Immune System Defender Vocabulary

January 25, 2013
Immune System Defender Vocabulary is important! Before playing the game, teach your students the words connected to the Immune system, and u...

Control of the Cell Cycle: Preparing to Play

January 24, 2013
This Control of the Cell Cycle game is much easier to complete if learners are already familiar with the different phases in the cell cycle....

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...

Game Changer: Transforming Middle School Science

March 26, 2013
Get a sneak peek at a groundbreaking new title from leading games creator Second Avenue Learning! They're currently at work on a collaborati...

Desalination Game: Preparing for Game Play

October 4, 2014
Help students understand the important of desalination and build background knowledge by discussing the following information from the STEM ...

Cellular Respiration Lesson Plan: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

October 4, 2022
*Click to open and customize your own copy of the Cellular Respiration Lesson Plan. This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic Cellular R...

Alternative Energy Sources Lesson Plan: Fossil Fuels’ Impact on the Environment

June 5, 2012
In this lesson plan for grades 6 through 12, students will use BrainPOP resources to learn how alternative sources of energy can be created ...

Teaching Science and Formative Assessment: POPstar Robert Miller

April 11, 2014
Originally Recorded April 2014 POPstar Robert Miller – an award-winning 5th-grade science teacher – hosts this interactive workshop cover...

Fighting Off Infection Lesson Plan: Immune System Defender Game

April 4, 2016
This lesson plan, adaptable for grades 5-12, challenges students to use what they know and explore the immune system by playing a game in wh...

Nobel Prize for Medicine Awarded for Discoveries in Cell Transportation!

October 7, 2013
This morning, professors James Rothman, Randy Schekman, and Thomas C. Suedhof became the latest recipients of Nobel Prize in Medicine!  They...