Posts on “ BrainPOP Jr. ”

We’re spotlighting Sports & Fitness and Practical Math this month, so be sure to check out the collection of movies and other resources featured throughout all of May.   The arrival of warmer weather moves kids outdoors, so why not cover some topics they can take outside with them?  Our Soccer, Football, and Fitness movies can… Read the Rest»

BrainPOP Educator Amber Gross recently submitted a lesson plan with an amazing set of graphic organizers she created to facilitate student thinking before, during, and after BrainPOP Jr. movies. We were so impressed with the work she did on these organizers that we asked her to submit a guest blog post and tell more about… Read the Rest»

Wednesday, May 2 3:00PM ET: BrainPOP Jr. Heads South Please note early start time! With the start of the 2012-13 school year, every child in South Carolina will have access to BrainPOP Jr. through DISCUS, the state’s virtual library. And we want every teacher in South Carolina to know the ins and outs of our… Read the Rest»

April is a month of showers, flowers and season changing powers: with all this transition comes student questions!  Help them find the answers by checking out BrainPOP’s “Earth Awareness” spotlight page.  From glaciers to global warming, we have curated a wide variety of relevant topics that can help explain some pretty tricky concepts! We also feature… Read the Rest»

Liz Andrews, Lower School Computer Lab Teacher at Kentucky Country Day School (and new mother) uses BrainPOP as inspiration for creative projects with her students. In 2nd grade, the homeroom teachers lead a yearlong community study, and BrainPOP Jr’s community helper topic page is a hit with the students.  For a few years, Liz would show the… Read the Rest»

It just keeps on coming. Last week we continued padding out the Arts and Technology section of BrainPOP Jr. with topic pages on Pablo Picasso and Georgia O’Keeffe.  This week check out the new mathematics content with the debut of combinations, in which Annie creates a useful grid to count the number of combinations she… Read the Rest»

Last week we published a new lesson plan on writing a BrainPOP script with students.  BrainPOP Educator @ktitraci read about it and shared this amazing example of BrianPOP scriptwriting and moviemaking with her first graders!  Enjoy the video, all about the iPod, and if you have BrainPOP videos that you’ve made with your students please… Read the Rest»

BrainPOP is always growing! Whether we’re adding new topics to BrainPOP, sharing our favorite educational games on GameUp or a building new levels on BrainPOP ESL, we’re hard at work curating and creating the best content to share with students.  So what’s been happening recently? Well, this week, we have 2 premieres!  Young artists will… Read the Rest»

New to BrainPOP?  No problem!  This overview is the perfect way for newbies to learn their way around our sites.  Veteran users, don’t be turned off – you might learn a new trick or two as well. We’ll touch on the full range of our features and share best practices for getting the most out… Read the Rest»

We’ve been working on some great new resources for grades K-3! Check out the following movie topics on BrainPOP Jr.: Maya Civilization Equivalent Fractions Mixed Numbers Plant Adaptations Subject Verb Agreement Energy Sources Illegal Drugs Physical and Chemical Changes Sugar Collage There are also some brand new lesson plans for our K-3 movies: Health Coping… Read the Rest»