Teaching With Games

Teaching with Games – GLPC Case Study: Joel

Posted by SM Bruner on

The Joan Ganz Cooney Center released new research from the Games and Learning Publishing Council initiative about teaching with games. They conducted a series of case studies and a national survey, Te...

Win the White House Social Studies Game

Posted by Andrew Gardner on

Visit the Lesson Ideas page to find resources for Win the White House, a free online civics and social studies game....

Tilting Temperatures Lesson Plan: Seasonal Temperature Changes vs. Global Climate Change

Posted by on

In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-12, students use BrainPOP resources to explore how the tilt of the Earth creates seasonal temperatures. Students will learn how global warming is c...

Order of Operations Lesson Plan: Math Skills Bingo

Posted by on

In this Order of Operations lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-8, students use BrainPOP resources to learn how to apply the order of operations when computing with whole numbers, excluding a...

The Environmental Cost of Oil Lesson Plan: How Oil Production Can Impact Oceans

Posted by on

In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades K-5, students use BrainPOP Jr. and/or BrainPOP resources to learn the environmental cost of oil, and that that the ocean is a complex ecosystem that ...

Brainstorming Web

Posted by allisyn on

A Brainstorming Web graphic organizer is helpful for keeping brainstormed ideas organized, and pre-planning a project or writing assignment. In the middle, students write in the main idea or central c...

The Election Lesson Plan: Your Rights as a Citizen

Posted by on

In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-5, students use BrainPOP resources to explore their rights as citizens. Students will explain what a democracy is and its advantages and disadvanta...

Graphic Arts Lesson Plan: Parts and Design of an Advertisement

Posted by alanaw on

In this multi-day lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-8, students use BrainPOP resources to explore the role graphic art plays in modern advertising. Students will identify and understand the...

Metric vs. Customary Units Lesson Plan: Which Should You Use?

Posted by alanaw on

In this metric vs. customary units lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-8, students use BrainPOP resources to explore the differences between metric and customary units of measurement. Student...

Making New Words Lesson Plan: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words

Posted by alanaw on

In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-8, students use BrainPOP resources to explore the function of root words, prefixes, and suffixes. Students will create new words by adding prefixes...