Ben tries to find out what happened to Moby by asking who, what, why, where, when, and how. His inquiries introduce students to formulating questions in the past simple using the verb “be.”
Watch and enjoy - and let us know what you and your students think by emailing us or posting comments below!
Looking for fun activities that will have your kids howling? Try our Halloween topics on BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. Then, invite your students to design a costume of their favorite BrainPOP character using our Halloween Characters Activity. Send ‘em to us (with parental permission, of course!) and we’ll feature them on our Bulletin Board and blog!
Have a happy, safe, and fun Halloween!
Looking for a way to reinforce the vocabulary from your favorite BrainPOP unit? Try the game, “I Have/Who Has.”
Create and then distribute cards that feature one vocabulary word and the definition of a different vocabulary word from the same unit of study.
For example, if you’re exploring our Fossils unit, a card might contain the word “fossil” and the definition “inorganic substance,” which corresponds to the word “mineral.” Pick one student to start the game off by reading his or her word and definition as follows: “I have ‘fossil.’ Who has ‘inorganic substance?’” The student whose card contains the matching word - “mineral” - then jumps in. Continue the chain until everyone has responded. In such a way, students strengthen their vocabulary and learn valuable listening skills.
Comment below to tell us how you reinforce BrainPOP vocabulary in your classroom!
Help reduce anxiety by imparting a better understanding of the H1N1 virus. Embed the Swine Flu movie on your own blog or website using the code provided here. These are some examples of teachers and schools who are already using this free resource:
Additionally, BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. offer a number of age-appropriate resources that can gently explain the H1N1 flu, its origins, its spread, and appropriate precautions. All are free throughout this flu season.
Are you attending the NSBA T+L conference in Denver? If so, come check us out at Booth 313! Pose with Moby, connect with BrainPOP staff, participate in the BrainPOP challenge, catch a demo, and more! We’re even featuring a few of our BrainPOP Educators, including two of the newest crop of 20 to Watch. They’ll be on hand to share technology integration strategies and answer questions. Pick up a copy of our new science based research, too. See you in Denver! Checkout our full BrainPOP T+L conference schedule.
Here’s a list of our full conference schedule this school year. We hope to see you on the road!
What conferences are you attending this school year?
Just saw this fantastic new flipchart, created and posted on Promethean Planet by Kirsten Linsenbardt.
Description:
You must have a Brain Pop Jr. subscription to view the video. After watching the video on migration, students complete various activities, an ActiVote test, and can learn more through other linked activities.
Great job weaving your interactive whiteboard into BrainPOP, Kirsten!
If you’re interested in getting more out of your interactive whiteboards, you can visit our partner site, Promethean Planet, for over 60 flipchart lessons that include BrainPOP.
Are you creating materials to go along with BrainPOP for your students? We want to see! Please share what you’re doing with fellow BrainPOP Educators!
Please join us in congratulating our BrainPOP advisors Teryl Magee and Robert Miller, on receiving NSBA’s 2009 “20 to Watch Award” for Emerging Technology Leaders.
Teryl, an instructional coach with Knox County School District in Tennessee, is passionate about integrating technology into the curriculum, thus preparing her students to be productive 21st-century citizens. Another passion of Ms. Magee’s is helping teachers, from kindergarten to high school, learn how to use technology in effective ways in their classrooms.
Robert, a fourth and fifth grade teacher at Port Orange Elementary School in Port Orange, FL is also an Apple Distinguished Educator. He’s passionate about integrating technology, including movie-making and web publishing, into his teaching.
You can meet these superstar BrainPOP advisors in our booth at the upcoming NSBA T+L conference, where they’ll answer questions and share technology integration strategies and tips.
Join us in congratulating Teryl Magee and Robert Miller!
The continuing saga of Ben and Moby resumes as brainpopesl.com presents lesson 5.3. In this lesson it seems that Ben’s memory has lapsed as he reminisces about his and Moby’s childhood together. Moby sets Ben’s memory straight, as our English learners get to know the verb “be” in the past simple tense.
Watch and enjoy - and let us know what you and your students think by emailing us or posting comments below!
In case you missed our webinar for Library Media Specialists, you can access it at your convenience here.
I wanted to highlight some great ideas that came out of the webinar.
Units & Topics that may be of interest to Library Media Specialists:
BrainPOP: Study & Reading Skills Unit Famous Authors & Books Unit Digital Citizenship Unit BrainPOP Jr: Reading Writing Social Studies Ways to make your life easier & extend BP to families/community outside of school
make BrainPOP or BrainPOP Jr. your homepage
add BrainPOP to your bookmarks or toolbar
set up AUTO LOGIN
use library or school webpage to offer suggestions, resources, assignments…
use our BrainPOP On Your Site feature - take it a step further with assignments
have fun with our banners and badges
introduce at faculty and parent meetings. Make sure specialists know about relevant topics (Music, Health…)
highlight in district, school or parent newsletters
distribute promotional items (Just For Fun - printable bookmarks, posters, etc)
assign a resident BrainPOP expert at each school and/or grade level
utilize our Professional Development offerings to conduct hands-on training for your staff
highlight BrainPOP best practices at faculty and parent meetings
hold contests to encourage sharing and collaboration of BrainPOP best practices - we’ll be holding contests via BrainPOP Educators - teachers can win t-shirts, flip cameras, and more…
Please comment below and add on your own ideas!
We’ve been really impressed to hear about so many of you blogging with your classes this year. (In case your students need a primer on blogging, check out our Blogs movie!) The blogosphere has become an important engine for social change and presents a terrific opportunity for kids to utilize 21st-century skills. To that end, with this post we are taking part in this year’s Blog Action Day, now in its third year. The main goal of Blog Action Day, which takes place every October 15th, is to harness the power of blogging for a particular cause. The causes change each year, and this year the cause is climate change.
If you run a classroom blog, this event presents a perfect opportunity to have your students discuss what they know about climate change as well as their personal opinions and any calls to action. In a structured environment, blogging can help young learners hone their persuasive writing skills and feel a sense of ownership over the final published piece. Before they sit down to write, we encourage young bloggers to brush up on their climate change knowledge by exploring some of our Earth awareness topics. And of course, we’d love to hear any stories about your students’ blogging adventures.
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