CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.2
Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study.
Engineering Design Process Lesson Plan: Solve a Problem
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-12, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about the Engineering Design Process (EDP). Using what they learn, students apply EDP to solve a problem, a...
Day of the Dead Lesson Plan: Build an Ofrenda
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-8, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about the Mexican holiday, Día de los Muertos--its origins, the Aztec people, and this holiday is celebrated...
Fannie Lou Hamer Lesson Plan: Write and Deliver a Persuasive Speech
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-12, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about the civil rights activist, Fannie Lou Hamer, who spoke up for black voting rights in the South. Using...
Building Thirteen Colonies Lesson Plan: Design a Sortify Game
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 4-12, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn how and why the 13 colonies were founded, including the role of mercantilism and the relationship between t...
Humidity Lesson Plan: Condensation & Dew Point Experiment
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-8, students watch the BrainPOP movie Humidity to learn about humidity's role in weather and the water cycle. Students will then conduct an experiment to und...
St. Patrick’s Day Discussion Prompts & Pause Points
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Read the movie description that appears below the movie player on the St. Patrick's Day Topic Page. Then use the following prompts to encourage class discussion before, during, and after watching the ...
Ada Lovelace Discussion Prompts & Pause Points
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Read the movie description that appears below the movie player on the Ada Lovelace Topic Page. Then use the following prompts to encourage class discussion before, during, and after watching the movie...
Race to Ratify Lesson Plan: Race to Ratify Game
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 5-12, students play a game called Race to Ratify that brings them back in time to 1787 and into the heated national debate between the Federalists and Anti-Fe...
Pi Discussion Prompts and Pause Points
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Before the Movie:
What do you know about number pi, or 3.14? (Tap prior knowledge)
What do you think people use it to measure? (Tap prior knowledge)
During the Movie (Pause Points)...
Rachel Carson Discussion Prompts & Pause Points
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Before the Movie
What do you think of when you hear the word environment? (Tap prior knowledge)
What can people do to protect natural resources? (Tap prior knowledge)
During the Movie (...
