Articles of Confederation Discussion Prompts and Pause Points

November 6, 2019
Before the Movie   What do you know about the Articles of Confederation? What do you hope to learn about the Articles of Confederation? ...

Lunar New Year Background Information for Teachers, Parents, and Caregivers

January 8, 2020
This page provides information to support educators and families when teaching K-3 students about the Lunar New Year. It is designed to comp...

Banking Discussion Prompts and Pause Points

October 7, 2020
Before the Movie What do you know about how banking works? (Tap prior knowledge) How do banks help people achieve financial goals? (Refl...

Video Games in Classrooms: Lessons Learned

January 23, 2013
Join Marjee Chmiel, instructional technology specialist at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, VA and a f...

Martin Esterman: Games, Math Fluency and Award Winning Ways

May 29, 2013
Martin Esterman, the National STEM Video Game Challenge winner, joins us for a webinar on math fluency and the Common Core State Standards f...

Active Viewing Strategies

April 20, 2020
Active viewing strategies make movie watching a participatory and interactive lesson.  In this tutorial, veteran teacher Robert Miller demon...

Ideas for Using BrainPOP Jr. to Teach Math

October 10, 2013
BrainPOP Jr. can help you teach and reinforce hundreds of key skills in math: number sense, operations, geometry, measurement, data, graphin...

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

June 11, 2012
In this metric vs. customary units lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-8, students use BrainPOP resources to explore the difference...

Ratios Lesson Plan: Ratio Rumble Game

June 5, 2013
In this ratios lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-8, students explore ratios and proportions using an online math game called Rati...

1.5.2 Tag Questions Lesson Plan

June 2, 2014
In the BrainPOP ELL movie, It’s Nice, Isn’t It? (L1U5L2), Ben and Moby shop for a birthday gift for Ed, and discuss what to buy, using tag q...