Body Systems Discussion Prompts and Pause Points

March 26, 2021
Before the Movie What are some body systems and what do they do? (Tap prior knowledge) What is something new you hope to learn about you...

Where’s the Water? Lesson Plan: Exploring Earth’s Bodies of Water Through Digital Storytelling

June 7, 2012
In this multi-day Water lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3, 4, and 5, students use BrainPOP resources to explore bodies of water o...

Game-Based Learning Using Guts and Bolts

September 19, 2012
Superstar BrainPOP Educator Robert Miller provides a game-based learning overview screencast of BrainPOP's popular science and health learni...

Virtual Labs: Gram Staining Lesson Plan

May 6, 2013
In this lesson plan which is adaptable for grades 6-12, students explore bacteria, pasteurization, and food safety in a virtual lab. Student...

Exercise Background Information for Teachers and Parents

May 10, 2013
Exercise is the activity of exerting muscles in different ways to stay healthy and fit. Review with your children that a muscle is a body pa...

Stress Lesson Plan: Identify responses to stress and techniques to manage it

August 27, 2021
This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic, Stress, and supports students in building self-awareness and self-management skills to identify ...

Cancer Lesson Plan

February 6, 2020
This lesson plan accompanies the BrainPOP topic, Cancer, and can be completed over several class periods. See suggested times for each sec...

Senses Background Information for Teachers and Parents

May 19, 2010
This page contains information to support educators and families in teaching K-3 students about the five senses. The information is designed...

Wright Brothers Lesson Plan: Write and Deliver a Speech Honoring the Wright Brothers

November 9, 2016
In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-8, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about the Wright brothers and their invention of...

Circulatory System Lesson Plan: Structures and Processes

January 31, 2022
*Click to open and customize your own copy of the Circulatory System Lesson Plan.  This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic Circulatory...