Home-School Connection

Celebrate Presidents’ Day at Home With BrainPOP

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Do your students’ families know they can use BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. at home? With the upcoming Presidents' Day break, now is a perfect time to remind them.   To strengthen the school-to-home con...

Depression Discussion Prompts & Pause Points

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Suggested discussion prompts and pause points....

Census Lesson Plan: Class Debate

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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 4-12, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about the U.S. Census. As they discover the benefits and the drawbacks of a population count, students dete...

Parenthood Lesson Plan

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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-12, students watch the BrainPOP movie Parenthood. Then they use Make-a-Map feature (or a downloadable graphic organizer) to assess the cause and effects ass...

Smoking Discussion Prompts & Pause Points

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Suggested discussion prompts and pause points....

Parenthood Discussion Prompts & Pause Points

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Suggested discussion prompts and pause points....

BeastBox: 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 the SnapThought ® tool to play BeastBox. The SnapThought tool ...

Getting Started with BeastBox

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There are three ways to play BeastBox: Just play! Let students treat BeastBox as their own mixing board and create music from favorite animal voices. Add together real wild animal sounds and beat...

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...

Exponents Lesson Plan: Exponent Battle

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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 5-12, students watch the BrainPOP movie Exponents and explore the other features in this topic to learn how exponents provide a simple way of expressing reall...