States of Matter: Basics Video Primer

April 4, 2018
This video primer is an introduction to the States of Matter: Basics simulation’s features and uses. Since sims are designed to be explorato...

States of Matter Basics: SnapThought Prompts

April 4, 2018
Have your students signed up for individual accounts? If you have a school-wide subscription to BrainPOP, students will be able to use our S...

Teaching with Games, GLPC Case Study: Lisa

June 20, 2012
The Joan Ganz Cooney Center released new research from the Games and Learning Publishing Council initiative about teaching with games. They ...

Matter Sorter Game Teaching Strategies

May 31, 2013
Use the Matter Sorter game along with the lesson plan to provide several ways of describing States of Matter to your students.  Also, think ...

Using SnapThought®

September 16, 2015
This screencast provides a brief overview of the SnapThought® tool....

Brainstorming Web

June 15, 2012
A Brainstorming Web graphic organizer is helpful for keeping brainstormed ideas organized, and pre-planning a project or writing assignment....

Vocabulary Development Lesson Plan: Using a Word Map

August 26, 2018
Students explore and make connections between terms and concepts associated with a BrainPOP topic.  ...

Ideas/Details

June 21, 2012
This Ideas/Details graphic organizer is perfect for recording important ideas and supporting details from any book or text which is multiple...

Reflection Rubric

June 23, 2016
A rubric for teachers to assess the success of a simulation activity....

Designing PhET Activities for the K12 Classroom

June 23, 2016
This video highlights how to design student activity worksheets for in-class use of the PhET simulations. Learn how you can help students ac...