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Addition Blocks Comes to GameUp
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Addition Blocks is the newest math game to be featured on GameUp! Back in 2011, the Federal Department of Education’s Digital Promise Initiative announced the STEM Video Game Challenge, and Georgia b...
Guts and Bolts Essential Questions
Posted by SM Bruner on
What are the main functions of the human body's organs?
How can organ systems function interdependently?
What does it mean to test a hypothesis?
These are three essential questions we recomm...
Ratios Lesson Plan: Ratio Rumble Game
Posted by SM Bruner on
In this ratios lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-8, students explore ratios and proportions using an online math game called Ratio Rumble. Students will identify ratios when used in a varie...

Topic Specific Lesson Ideas Come to BrainPOP Jr – Search Less, Find More
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Are you ready to take BrainPOP Jr to the next level with your students? Then go ahead, click that shiny new "lesson ideas" button on every BrainPOP Jr. Topic page! Clicking this button for a whole new...

Search Shark Internet Search Game: Vocabulary Strategies
Posted by SM Bruner on
To get the most from this internet search game, review the meaning of the term “keyword” with students prior to Search Shark game play. You may want to project an internet search for the class to see ...

Pearl Diver Math Game Essential Questions
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How can fractions be expressed, ordered, and compared?
How is adding and subtracting fractions different and similar from working with whole numbers?
How can number lines help us to predict the...

Ninja Kitchen: Health Game Learning Objectives
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Can your students take the heat in this kitchen? Ninja Kitchen health game learning objectives include:
Learning the importance of washing hands before eating and cooking
Understanding t...

Ninja Kitchen: Preparing for Play
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Show students the two minute overview movie which outlines how the Ninja Kitchen game works and its objectives....

Monster School Bus Game Tips and Tricks
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Unlocking All Levels
On the level select screen, you can press the Shift and C keys simultaneously to unlock all the levels in the game. You want students to use this feature in order to jump ahead a...

Matter Sorter Essential Questions
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What is matter and how does it behave?
How do we know that objects or materials can exist as solids, liquids, or gasses, or plasmas by observing their properties/attributes?
How does plasma dif...