Vital Signs Lesson Plan Collection

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This collection of lesson plans, provided by our partner Read to Lead, support your student before, during, and after playing the game Vital Signs. On the Job Training: What Does it Take to be the ...

Vital Signs Game Episode: High Anxiety

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Sofia Reyes believes she has an obscure disorder she read about on the Internet, but Marianne thinks that Sofia suffers from anxiety and recommends counseling. The medical director must decide whether to fully investigate Sofia’s physical factors or urge her to enter counseling. ...

Vital Signs Game Episode: Dad Genes

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Tahmid’s father is suffering from severe stomach pain, but refuses to come to the clinic. The medical director must find the best way to convince him to put his health first, even if that means referring him to another clinician....

Vital Signs Game Episode: Act Up

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Episode Summary:  Fog Hollow, one of Port Douglas' poorest neighborhoods, is in trouble since the power plant reopened. Austin is planning a Public Service Announcement (PSA) to raise awareness but Br...
Curriculum Connection

Celebrate Poetry Month with a BrainPOP Found Poem

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For a fun Poetry Month idea, try this! Have students create a BrainPOP "found poem" by combining words and phrases from a BrainPOP movie of their choice. A found poem is one that is made up of text fr...

Menstrual Cycle Lesson Plan: Make a Movie

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This lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-8, invites students to explore BrainPOP resources to learn about the menstrual cycle. After identifying the sequence of stages of the menstrual cycle, students...

Vital Signs Enrichment Project: Create a Public Service Announcement

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This multi-session project, developed by our partner Classroom, Inc., invites students to work collaboratively to assess community needs, research and evaluate local and global efforts to affect posit...

Vital Signs: SnapThought Prompts for My BrainPOP

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Have your students signed up for individual accounts? If you have a school-wide subscription to BrainPOP, students will be able to use our SnapThought ® tool to play Vital Signs. The SnapThought to...

States of Matter Basics: SnapThought Prompts

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Have your students signed up for individual accounts? If you have a school-wide subscription to BrainPOP, students will be able to use our SnapThought ® tool to explore the States of Matter: Basics si...

Comparing Unit Rates Lesson Plan: Unit Rates

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In this middle school lesson plan students use an interactive simulation called Unit Rates to  compare prices by identifying multiplicative relationships....