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Just a reminder – our Earth Awareness lesson plan contest supporting our partnership with IMAX and the release of their new film, Born to be Wild 3D is open for submissions! The educator who submits the best lesson plan highlighting how you use BrainPOP, along with IMAX’s educator resources, wins premium prizing – from tickets… Read the Rest»

Search & Rescue: Earth Awareness Resources from netTrekker Search & BrainPOP Wednesday, April 6, 2011 4:30 PM EST Duration: 1 Hour Our Tatum Murphy and netTrekker’s Danielle Abernethy team up to tackle Earth Awareness Month. See how these two resources facilitate meaningful participation in current event issues among your students. We’ll share creative activity ideas… Read the Rest»

Cicely A. Day teaches 4th and 5th graders at PLACE @ Prescott Elementary in Oakland, CA.  Check out how Cicely used BrainPOP’s Featured Tsunami movie to teach the science behind the natural disaster occurring in Japan; inspiring her students to ask questions and explore answers! Empower your students to learn something new every day with… Read the Rest»

Happy April! Not only do we have a fabulous Spotlight full of resources to celebrate and teach about Earth Awareness with, but we’re also super excited to announce a new lesson plan contest in honor of our partnership with IMAX and the release of their new film, Born to be Wild 3D! The educator who… Read the Rest»

Like you, we woke up to the devastating news of the massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan. It’s hard enough for adults to fathom this kind of natural disaster.  But what about kids? Whether it’s on television or the radio, online, or in the papers, they’re hearing about it – and that means they’ve… Read the Rest»

Spotlight: Natural Disasters helps students understand the causes and impact of avalanches, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, and other powerful phenomena. Additional topics include Volcanoes, Thunderstorms, Floods, and Plate Tectonics. BrainPOP Jr. topics include Fast Land Changes. Take our Natural Disasters quiz, and, if you’re a Promethean user, add to your lessons with the Hurricane flipchart…. Read the Rest»

Last week, Moby and I were lucky enough to see the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Cape Canaveral, Florida. We were invited as VIPs (that’s “very important persons,” though I made sure the folks at NASA know that Moby’s a robot), so we had one of the… Read the Rest»

Help students build a valuable 21st-century skill with this month’s Spotlight: Financial Literacy. You’ll find content covering everything from the Stock Market, Taxes, and Credit Cards to Comparing Prices, Interest, and Supply and Demand. BrainPOP Jr. topics include Dollars and Cents, Needs and Wants, Counting Coins, Goods and Services, and Saving and Spending. Take advantage… Read the Rest»

Keep Earth Day’s messages going all month long with our Spotlight: Earth Awareness. Topics include Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Carbon Cycle, Energy Sources, Global Warming, Natural Resources, and Wind Energy (BrainPOP). For K-3, see our topics on Rainforests, Freshwater Habitats, Extinct and Endangered Species, Deserts, and Arctic Habitats. In addition, BrainPOP Educators offers a pair… Read the Rest»

March 24th marks the second annual Ada Lovelace Day, an event in which bloggers around the globe celebrate women in technology by writing about their accomplishments. The day is named for 19th-century mathematician Ada Lovelace, who is often credited as being the world’s first computer programmer for her contributions to an early computing machine made… Read the Rest»