Educational Games
Brain Points: A Growth Mindset Reward Structure Boosts Player Persistence!
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Brain Points: A Growth Mindset Reward Structure Boosts Player Persistence in Refraction
By: Eleanor O'Rourke
Psychologist Carol Dweck has made an interesting discovery. She and her colleagues have...
Ethics Lesson Plan: Determining What is Right and Solving Conflicts
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In this ethics lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-12, students will use BrainPOP resources to explore the basics of ethics and morality. They will reflect on how we determine what is right a...
Student Gamers Lesson Plan: Evaluating Video Games
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In this Student Gamers lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 6-12, students use BrainPOP resources to explore the role of a video game test. Students will create their own evaluations for video g...
Common Core-Aligned BrainPOP and GameUp Content
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Much of our BrainPOP content has been designed with the Common Core State Standards in mind. This screencast shares some examples of Common Core-aligned content that can help students achieve! Visit t...
Virtual Labs: Bacteria Sampling Lesson Plan
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This lesson plan accompanies Virtual Labs: Bacteria Sampling, and is adaptable for grades 6-12. This interactive lab challenges students to test milk samples for bacterial contamination with various d...
Teaching with Games
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Teaching with games "allows me to hit multiple learning styles in the same lesson in a much easier way than the normal classroom environment." ~David McG, from Best Practices for Using Games & Sim...
Educational Games and Engaging Students With GameUp: Battleship Numberline
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In this educational games webinar, Director of BrainPOP Educators, Allisyn Levy, welcomes Dixie Ching of Numbaland for a discussion of the award-winning math game, Battleship Numberline. Visit GameUp ...
Guts and Bolts Essential Questions
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What are the main functions of the human body's organs?
How can organ systems function interdependently?
What does it mean to test a hypothesis?
These are three essential questions we recomm...
Organs and Body Systems Lesson Plan: The Guts and Bolts Game
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In this organs and body systems lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 6-8, students use BrainPOP resources to explore the primary functions of various body systems. Students will also explore the...
Supreme Decision Essential Questions
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What are some of the rights, responsibilities, and rewards in different cultural settings?
What principles define American culture?
Why are conflicting values inherent in diverse groups, and ho...
