Posts on “ Spotlights ”

Check out our timely collection of topics, interactive resource, and lesson plans to use during the Month of May and beyond! Spotlight: Practical Math You can count on us! This month marks the debut of a brand-new Spotlight dedicated to Practical Math. Explore topics like Comparing Prices, Customary Units, Division, Estimating, Graphs, Interest, Metric Units,… Read the Rest»

If the kids in your life have seen the news in the past few days, they’ve seen the devastating weather that’s plaguing parts of the U.S.  It’s scary stuff.  To help explain what’s happening, we’re offering free access to our Tornadoes topic. For more relevant topics, explore our Spotlight: Natural Disasters. Need some tips on working the topic into… Read the Rest»

April’s free webinars offer something for everyone! Join us Wednesdays at 4:30 pm EST (unless otherwise noted) for one or more of these diverse offerings. On April 6, our Tatum Murphy teamed up with netTrekker’s Danielle Abernethy for Search & Rescue: Earth Awareness Resources From netTrekker Search & BrainPOP. On April 13, see for yourself whether… Read the Rest»

We’ve partnered with IMAX on a great initiative dedicated to raising awareness about conservation efforts and endangered species. The partnership means extraordinary online (and free!) resources for you from IMAX as well as two brand new BrainPOP movies: Primates and Elephants. Both debut as part of our Spotlight: Earth Awareness. On March 30th, just before… Read the Rest»

You know what sounds pretty good right now? Our Spotlight: Music, with topics from Blues, Jazz and Latin Music to Elvis Presley, Louis Armstrong, and Mozart. K-3 topics include Pitch, Tone, and Beat; Musical Alphabet; and Musical Instruments. Work these movies into one of three great lesson plan ideas from BrainPOP Educators.

What do an early computer programmer, an aviatrix, an artist, a civil rights icon, a scientist, an author, and a media mogul have in common? They’re all part of our Spotlight: Women’s History. This March Spotlight includes topics like Ada Lovelace, Amelia Earhart, Frida Kahlo, Judy Blume, Marie Curie, Oprah Winfrey, Sally Ride (new!), and… Read the Rest»

Our BrainPOP Educator team is growing! Jessica Storer is our new Manager of Education Outreach. We are thrilled to welcome her to the team, and look forward to hearing much more from Jessica. You can check out her lesson plan on Moon Phases here. Please join us in welcoming her by commenting below. As an… Read the Rest»

From the Underground Railroad and Frederick Douglass to Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr. and everything in between, our Spotlight: Black History is the perfect resource for your timely February lessons.  Topics include Brown v. BOE, Civil Rights, Jackie Robinson, Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey and more.  K-3 topics explore Abraham Lincoln, George Washington Carver, Martin… Read the Rest»

George Washington. John Adams. Abraham Lincoln. John F. Kennedy. Richard Nixon. How much do your students really know about our founding fathers and the men in the Oval Office? Find out with our Spotlight: U.S. Presidents. BrainPOP topics include Andrew Jackson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, and Presidential Power. For K-3, there’s Abraham Lincoln, George… Read the Rest»

Curl up with a good Spotlight like this one! Book Month topics include Agatha Christie, Charles Dickens, Homer, Judy Blume, Maya Angelou, Book Reports, “Frankenstein,” and more. On BrainPOP Jr., K-3 topics include Choosing a Book, Library, Ezra Jack Keats, Dr. Seuss, and Biography. Check out the Spotlight’s Mark Twain Activity Pages as well.