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Happy holidays! As we enter a new year, we want to take a moment to say thanks to all of you for making BrainPOP Educators the incredible community that it is. Without your generous contributions of tips, lesson plans, blog posts, and more, we couldn’t boast that we’ve got over 110,000 BrainPOP Educators with over 850 free resources. So thank you. Truly. A new year is a great opportunity to take some time for reflection. We would love to hear which resources you value the most on BrainPOP Educators, so we can continue to develop helpful content that will be meaningful to you. Please share your top favorites by commenting below.

It’s hard to believe we’re nearing 2011. We hope that you’ll take time to rest and recharge over the holidays. Perhaps you might even spend some time looking for ways to bring fresh ideas to your classrooms. Below are some free resources that we hope will inspire you and your students in the new year! PD in your PJs! Check out a webinar from our archives at your leisure. We’re happy to provide certificates of participation for your PD credits. Send some free holiday e-cards. Our Winter & Snow Spotlight includes our famous BrainPOP e-cards, along with all of our related resources for teaching about Winter. Plan ahead. We’ve got an online curriculum calendar with suggestions of topics for each day. Hover over a topic, and you’ll see why it’s suggested, and link you to the topic page. Get organized! Our graphic organizers are designed to make your lives easier. Plus, they’re printable and typeable. POPspiration. Have fun viewing BrainPOP-inspired, student made videos. Then, create your own! Deck your halls! …with BrainPOP clipart. We’ve even got a Moby alphabet for you and your students to add a little BrainPOP magic into your classrooms and projects. The happiest of holidays to… Read the Rest»

Explore the Science Behind the Snowflake With netTrekker Search & BrainPOP Wednesday, December 1, 2010 4:30 PM EST Duration: 1 Hour Are there really no two snowflakes exactly alike? Why is snow white? Inquiring students want to know! Empower them to find out through BrainPOP with netTrekker Search. This webinar highlights resources for all kinds of winter-themed projects. RSVP: http://snowflake.eventbrite.com

Congratulations to this year’s Halloween costume winners. We absolutely love your creativity! We’ll be sending you each a BrainPOP hat featuring Moby! Scarecrow Moby (above): Andrea Breuninger’s 1st graders at Bonsall Elementary School in San Diego, CA. Tim & Moby (below): “Moby” is Katie Hirstein and “Tim” is Brittany Upshaw, third grade teachers at Jackson Elementary School in Sanger, CA. And one more! This one’s from 7th grade History teacher, Antonio Segoviano, Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School. Great costume!

Adorable, right? We were so thrilled when 10 year old Jason Martinez shared his Moby Halloween costume with us a few years ago, and have been lucky enough to receive even more photos of super creative BrainPOP character costumes. So… show us what you got! We’ll put together a slideshow of all the submissions, and send out BrainPOP hats to our top favorites! To get you inspired, check out our Halloween topics – we’ve got one for BrainPOP Jr. (K-3) as well! Email educators@brainpop.com with Halloween in the subject heading to share your photos. Happy Halloween!

Happy 4th of July, everyone! Don’t forget about our July Spotlight: Red, White & Blue, to get your fill of American history the fun way!

School may not be in session for most of you during the month of July, but BrainPOP is! Coming next month are Spotlight: Animals and Spotlight: Red, White & Blue.

Keep this list of BrainPOP movies handy, and check our online Curriculum Calendar for additional tie-ins. ♦ June 5: Show our Humans and the Environment movie and BrainPOP Jr.’s Reduce, Reuse, Recycle movie; it’s World Environment Day. ♦ June 6: Travel back in time to 1944 Normandy with our World War II movie, on the anniversary of D-Day. And, author Cynthia Rylant celebrates a birthday today. Show BrainPOP Jr.’s Cynthia Rylant movie and talk about the writer’s work. ♦ June 8: Sail the seven seas on World Oceans Day with our Oceans movie. ♦ June 11: Score big points with our Soccer movie and mark the start of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. ♦ June 12: Remember Anne Frank on her birthday with our Anne Frank movie. ♦ June 14: On his birthday, introduce military leader and counterculture icon Che Guevara with our Che Guevara movie. It’s also Flag Day; let BrainPOP Jr.’s U.S. Symbols movie tell the class more. ♦ June 18: All you need is love – and our movie on The Beatles – to celebrate Paul McCartney’s birthday. ♦ June 19: In various states across the U.S., “Juneteenth” marks the 1865 abolition of slavery in Texas. Dig… Read the Rest»

BrainPOP’s got plenty of resources for your students to brush up on history. Presidents’ Day, celebrated on the third Monday in February, is almost upon us. Take a poll with your class to vote on which President BrainPOP should make a movie about next, and see who’s in the lead so far! Both BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. have age-appropriate movies on George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, whose birthdays fall in February, along with many other related topics and interactive features to extend learning before, during, and after watching the movies. Try using the Quizzes in a game show format, dividing the class into two teams for a little healthy competition! You can always have a rematch after reviewing the movies again. There’s also lots of fun packed into our FYIs and Belly Up comics. Happy Presiden’ts Day! How are you preparing your students for President’s Day? Please share ideas below!

Your students probably know why Monday is a national holiday, but how much do they know about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement? We’ve got many resources you can use to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with your children, for both K-3 (BrainPOP Jr.) and 3+ (BrainPOP). Both topics are free today and tomorrow, and include quizzes, comics, Activity Pages, and more. The BrainPOP Jr. movie is brand new! Here’s a lesson plan adaptable for all ages, and you can click here for some additional ideas to use these resources. We hope you’ll take some time to acknowledge Dr. MLK with your students. How are you honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in class? Please share ideas below!