Grace Hopper Discussion Prompts and Pause Points

Posted by jglassman on

Before the Movie What do you know about computer coding? (Tap Prior Knowledge) What skills and traits does it take to be a computer programmer? (Predict) During the Movie (Pause Points) Stop at ...
Home-School Connection

Celebrate Presidents’ Day at Home With BrainPOP

Posted by jglassman on

Do your students’ families know they can use BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. at home? With the upcoming Presidents' Day break, now is a perfect time to remind them.   To strengthen the school-to-home con...

Depression Discussion Prompts & Pause Points

Posted by jglassman on

Suggested discussion prompts and pause points....

Depression Lesson Plan: Create a Medical Brochure

Posted by jglassman on

In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 4-12, students watch the BrainPOP movie Depression and explore the other features in this topic to learn about the disease’s symptoms, causes, and treatments....

Census Lesson Plan: Class Debate

Posted by Dana Burnell on

In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 4-12, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about the U.S. Census. As they discover the benefits and the drawbacks of a population count, students dete...

Parenthood Lesson Plan

Posted by Dana Burnell on

In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-12, students watch the BrainPOP movie Parenthood. Then they use Make-a-Map feature (or a downloadable graphic organizer) to assess the cause and effects ass...

Smoking Discussion Prompts & Pause Points

Posted by Dana Burnell on

Suggested discussion prompts and pause points....

Parenthood Discussion Prompts & Pause Points

Posted by jglassman on

Suggested discussion prompts and pause points....

BeastBox: SnapThought Prompts

Posted by jglassman on

Have your students signed up for individual accounts? If you have a school-wide subscription to BrainPOP, students will be able to use the SnapThought ® tool to play BeastBox. The SnapThought tool ...

Getting Started with BeastBox

Posted by jglassman on

There are three ways to play BeastBox: Just play! Let students treat BeastBox as their own mixing board and create music from favorite animal voices. Add together real wild animal sounds and beat...