Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how the ideas clarify a topic, text, or issue under study.

BirdSleuth Sound Lesson Plan: Bird Song Hero Game

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In this BirdSleuth lesson plan which is adaptable for grades 4-8, students learn about sound and how spectrograms reflect pitch and duration. Students then create their own spectrogram to represent so...

Discussion Questions for the Bird Song Hero Game

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Guide students to explore the following questions for the Bird Song Hero game: How is a spectrogram similar to a musical score? What can you learn from a spectrogram that is different fr...

Observational Skills and Spectrogram Lesson Plan: Bird Song Hero Game

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In this Bird Song Hero lesson plan which is adaptable for grades 2-8, students use their observational skills to match each bird song to its corresponding spectrogram (a visual representation of the s...

Mission US: City of Immigrants Lesson Plan

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In this social studies lesson plan which is adaptable for grades 5-12, students will use BrainPOP resources (including the Mission US: City of Immigrants online simulation) to explore the lives of the...

Virtual Labs: Understanding Water Activity Lesson Plan

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This lesson plan accompanies Virtual Labs: Understanding Water Activity, which is adaptable for grades 4-12. This interactive labs prompts students to explore how water acts inside food and how this a...

Virtual Labs Lesson Plan: Controlling Water Activity in Food

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This lesson plan accompanies Virtual Labs: Controlling Water, and is adaptable for grades 4-12.  The interactive lab in this lesson challenges students to test the water activity of corn dried using t...

Balanced Diet Lesson Plan: Chef Solus’ Build-a-Meal Game

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In this balanced diet lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-8, students use BrainPOP resources (including an online interactive tool, Chef Solus' Build-a-Meal Game) to learn about healthy eatin...

Batteries Lesson Plan: How Does a Battery Work?

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In this lesson plan which is adaptable for grades 3-8, students use BrainPOP resources and a hands-on investigation to learn how batteries operate. ...

Virtual Labs: pH Scale and Meter Calibration Lesson Plan

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This lesson plan accompanies Virtual Labs: pH Scale and Meter Calibration, which is adaptable for grades 6-12. This interactive lab challenges students to test the pH of common liquids and learn how a...

Virtual Labs: Adjusting pH of Food Lesson Plan

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This lesson plan accompanies Virtual Labs: Adjusting pH of Food, which is adaptable for grades 6-12. This interactive lab familiarizes students with food science lab equipment and teaches standard tec...