Phonics Lesson Plan: Jungle Jumble

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This lesson plan, adaptable for grades K-3, features a game that challenges students to apply their knowledge of blends, digraphs, and other word parts to create new words.   ...

Phonics Lesson Plan: Halfpipe Hoverball

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This lesson plan, adaptable for grades K-3, features a game that challenges students to identify and distinguish various phonics sounds in words.   ...
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What’s New at BrainPOP: February Recap

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February may be the shortest month, but it’s not short on new stuff at BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. New Feature Updates to Assignments You asked for it, so we made it! Teachers can now schedule ass...

Riddle Books Game Step Guide

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This printable provides a step-by-step guide for playing Riddle Books, a math game that challenges players to solve algebra word problems by constructing visual models, and deriving equations from tho...

Mission US: A Cheyenne Odyssey – Social Studies Lesson Plan

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In this social studies lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 5-9, students will use BrainPOP resources (including a Cheyenne Odyssey online game) to explore how the lives of the Cheyenne American...

New on GameUp: All About Bird Anatomy

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We are excited to present our newest game, All About Bird Anatomy, from our partner The Cornell Lab Bird Academy.  In this game, students build a virtual bird from the inside out, discovering the name...
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From the mind of a CBE: Top 5 things to love about BrainPOP no matter how old you are!

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Part Two of December's Certified BrainPOP Educator of the month series with Nikki Vrandenburg encourages educators to take advantage of all BrainPOP has to offer. This year I moved across the hall ...
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New on GameUp: Community in Crisis: The Aftermath

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We are excited to present our newest game, Community in Crisis: The Aftermath, from our partner Classroom, Inc.  As the director of a community center, students take on real-world problems resulting f...

Applying the Law Lesson Plan: Your Bill of Rights Game

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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 5-12, students play a game called Your Bill of Rights, in which they run a law firm specializing in cases pertaining to the Bill of Rights. They challenge is ...

Persuade a Jury: We the Jury Game

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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 5-12, students play a game called We the Jury, in which they take on the role of a juror in a civil case. Their challenge is to analyze the evidence and use i...