CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.1
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.
Birds Lesson Plan
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This lesson plan accompanies the BrainPOP topic, Birds, and can be completed over several class periods. See suggested times for each section.
OBJECTIVES
Students will:
Activate prior know...
Relative Dating Lesson Plan
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This lesson plan accompanies the BrainPOP topic, Relative Dating, and can be completed over several class periods. See suggested times for each section.
OBJECTIVES
Students will:
Activa...
Nutrient System and Sustainability Lesson Plan: Lakeland Game
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 7-12, students play Lakeland, a game that introduces them to the complex relationship between farming, soil nutrition, and lake pollution. In the game, studen...
Ecosystem Exploration Lesson Plan: BeastBox
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This lesson plan–developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s K-12 Program–is adaptable for grades 3-8 and features BeastBox, a game that explores how animals use sound to interact with each other wi...

BeastBox Activity Guide
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Download this Activity Guide, developed by our partner The Cornell Lab K-12, for engaging students with BeastBox while addressing key concepts such as animal communication, animal behavior, and ecosy...
Menstrual Cycle Lesson Plan: Make a Movie
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This lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-12, invites students to explore BrainPOP resources to learn about the menstrual cycle. After identifying the sequence of stages of the menstrual cycle, student...
Asexual Reproduction Lesson Plan: Charades
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 5-8, students watch the BrainPOP movie Asexual Reproduction to investigate how some living things come from a single organism, and inherit the genes of that ...
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...
Projectile Investigation Lesson Plan: Projectile Motion
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In this middle school lesson plan, students use an interactive simulation called Projectile Motion to design and conduct their own experiment....
Introduction to Pendulums Lesson Plan: Pendulum Lab
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In this middle school lesson plan developed by our partner, PhET, students use an interactive simulation called Pendulum Lab to design controlled experiments to identify how variables affect the motio...