Circuit Construction Kit: DC Simulation Overview for Teachers

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In this sim, students build circuits with batteries, light bulbs, resistors, and switches while exploring the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance....
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Taking a Spring Break from Test Prep

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Remember the days before state testing when spring was carefree? Maybe you’d bring your class outdoors for a lesson under the sun or allow a few extra minutes of recess. Spring meant summer was right ...

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...

Quadrilaterals Lesson Plan: Shape Stations

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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 2-3, students explore BrainPOP Jr. resources to learn about different types of quadrilaterals and how to describe them. Then they will work in small groups at...
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Bring the 2018 Winter Olympics to Your Classroom

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A class trip to PyeonChang may be out of the question, but you can bring the spirit of the Olympics to your classroom with these BrainPOP resources! Watch & Learn: Olympics Movie Join Tim and...
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What’s New at BrainPOP: January Recap

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2018 is off to a busy start at BrainPOP, from updated movies to a brand new look for BrainPOP ELL and much more! BrainPOP ELL New Look! BrainPOP ELL has a fresh new look!  Developed to be flexibl...
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What’s New on BrainPOP: December Recap

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And that’s a wrap! Be sure to explore these updated movies and more from December. New & Improved Features Movie Player Our tried and true BrainPOP movie player has some new user-friendly enha...
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New Movie: Veterans Day!

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Veterans Day may have passed, but it's not too late to check out BrainPOP's brand new Veterans Day topic. Invite your class to join Tim and Moby as they explore the history and significance of this...

Molecule Arrangement Lesson Plan: Crystal Cave

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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 5-8, students play Crystal Cave, a game that challenges them to arrange molecules of different shapes and properties into an ordered, stable configuration. Th...