How-To Essay Background Information for Teachers, Parents and Caregivers

August 7, 2018
This page provides information to support educators and families in teaching K-3 students about writing a how-to essay. It is designed to co...

Poems Background Information for Teachers, Parents and Caregivers

August 7, 2018
This page provides information to support educators and families in teaching K-3 students about poems. It is designed to complement the Poem...

Writing a Paragraph Background Information for Teachers, Parents and Caregivers

August 7, 2018
This page provides information to support educators and families in teaching K-3 students about writing a paragraph. It is designed to compl...

Informed Voting Lesson Plan: Let’s Vote For Our President

June 8, 2012
In this multi-day lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-5, students use BrainPOP resources to talk, draw, and write about the rights ...

Graphic Organizers Before, During, and After BrainPOP Jr. Movies

May 3, 2012
BrainPOP Educator Amber Gross recently submitted a lesson plan with an amazing set of graphic organizers she created to facilitate student t...

Artful Thinking Routines With the DIA Art Center’s April Lee

June 18, 2013
Designed for educators of all disciplines, this webinar focuses on the Artful Thinking Routines - a group of protocols designed by Harvard r...

Water Cycle Lesson Plan: Create Your Own Water Cycle

September 16, 2012
In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 2-6, student use BrainPOP and/or BrainPOP Jr. resources to explore the water cycle. Stude...

Using Graphic Organizers with Games

January 1, 2013
Some students will prefer to figure out games in their heads, but others may need additional support. When introducing a game to your class,...

Employee Cafeteria: Using the Graphic Organizer

January 24, 2013
Some of the Lure of the Labyrinth's puzzles require that players simultaneously juggle quite a bit of information in order to solve them. So...

Guest Blog: BrainPOP, Middle Schoolers, + STEM

October 25, 2010
My current state of Tennessee is adopting the STEM (Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics) approach to learning. A few years a...