPOP resources to learn how to conduct effective Internet research. Students will analyze research on the Intern...

Programming Lesson Plan: Run Marco! Game

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In this lesson plan which is adaptable for grades 1-8, students use BrainPOP resources (including an online game) to explore computer coding, algorithms, and programming....

Media Literacy Lesson Plan: Common Advertising Strategies

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In this lesson plan which is adaptable for grades 4-12, students use BrainPOP resources (including the Make-A-Map concept mapping tool) to explore common advertising strategies and increase media lite...

Using BrainPOP Jr. to teach about internet safety

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This screencast shares a variety of ways teachers can use the free BrainPOP Jr. movie "Internet Safety" to help K-3 students understand ways they can stay safe online....

Desalination Game Lesson Plan

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In this lesson plan which is adaptable for grades 4-12, students work collaboratively to explore a challenging puzzle game which simulates a desalination machine....

Free Games-Based Learning Professional Development Event at FETC Conference

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BrainPOP is thrilled to partner with FETC and Learning Games Network to offer a free day of professional development to educators from across the country to innovate through the use of games in educ...

Computer Coding Lesson Plan: Blockly Maze Game

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In this lesson plan which is adaptable for grades 3-12, students use BrainPOP resources (including an online game) to explore computer coding, algorithms, and programming...

Puppy Adventure Tips and Tricks

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Puppy adventure is a game where players guide Pixel the puppy home by solving a series of programming puzzles.  Students solve each puzzle by programming Pixel to reach the goal using the provided vis...