Online Educational Resources

Learning belongs at MOPOP, and pop culture belongs in the classroom!

‍Whether you’re an educator or a parent looking for resources to use at home, we’ve got you! Prepare your students for their visit to MOPOP and embed participative pop culture experiences filled with discovery, play, and magic throughout the year with MOPOP resources designed to spark creativity.

Pre-Visit and Self-Guided Field Trip Resources

Architecture Tour

Take an Architecture Tour and learn about the art and science behind MOPOP’s unique building designed by Frank Gehry! This video highlights behind-the-scenes footage of the creation and construction of our incredible museum.

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Mega Museum Hunt

This scavenger hunt style activity invites students to look closer at iconic artifacts on display at MOPOP and encourages them to find hidden surprises around the museum! You’ll think creatively about the power of pop culture as you learn about our unique building.

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POP Curator

What do you get when you connect Kurt Cobain's sweater, the Cowardly Lion Costume, and Lizzo's jumpsuit? An exhibit about coziness, of course! Work together as a group to become curators in this digital experience! Students can use a phone or tablet to take photos of MOPOP objects on display and design an exhibition of their own. Teachers will receive a digital file with their students’ exhibits.

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Online Lesson Plans

Paper and scissors - arts and crafts at MOPOP

Bring MOPOP to you! Created for easy use in your home, these materials include learning objectives, activities, and projects that link museum content to student learning goals.

Fantastic Creatures

Suggested Grade Range: K-8

Combine your imagination with everyday objects to create your own fantasy creatures. Transform real-world objects into fantasy creature specimens, adapt your creature to their habitat, and create a story starring your new fantasy creature. This curriculum is great for a parent or teacher to lead with students at home or in a classroom. If you’re looking for a more facilitated experience, we have a different version under “Press Play Facilitated Activities” that’s led with a MOPOP Museum Educator.

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There Be Dragons

Suggested Grade Range: 5-8

Paintings, drawings, sketches, tattoos, and other forms of visual art capture single moments in time, but those images can also be parts of larger stories and worlds. In this lesson, students will utilize visual thinking strategies to explore science-fiction and fantasy images and then apply their observations to world- and character-building activities.

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Can't Look Away

Suggested Grade Range: 9-12

How do horror filmmakers draw out specific responses from their audiences? Explore the horror genre through pop culture and create your own mini horror story. This curriculum is great for a parent or teacher to lead with students at home or in a classroom. If you’re looking for a more facilitated experience, we have a different version under “Press Play Facilitated Activities” that’s led with a MOPOP Museum Educator.

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Social Action

Suggested Grade Range: 8-12

Using Woody Guthrie’s activist philosophy as an inspiration, you are going to use your own skills and creativity to talk about an issue that is important to you.

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Press Play Facilitated Activities

Fantastic Creatures Online Workshop

Suggested Grade Range: 1-8

Become a group of explorers, creating never-before-found species of fantasy creatures! Taking what we already know about animal biology and habitats, we will use our imagination and household items to create and become unique creatures. If you’re looking for a version of this curriculum you could lead on your own as a parent or teacher, check out our Online Lesson Plans in the above section where you’ll find another version of this curriculum designed for you to facilitate.

PART 1

Scientific Observations Worksheet [PDF]

PART 2

Drawing Conclusions Worksheet [PDF]

PART 3

PART 4

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Can’t Look Away Online Workshop

Suggested Grade Range: 9-12

How do horror filmmakers draw out specific responses from their audiences? Explore the horror genre through pop culture and create your own mini horror story. If you’re looking for a version of this curriculum you could lead on your own as a parent or teacher, check out our Online Lesson Plans in the above section where you’ll find another version of this curriculum designed for you to facilitate.

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Miniatures Video and Activity

Suggested Grade Range: 6-9

Using math and practical effect techniques, learn how to make your own movie magic with our Tiny Spaceships video and activity! Start by watching the introductory video and then click the button to download the activity. With simple materials and a few filming tricks, we’ll help you discover your own special effects!

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