CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.6
Analyze the author’s purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text.
Eclipse Lesson Plan: Make a Pinhole Camera
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-8, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about what an eclipse is and what causes them. Then they’ll make their own pinhole cameras (activity adapte...
Reptile Lesson Plan: Guess the Reptile Game
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-12, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about reptiles generally and the four categories they fall into -- lizards, snakes, turtles/tortoises, and ...
Copernicus Lesson Plan: Analyze a Primary Source
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 4-12, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about the astronomer and mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus and his theories about Earth. They’ll discover h...
Wildfires Lesson Plan: Identifying Cause and Effect
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-12, students watch the BrainPOP movie Wildfires to discover what causes wildfires and both their negative and positive effects. Next, they will apply their ...
Celebrating Cesar Chavez Lesson Plan: Unions and the Rights of Migrant Workers
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In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-12, students use BrainPOP resources to explore how growing seasons affect the lives of migrant workers. Students will compare their own lives to th...
