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August Spotlight: Nature of the Universe

Neil Armstrong's birthday, 1930

Louis Armstrong's birthday, 1901

Barack Obama's birthday, 1961

August Spotlight: Nature of the Universe

Adolf Hitler became supreme leader (Führer) of Germany, 1934

August Spotlight: Nature of the Universe

Declaration of Independence adopted, 1776

William Clark's birthday, 1770

BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week

July Spotlight: Sports and Fitness

Columbus became the first European to visit the island of Trinidad, 1498

Henry Ford's birthday, 1863

Wedding of Prince Charles and Diana Spencer, 1981

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) formally established, 1958

July Spotlight: Sports and Fitness

14th Amendment adopted, 1868

Korean demilitarized zone established, 1953

Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act passed (required health warning on cigarette labels for the first time), 1965

July Spotlight: Red, White, and Blue

Carl Jung's birthday, 1875

Apollo 15 launch, 1971

July Spotlight: Sports and Fitness

Mozart completed his Symphony No. 40, 1788

Simon Bolivar's birthday, 1783

Lost City of the Incas (aka Machu Picchu) found (by American explorer Hiram Bingham), 1911

First successful lung removal operation (performed by WF Reinhoff), 1933

Amelia Earhart's birthday, 1897

July Spotlight: Red, White, and Blue

The typographer, precursor of the typewriter, was patented (by William Austin Burt), 1829

Gregor Mendel's birthday, 1822

Emma Lazarus's birthday, 1849

Alexander Calder's birthday, 1898

National Ice Cream Day

Ernest Hemingway's birthday, 1899

Articles of Impeachment against Richard Nixon approved, 1974

Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin departed the moon, 1969

Moon Day (Anniversary of 1st moon landing, 1969)

July Spotlight: Sports and Fitness

Seneca Falls Convention began, 1848

Nelson Mandela's birthday, 1918

July Spotlight: Red, White, and Blue

The Beatles' Yellow Submarine film premiered, 1968

MLB All-Star Game

Ginger Rogers's birthday, 1911

Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with Jupiter, 1994

Apollo 11 launch, 1969

July Spotlight: Red, White, and Blue

First appearance of a duck-billed platypus in the U.S. (via an exhibit at the Bronx Zoo), 1922

Woodie Guthrie's birthday, 1912

Mariner 4 returned first close-up images of Martian surface, 1965

Bastille Day

July Spotlight: Sports and Fitness

Live Aid concert began, 1985 (raised money for famine-stricken Africans)

Pablo Neruda's birthday, 1904

Julius Caesar's birthday, 100 B.C.E.

World Population Day

Babe Ruth's Major League debut, 1914

Scopes “Monkey Trial” began, 1925

First commercial communications satellite launched, 1962

Ramadan begins

John Wheeler's birthday, 1911

July Spotlight: Sports and Fitness

The Wall Street Journal first published, 1889

Ringo Starr's birthday, 1940

George W. Bush's birthday, 1946

Frida Kahlo's birthday, 1907

Isaac Newton's "Principia" published, 1687

First cloned sheep (Dolly) born, 1996

Mars Pathfinder landed on Mars, 1997

Independence Day

July Spotlight: Sports and Fitness

Jackie Robinson inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame (first African American inductee), 1962

George Washington took command of the Continental Army, 1775

July Spotlight: Red, White, and Blue

Civil Rights Act of 1964 enacted

Amelia Earhart disappears over the Pacific, 1937

Battle of Gettysburg began, 1863

26th Amendment (which changed the minimum voting age to 18) adopted, 1971

Designed for educators of all disciplines, this webinar focuses on the Artful Thinking Routines - a group of protocols designed by Harvard researchers to help people think deeply about artwork.

Round out the school year with a review of all things BrainPOP and get some great ideas for next year.

Join us for an interactive and informative session exploring the connections between social media and social emotional learning (SEL).

In edWeb.net’s next webinar, Boise State’s Chris Haskell will share their work over the past two years on the principles of quest-based learning.

BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week

Meteor Day

Charles Dickens gave the first public reading of A Christmas Carol, 1857

June Spotlight: Animals

Gadsden Purchase (in which the US acquired parts of Arizona & New Mexico), 1854

World War I began, 1914

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's birthday, 1712

Helen Keller's birthday, 1880

United Nations established, 1945

Lord Kelvin's birthday, 1824

Intl. Day Against Drug Abuse

Sonia Sotomayor's birthday, 1954

Battle of Little Bighorn (1876)

Antoni Gaudí's birthday, 1852

June Spotlight: Cool Tech

Henry Ward Beecher's birthday (clergyman and abolitionist), 1813

June Spotlight: Animals

Wilma Rudolph's birthday, 1940

Alan Turing's birthday, 1912

June Spotlight: Cool Tech

U.S. Constitution ratified, 1788

Summer Solstice

June Spotlight: Animals

Queen Victoria assumed the throne, 1837

Juneteenth/Freedom Day

Paul McCartney's birthday, 1942

First American woman in space, 1983

Battle of Waterloo, 1815

June Spotlight: Cool Tech

Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775

IBM incorporated, 1911

Ford Motor Company founded, 1903

FDIC created, 1933

Father's Day

Magna Carta signed, 1215

12th Amendment (which set how we elect the President and Vice President) ratified, 1804

U.S. Continental Army established, 1775

Flag Day

Che Guevara's birthday, 1928

Alois Alzheimer's birthday, 1864

Miranda v. Arizona decided, 1966

Major eruption of Mt. Pinatubo began, 1991

Anne Frank's birthday, 1929

June Spotlight: Animals

Jacques Cousteau's birthday, 1910

June Spotlight: Cool Tech

Bluesman Howlin' Wolf's birthday, 1910

Secretariat won the Triple Crown, 1973

World Oceans Day

Frank Lloyd Wright's birthday, 1867

June Spotlight: Cool Tech

The first ship passed through the Panama Canal, 1914

National Basketball Association founded, 1936

D-Day, 1944

Cynthia Rylant's birthday, 1954

U.S. Centers for Disease Control reports the first AIDS cases, 1981

World Environment Day

June Spotlight: Animals

The Battle of Midway Island (turning point in the Pacific in WWII), 1942

19th Amendment passed in the Senate and was sent to the states for ratification, 1919

June Spotlight: Cool Tech

The Supreme Court ruled child labor laws unconstitutional, 1918

Pele signed with the New York Cosmos, 1975

Hernando de Soto claimed the Floridian peninsula for Spain, 1539

June Spotlight: Animals

Queen Elizabeth II crowned, 1953

MyPlate food guide debuts, 2011

First seismograph installed in California, 1888

Martin Esterman, the National STEM Video Game Challenge winner, joins us for a webinar on fluency and the Common Core State Standards for Math practice. Martin tells us why he’s decided to use games for instruction and touches on the importance of fluency in math development. You’ll see some of the games he uses to help support these skills, including Addition Blocks, the one he designed for the Challenge and is featured on GameUp.

Join Common Sense Media and BrainPOP for a look at tools to help make 1-to-1 and blended learning realities in your classroom. Hear about Common Sense’s 1-to-1 Essentials, a comprehensive roadmap for schools integrating a tablet program. It covers everything, from engaging parents to digital citizenship to the best learning apps. We’ll also look at best practices for using BrainPOP’s apps in 1-to-1 and blended learning environments.

Language arts teachers know that leveling books is both art and science. In this webinar, Kathy Burdick, president of Mobile Learning Services and developer of https://www.textdemands.com/, discusses various approaches. She’ll explore different leveling systems, quantitative and qualitative text attributes, and the dangers that arise when using an incomplete diagnostic system.

In the final installment of her three-part series, POPstar Lisa Parisi shares strategies for developing student autonomy. From global collaborative projects to effective technology integration, Lisa tells you the ways she supports students as they find their voices and build confidence.

We’re stepping up our monthly overview webinar and exploring resources beyond our movies. We’ll cover GameUp in the classroom as well as the Mixer, giving you the ability to customize assessment by creating and remixing your own BrainPOP-style quizzes. Plus, get a tour of all the recent updates we’ve made to BrainPOP Educators.

BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week

May Spotlight: Building Big

World No Tobacco Day

Walt Whitman's birthday, 1819

Mary Jane Montgomery patented an improved locomotive wheel, 1864

First ice cream freezer patented (by WG Young), 1848

All American Girls Professional Baseball League founded, 1943

World MS Day

Mount Everest first summited, 1953

John F. Kennedy's birthday, 1917

Frank Drake's birthday, 1930

Memorial Day

Golden Gate Bridge opened, 1937

Sally Ride's birthday, 1951

May Spotlight: Building Big

Star Wars debut, 1977

Island of Manhattan purchased (by Peter Minuet from local American Indians) for the New Netherland colony, 1626

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit's birthday, 1686

Brooklyn Bridge opened, 1883

Bob Dylan's birthday, 1941

World Turtle Day

New York Public Library opened, 1911

Mary Cassatt's birthday, 1844 (American Impressionist painter)

International Day for Biological Diversity

American Red Cross founded (by Clara Barton), 1881

May Spotlight: Practical Math

Homestead Act passed, 1862

Amelia Earhart's solo trans-Atlantic flight, 1932

Malcolm X's birthday, 1925

Mount St. Helens erupted, 1980

Armed Forces Day

World Information Society Day

New York Stock Exchange founded, 1792

National Bike to Work Day

Eloise Greenfield's birthday, 1929

Brown v. Board of Ed decision handed down, 1954

May Spotlight: Building Big

Junko Tabei of Japan became the first woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, 1975

May Spotlight: Practical Math

National Woman's Suffrage Association founded (by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton), 1869

May Spotlight: Building Big

Jamestown settlement founded, 1607

First modern vaccine given (by Edward Jenner), 1796

World Migratory Bird Day

May Spotlight: Practical Math

US declared war on Mexico, 1846

Mother's Day

Richard Feynman's birthday, 1918

May Spotlight: Practical Math

Nelson Mandela becomes first black president of South Africa, 1994

Fred Astaire's birthday, 1899

First U.S. Transcontinental Railroad finished, 1869

May Spotlight: Practical Math

The Beatles signed their first recording contract, 1962

Some 100,000 young people gathered in DC to protest the Vietnam War, 1970

VE Day, 1945

Bike to School Day

World Asthma Day

RMS Lusitania sinks, 1915

National Teacher Appreciation Day

Sigmund Freud's birthday, 1856

Cinco de Mayo

Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in space, 1961

May Spotlight: Building Big

Kentucky Derby

Ella Fitzgerald and Perry Como among the winners at the first Grammy Awards, 1959

Bird Day (distinct from National Bird Day)

May Spotlight: Building Big

Pete Seeger's birthday, 1919

May Spotlight: Practical Math

Osama bin Laden killed, 2011

Empire State Building opened, 1931

Intuitively, our capacity to understand, compromise, and foster positive relationships with others should be greatly enhanced by our ability to "walk a mile in someone else's shoes." In edWeb.net's next webinar, researchers from Harvard's Graduate School of Education will share the results of a series of studies they conducted on using a game-based virtual environment and negotiation exercise. Harvard Doctoral Candidates Geoff Marietta and Elisabeth Hahn will present their findings, which show that walking around in someone else's (virtual) shoes does indeed encourage compromise and facilitate more positive relationships. In addition, they will explore how these studies shed light on the vast potential for game-based virtual environments to improve the many different types of relationships found in education: student-student, teacher-student, family-school, or central office-school. Join Geoff and Elisabeth on April 11th to learn about game-based approaches for helping your students develop more positive relationships.

Drs. Karen Trujillo and Barbara Chamberlin of New Mexico State University introduce Math Snacks, a collection of games and animations designed to address math learning gaps in grades 5-7. Walk away with easy-to-implement strategies and access to support materials sure to take the math-related game play in your classroom up a notch.

Integrating technology while meeting the daily demands of a curriculum can be difficult for educators. In the second of her three-part series with us, POPstar Lisa Parisi shares tips and tricks for getting the job done. She’ll share strategies that work in any setting, whether your classroom has minimal technology or the set-up of your dreams. You'll leave this webinar feeling inspired to meaningfully incorporate technology and improve your everyday lessons.

Rescheduled from January: Join us as we explore multiple intelligences and highlight the ways you can use netTrekker Search and BrainPOP to develop corresponding learning paths. netTrekker’s learning architects and BrainPOP Educators will provide you with a portfolio full of strategies for addressing the different intelligences in your classroom, from spatial to auditory and every intelligence in between.

BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week

April Spotlight: Earth Awareness

George Washington sworn in as first US President, 1789

Duke Ellington's birthday, 1899

April Spotlight: Money Matters

Jan Hendrik Oort's birthday, 1900 (predicted Oort cloud)

Ulysses S. Grant's birthday, 1822

South African Freedom Day

World Intellectual Property Day

Seismologist Charles Richter's birthday, 1900

Chernobyl nuclear disaster, 1986

Arbor Day

World Penguin Day

World Malaria Day

National DNA Day; Trio of papers proved the structure of DNA was a double helix, 1953

Ella Fitzgerald's birthday, 1917

Winston Churchill knighted (by Queen Elizabeth II for his efforts in WWII), 1953

National Physics Day

World Book and Copyright Day

Shakespeare's supposed birthday, 1564

Earth Day

Queen Elizabeth II's birthday, 1926

Battle of San Jacinto, 1836

Astronomy Day

American Revolution began, 1775

Poem In Your Pocket Day

Great San Francisco earthquake, 1906

April Spotlight: Money Matters

First catalytic converter patented, 1956

Apollo 13 return to Earth, 1970

April Spotlight: Earth Awareness

Wilbur Wright's birthday, 1867

Apollo 16 launch, 1972

Tax Day

RMS Titanic sinks, 1912

Leonardo da Vinci's birthday, 1452

Jackie Robinson Day

April Spotlight: Earth Awareness

Abraham Lincoln shot (dies the next morning), 1865

Thomas Jefferson's birthday, 1743

U.S. Civil War began, 1861

First space shuttle flight, 1981

First human space flight, 1961

April Spotlight: Money Matters

Launch of Apollo 13, 1970

Apple I, the first Apple Computer, goes on sale, 1976

The ASPCA is founded, 1866

Emiliano Zapata captured and killed, 1919

April Spotlight: Earth Awareness

Works Progress Administration formed, 1935

U.S. Civil War ends, 1865 (note - presidential declaration of the end came a month later on May 9)

April Spotlight: Money Matters

Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's career home run record, 1974

World Health Day

Mars Odyssey launched, 2001

April Spotlight: Earth Awareness

U.S. declared war on Germany, 1917

First Tony Awards ceremony, 1947

First modern Olympic Games held, 1896

April Spotlight: Money Matters

Pocahontas married John Rolfe, 1614

First presidential veto issued (by George Washington), 1792

Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge opened, 1998 (world's longest suspension bridge)

Maya Angelou's birthday, 1928

Martin Luther King, Jr. killed, 1968

Jane Goodall's birthday, 1934

World Autism Awareness Day

Coinage Act, 1792. U.S. Mint established; dollar established as unit of American money.

National Poetry Month begins

Join POPstar Lisa Parisi for the first installment of a three-part webinar series entitled “Exploring Possibilities." A long-time game- and project-based learning champion, Lisa will describe some of her innovative approaches to curriculum, pedagogy and 5th-graders in general. We’re so excited to have Lisa with us, and we look forward to hearing her perspectives on effective and appropriate use of technology in the classroom.

Make homework fun and involve parents: try a “flipped” lesson! We welcome Katie Neville, master educator with more than 40 years of classroom experience and a current Technology Resource Teacher for Loudoun County (VA) public schools. She’ll show you how to build a flipped lesson using BrainPOP resources and our integration with Google. Explore different ways to engage parents and students in the process and hear some alternatives for those who don’t have internet access at home.

Explore the ins and outs of our resources with this hour-long overview. We’ll cover best practices for using BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. (K-3), and highlight the newest features on BrainPOP Educators and GameUp. You’ll leave with an arsenal of tips for getting the most out of your subscription. It’s perfect for newbies and veterans alike!

You’ve heard about the tremendous potential games have for learning and engagement, but how do you bring them into your own classroom? This webinar, featuring our friends at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, highlights different ways to implement game-based learning. You’ll also get the details on the National STEM Video Game Challenge: work with your students as they design their own games and strengthen their STEM skills.

National Poetry Month begins

BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week

René Descartes's birthday, 1596

César Chávez's birthday, 1927

Vincent van Gogh's birthday, 1853

Earth Hour

Doctors' Day

BrainPOP Spotlight: Women's History

Mariner 10 reached Mercury, 1974 (first craft to visit that planet)

First batch of Coca Cola produced, 1886

Cy Young's birthday, 1867

BrainPOP Spotlight: The Law

Three Mile Island partial meltdown, 1979

BrainPOP Spotlight: Women's History

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's birthday, 1886

Jane Colden's birthday (first American woman botanist), 1724

Sandra Day O'Connor's birthday, 1930

Robert Frost's birthday, 1874

Tolkien Reading Day

Saturn's largest moon Titan discovered, 1655

Gutzon Borglum's birthday (created Mt. Rushmore), 1867

Gloria Steinem's birthday, 1934

BrainPOP Spotlight: The Law

Elvis Presley entered the US Army, 1958

World Meteorological Day

Adolf Hitler became German dictator, 1933

World Water Day

Comet Hale-Bopp passed Earth, 1997

World Poetry Day

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Spring equinox

General theory of relativity published, 1916

BrainPOP Spotlight: The Law

Standard Time Act passed (established U.S. time zones and daylight saving time), 1918

BrainPOP Spotlight: The Law

Queen Latifah's birthday, 1970

American Express founded, 1850

St. Patrick's Day

Mia Hamm's birthday, 1972

BrainPOP Spotlight: The Law

James Madison's birthday, 1751

World Sleep Day

Ides of March (Death of Caesar, 44 BCE)

Andrew Jackson's birthday, 1767

Pi Day

Cotton gin patented, 1794

Albert Einstein's birthday, 1879

Uranus discovered, 1781

BrainPOP Spotlight: The Law

Indian Salt March began, 1930

BrainPOP Spotlight: Women's History

Great Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011

Ezra Jack Keats's birthday, 1916

"Frankenstein" first published, 1818

Harriet Tubman Day

Daylight Saving Time begins

BrainPOP Spotlight: The Law

Yuri Gagarin's birthday, 1934

Ulysses S. Grant's birthday, 1864

Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations published, 1776

Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to receive a pilot's license, 1910

International Women's Day

BrainPOP Spotlight: Women's History

Kepler observatory launched, 2009

Bloody Sunday (First of three MLK-led civil rights marches), 1965

World Read Aloud Day

World Math Day

Valentina Tereshkova's birthday, 1937

Michelangelo Buonarotti's birthday, 1475

Bob Wills's birthday, 1905

BrainPOP Spotlight: Women's History

Boston Massacre, 1770

National Grammar Day

BrainPOP Spotlight: Women's History

National Anthem Day (Congress accepted Star Spangled Banner as anthem, 1931)

Anne Sullivan began working with Helen Keller, 1887

Alexander Graham Bell's birthday, 1847

Read Across America Day

Dr. Seuss's birthday, 1904

BrainPOP Spotlight: Women's History

Glen Miller's birthday, 1904

BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week

Social emotional learning is at the core of what many teachers love about their profession - from helping children navigate friendships to dealing with difficult topics and feelings a large group. Joining us today are Marc Zimmerman and Tamara Green of Social Express, a web-based social learning environment. They’ll discuss the value of social emotional learning and identify great resources for building students’ skills in this area.

Put on your virtual “mukluks,” zip up the parka, and join us on an experiential learning adventure along the Iditarod Trail. Diane Johnson, Iditarod Education Director and race staff member, shares the breadth of lessons and activities available on the teachers section of the Iditarod web site (www.iditarod.com/teachers). Aligned to national standards and the Common Core, they’re designed to help learners experience the event in real time.

Out of habit, today’s students regularly turn to popular search engines for their school research -- often overlooking valuable library resources. So how do we teach them proper research skills in this digital age? We’ll welcome the team from EasyBib.com for a jointly hosted webinar discussing recent studies on the strengths and weaknesses of student research skills and the habits of EasyBib’s 40 million users.

Get a sneak peek at a groundbreaking new title from leading games creator Second Avenue Learning! They’re currently at work on a collaborative, multi-player game designed to teach middle school physical science. Players work together while exploring, scaffolding and scoring rewards for solving missions. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to help shape the game’s final design!

Are you trying to close the rift between traditional classroom practice and the hyper "click, tap and swipe" learning innate in your students? Even once we grasp the inherent value in these tools, it can be difficult to find connections to the curriculum, classroom management advice, and examples of what the learning looks like. Join edWeb.net on February 19th when Laurence Cocco interviews Peggy Sheehy about using WoW in School as an arena for quest-based learning. Peggy will tell us about her journey with Lucas Gillispie of Pender County Schools hosting a hybrid, collaborative literacy program using World of Warcraft to engage youth in learning. After one year as an after-school program, their WoW in School project was refined, aligned to national core standards for English language arts (ELA), and introduced into the regular academic day. We’ll hear the steps taken to bring massively multiplayer online games into the classroom and how the "hidden curriculum" in games has provided opportunities for students to master real world skills that often elude traditional leaning environments. Peggy and Laurence also will provide practical ideas for leveraging the unique properties of video games for your teaching and a step-by-step protocol to establish a similar program in your school. Join them on February 19th to explore the WoW in School Hero's Journey curriculum and find out about joining the Cognitive Dissonance Guild, the educator network inside World of Warcraft.

The Jungle (by Upton Sinclair) published, 1906

BrainPOP Spotlight: Black History

BrainPOP Spotlight: US Presidents

Johnny Cash's birthday, 1932

Rebecca Lee Crumpler became the first African-American woman to earn an MD, 1864

George Harrison's birthday, 1943

Marbury v. Madison establishes the ultimate power of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1803

Academy Awards

Battle of the Alamo began, 1836

George Washington's birthday, 1732

BrainPOP Spotlight: Black History

The Communist Manifesto first published, 1848

BrainPOP Spotlight: US Presidents

Lucy Hobbs Taylor became the first American woman to earn a degree in dentistry, 1866

Ansel Adams's birthday, 1902

BrainPOP Spotlight: Black History

Presidents' Day

Pluto discovered, 1930

BrainPOP Spotlight: US Presidents

Michael Jordan's birthday, 1963

Susan B. Anthony's birthday, 1820

BrainPOP Spotlight: Black History

Susan B. Anthony's birthday, 1820

Galileo Galilei's birthday, 1564

Valentine's Day

ENIAC digital computer unveiled, 1946

BrainPOP Spotlight: US Presidents

NEAR craft lands on asteroid Eros, 2001

Judy Blume's birthday, 1938

Abraham Lincoln's birthday, 1809

National Inventors Day

Nelson Mandela released from prison, 1990

National Inventors Day: Thomas Edison's birthday, 1847

Lunar New Year

BrainPOP Spotlight: Black History

BrainPOP Spotlight: US Presidents

Charles Dickens's birthday, 1812

First intercollegiate basketball game played, 1895

NASDAQ stock exchange opens, 1971

Ronald Reagan's birthday, 1911

Elizabeth II began her reign, 1952

BrainPOP Spotlight: Black History

Rosa Parks's birthday, 1913

BrainPOP Spotlight: Black History

Betty Friedan's birthday, 1921

Super Bowl XLVII

Antarctic mainland first seen by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen + crew, 1820

World Wetlands Day

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (which ended the Mexican-American War), 1848

Groundhog Day

National Freedom Day

Digital Learning Day

Columbia shuttle disaster, 2003

Explore BrainPOP's integration with Google Application for Education and the Google Chrome web application. Andrew Gardner, BrainPOP Educators Senior Manager, will discuss the benefits of integrating Google and BrainPOP, including single sign-on, the ability to collect quiz score data directly into a spreadsheet, and more.

We welcome Leslie Schecht, Director of Technology for Special Education District 75 in New York City, for a look at the iOS platform’s accessibility features. See how Leslie uses technology to provide educational, vocational, and behavior support for students who are on the autism spectrum; have significant cognitive delays; are severely emotionally challenged or sensory impaired; or are disabled in other ways. You can follow Leslie, an Apple Distinguished Educator, on Twitter: @techdiva. Her district’s innovative use of technology was recently profiled in Fast Company magazine!

If you missed our past Mixer-themed webinars, we've got you covered in this hour-long look at our newest tool. Designed to let you create and remix your own BrainPOP quizzes, the Mixer makes it possible to tailor assessment for all your students’ needs. We'll share ideas and best practices so you can start mixing it up with this valuable teaching resource.

Join us as we explore multiple intelligences and highlight the ways you can use netTrekker Search and BrainPOP to develop corresponding learning paths. netTrekker’s learning architects and our Carrie Mignano will provide you with a portfolio full of strategies for addressing the different intelligences in your classroom, from spatial to auditory and every intelligence in between.

How do girls’ preferences in computer games vary from those of boys? Girls value the opportunity to collaborate with others in solving problems in non-violent, non-competitive contexts. These factors should be considered when designing or evaluating games for the classroom. Join Victoria Van Voorhis, founder and CEO of Second Avenue Software, and Jayne C. Lammers, Assistant Professor, University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education for edWeb.net’s new webinar to learn how to incorporate games into your curriculum to engage all of your students. Join these two experts who have studied girls and gaming from diverse perspectives on January 10th for the insight you need to make smart choices about games for learning.

Apollo 14 launch, 1941

Jackie Robinson's birthday, 1919

Franklin D. Roosevelt's birthday, 1882

Oprah Winfrey's birthday, 1954

Challenger Disaster, 1986

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birthday, 1756

Mikhaill Baryshnikov's birthday, 1948

Holocaust Remembrance Day

January Spotlight: Health & Wellness

Robert Boyle's birthday, 1627

Edouard Manet's birthday, 1832

Voyager closest approach to Uranus, 1986

Edouard Manet's birthday, 1832

January Spotlight: Health & Wellness

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

First official basketball game, 1892

Buzz Aldrin's birthday, 1930

Edgar Allan Poe's birthday, 1809

Thesaurus Day

Fourteen Points speech given, 1918

Benjamin Franklin's birthday, 1706

Wikipedia launched, 2001

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s actual birthday, 1929

Huygens probe lands on Titan, 2005

January Spotlight: Health & Wellness

Haiti's earthquake, 2010

Haiti earthquake, 2010

First telegram in the United States sent (by Roger Morse), 1838

January Spotlight: Science Skills

Amelia Earhart's solo flight across the Pacific, 1935

January SPotlight: Health & Wellness

Thomas Paine's Common Sense published, 1776

January Spotlight: Health & Wellness

United Nations HQ first opened, 1951

Richard Nixon's birthday, 1913

Joan Baez's birthday, 1941

Elvis Presley's birthday, 1935

January Spotlight: Science Skills

George Washington married Martha Dandridge Curtis, 1759

Alfred Wegener presented his now-accepted theory of continental drift, 1912

National Bird Day

Isaac Newton's birthday, 1643

J.R.R. Tolkien's birthday, 1892

Lucretia Mott's birthday, 1793

Brooklyn Bridge construction begins, 1870

Apple Computer Incorporated 1977

National Science Fiction Day

New Year's Day

Emancipation Proclamation issued, 1863

New Year's Day

Frankenstein published, 1818

Emancipation Proclamation issued, 1863

The learning games movement has blossomed from infancy into…an awkward teen. Learning games are no longer a novelty, but they’re still far from reaching mainstream status (and their full potential). As the movement gains momentum and new products hit the market, it becomes increasingly difficult to separate hyperbole from quality. The result is a complicated landscape that’s difficult for educators to navigate. In edWeb.net's next webinar, Filament Games CEO Dan White and educator Tammie Schrader will offer guidance and inspiration for teachers who are trying to add more game-based learning to their classrooms. Leveraging a decade of experience, Dan will offer a jungle-safari-style tour of the learning games space, detailing the myriad forces (assessment, economics, competing design philosophies, etc.) that are shaping it. Tammie will then offer a best-practices-oriented, first-hand account of her experience integrating learning games into a classroom curriculum. Join Dan and Tammie on December 6th to learn the why and how of game-based learning.

Tune in for this look at BrainPOP's newest tool, the Mixer. This exciting resource helps you create and remix your own BrainPOP quizzes to better meet all your students’ needs. We'll also discuss the newest features on BrainPOP Educators, where we've curated all topic-related teaching resources to make your lesson prep much easier.

Whether you’re new to BrainPOP or a veteran user in need of a refresher, this overview is perfect for you. We’ll explore the ins and outs of our products, including BrainPOP Jr., BrainPOP, GameUp,BrainPOP Educators, and highlight all the new features we’ve added recently.

Our award-winning English language learning resource continues to grow and thrive! Bev Fine, BrainPOP ESL’s Editorial and Outreach Director, introduces its newest units and tools. She’ll share her favorite tips and tricks for navigating this powerful resource, and you’ll see why BrainPOP ESL has everything you need to address ESL/ELL student needs.

New Year's Eve

New Year;s Eve

New Year's Eve

December Spotlight: Music

Wounded Knee Massacre, 1890

Treaty of New Echota signed, 1835

Richard Feynman introduces the idea of nanotechnology, 1959

December Spotlight: Winter and Snow

Poor Richard's Almanack first published, 1732

Muriel Siebert became first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, 1967

Louis Pasteur's birthday, 1822

HMS Beagle departs on its 2nd voyage, with Charles Darwin aboard, 1831

Soviet Union officially dissolved, 1991

Kwanzaa begins

Christmas

December Spotlight: Music

Federal Reserve created, 1913

December Spotlight: Music

Winter Solstice

December Spotlight: Winter and Snow

December Spotlight: Music

J.J. Thomson's birthday, 1856

International Migrants Day

Wright Brothers Day

Ludwig van Beethoven's birthday, 1770

Boston Tea Party Day

Bill of Rights Day (Anniversary of ratification, 1791)

South Pole first reached, 1911

December Spotlight: Winter and Snow

December Spotlight: Music

December Spotlight: Winter and Snow

International Mountain Day

Nobel Prizes awarded

Wyoming became first US territory to give women full voting rights, 1869 (when it was accepted into the Union in 1890, it became the first state to offer women's suffrage)

Emily Dickinson's birthday, 1830

Ada Lovelace's birthday, 1815

December Spotlight: Music

First computer mouse demonstration (by inventor Douglas Engelbart), 1968

John Lennon killed, 1980

Hanukkah begins

Johann Hedwig's birthday, 1730 (German botanist known to many as the father of bryology for his studies of mosses)

Hanukkah begins

Eli Whitney's birthday, 1765

Pearl Harbor Day

Apollo 17 launch, 1972

13th Amendment ratified (abolished slavery), 1865

December Spotlight: Winter and Snow

December Spotlight: Music

The Los Angeles Times first published, 1881

December Spotlight: Winter and Snow

December Spotlight: Music

Rosa Parks arrested for not giving up her bus seat to a white passenger, 1955

World AIDS Day

Join us on October 11th for our community’s next webinar when Dr. Lisa Dawley, co-inventor of 3D GameLab, will be exploring trends, myths, facts, and the rationale for the growing movement in games-based education. Lisa will share insight into the changing nature of assessment in real time and how it can be powered with game-based mechanics such as rewards, experience points, badges, and visual analytics for teachers and students. She also will discuss new modes of teacher development focused around community engagement using guild sites, synchronous learning events in immersive environments, and sharing teacher-created quests via Creative Commons. Lisa will be joined by computer technology teacher Mark Suter who will share examples of GBL and quest-based learning from his middle school class. Join Lisa and Mark on October 11th to learn how to use game-based mechanics to improve learning in your classroom.

Get to know the ins and outs of BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. You’ll learn how to use their content for more effective planning and hear best practices for integrating them in your classroom. Our hour-long webinar also touches on some of our newest features, as well as the tools and resources you'll find on BrainPOP Educators.

Overwhelmed by lists describing “the best” educational apps for iOS? Need advice and guidance for what to use . . . tomorrow? Have no fear, BrainPOP is here! This week we’re thrilled to welcome Mike Amante, an Apple Distinguished Educator, Google Certified Teacher , and New York-based technology integrationist mastermind. He’ll host an an inspiring hour that explores educational trends in mobility, the best apps for iOS, and tips for best pedagogical practice.

With election season upon us, we've got just what you need to teach your students about the path to becoming president. Our friends at iCivics join us for a look at the fabulous teacher resources and interactive games they offer, including those available on GameUp. See how pairing their “Win the White House” and “Executive Command” with BrainPOP’s resources gives you the perfect tools for engaging students as they learn about the election process.

Want to make your mark as a blended educator? Look no further than the fast-evolving world of digital game-based learning. From problem solving and certificates to tournament formats and after-school clubs, teachers are finding new ways to amplify this powerful mode of study. In the process, they’re motivating students across a wide range of abilities and supporting them as they tackle difficult problems. Join Toby Rowland, CEO of the online K12 math site Mangahigh.com, as he explores some of the classroom activity in this exciting field. You’ll take home a slew of ideas for your own game-based learning program.

Mark Twain's birthday, 1835

November BrainPOP Spotlight: American Indians

November BrainPOP Spotlight: Paleontology & Anthropology

Anders Celsius's birthday, 1701

November BrainPOP Spotlight: American Indians

November BrainPOP Spotlight: Paleontology & Anthropology

November BrainPOP Spotlight: American Indians

On the Origin of Species published, 1859

Fibonacci Day

John F. Kennedy killed, 1963

Thanksgiving

François-Marie Arouet (aka Voltaire)'s birthday, 1694

World Television Day

November BrainPOP Spotlight: American Indians

Edwin Hubble's birthday, 1889

Gettysburg Address given, 1863

November BrainPOP Spotlight: American Indians

Gettysburg Address given, 1863

U.S. and Canadian railroads establish standard time in time zones, 1883

Louis Daguerre's birthday, 1787

November BrainPOP Spotlight: Paleontology & Anthropology

November BrainPOP Spotlight: American Indians

International Day for Tolerance

America Recycles Day

Georgia O'Keefe's birthday, 1887

First general assembly of League of Nations, 1920

America Recycles Day

World Diabetes Day

Claude Monet's birthday, 1840

Discovery of the buckyball first published, 1985

Claude Monet's birthday, 1840

Diwali

November BrainPOP Spotlight: Paleontology & Anthropology

Elizabeth Cady Stanton's birthday, 1815

Apollo 12 launch, 1969

Veterans Day

Kurt Vonnegut's birthday, 1922

November BrainPOP Spotlight: American Indians

November BrainPOP Spotlight: Paleontology & Anthropology

November BrainPOP Spotlight: American Indians

X-rays first detected (by Wilhelm Roentgen), 1895

Mars Global Surveyor launched to Mars, 1996

Joni Mitchell's birthday, 1943

http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/mariecurie/

Election Day

November BrainPOP Spotlight: Election

King Tut's tomb discovered, 1922

Daylight Saving Time ends

November BrainPOP Spotlight: American Indians

First spacecraft to Mercury (Mariner 10) launched, 1973

November BrainPOP Spotlight: Paleontology & Anthropology

Vietnam War began, 1955

Day of the Dead

Interested in learning how to use games in your classroom to engage students with curriculum? Join edWeb.net on September 11th when Emily Treat, Senior Producer at Games for Change, will show you how game design activities can be used in the classroom for more meaningful learning experiences for your students. She will give you a guided tour of an open source design software program, with a hands-on demonstration of how to quickly introduce features followed by activities which demonstrate how game design can be integrated into lesson plans. You will be encouraged to follow along in demo and to explore features to illustrate simplicity of software. The session also will outline potential frameworks for using game design for introducing, practicing, and reinforcing learning concepts. Emily will include tips on how to encourage student exploration while keeping them focused on curricular content.

Join our own Allisyn Levy, Senior Director of Educator Experience, for an in-depth tour of BrainPOP's GameUp, our free online games portal. Allisyn will highlight the ways this curated collection of top educational games can be powerful learning tools. She’ll show you how to successfully bring them into your classroom to inspire inquiry, cultivate critical reasoning, and encourage creative, interactive problem solving.

We welcome Laura Agrusti of McGraw Hill/CTB as she joins Andrew Gardner, Senior Manager of BrainPOP Educators, for an overview of our collaboration with CTB. They'll discuss how to use the results of Acuity assessments to differentiate instruction and assign targeted BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. movies and quizzes. You’ll see how to gain a better understanding of students' individual needs through the use of Acuity resources.

We’re thrilled to show you a breadth of new features and teaching tools designed to make your BrainPOP experience even better than before. This webinar spotlights all of them, including all the latest on BrainPOP Educators. You don’t want to miss it!

Kick off the school year with a BrainPOP refresher! We'll discuss the basics, best practices, and creative teaching strategies so you can engage your entire class from day one. Perfect for both newbies and veteran users alike, this webinar hands you the tools you'll need to get the most out of your subscription.

Students and adults of all ages enjoy playing games. Some games offer players the opportunities to illustrate and reinforce mathematical concepts while also encouraging and enhancing mathematical reasoning and sense-making. In developing an optimal strategy, game-players engage beyond content and develop processes and proficiencies, as outlined in the Common Core State Standards. Join Sarah DeLeeuw and Patrick Vennebush from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics on August 28th to discuss how two simple games, Tic-Tac-Toe and the Game of Nine Cards, lend serious educational value for students of all ages and teachers too! They will facilitate a conversation motivated by articles from NCTM’s three school journals that will focus on differentiation, discourse, strategic competence, and reasoning and sense-making. You will be invited to play along as they demonstrate with both paper-based versions and technological tools, such as an online activity from Illuminations and an app for mobile devices (tablets and smart phones). Risk: Learning is fun. You may become addicted. Join Sarah and Patrick at 1 PM ET on the 28th to learn about games that encourage and enhance mathematical reasoning and sense-making.

BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week

Mount Rushmore completed, 1941

Halloween

John Adams's birthday, 1735

Stock Market crashed, 1929

October BrainPOP Spotlight: Elections

Statue of Liberty dedicated, 1886

Theodore Roosevelt's birthday, 1858

October BrainPOP Spotlight: Elections

October BrainPOP Spotlight: Hispanic Heritage

Pablo Picasso's birthday, 1881

World Series begins

United Nations Day (UN began operations, 1945)

Mole Day

Pelé's birthday, 1940

iPod debuted, 2001

October BrainPOP Spotlight: Elections

Prime meridian set at Greenwich, UK, 1884

Sam Houston becomes President of the Republic of Texas, 1836

Cuban Missile Crisis publicly announced by JFK, 1962

Thomas Edison invented a workable electric light, 1879

October BrainPOP Spotlight: Hispanic Heritage

Alfred Nobel's birthday, 1833

October BrainPOP Spotlight: Elections

October BrainPOP Spotlight: Hispanic Heritage

U.S. stock market crashed, 1987

American Revolution ends with the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at the Siege of Yorktown, 1781

October BrainPOP Spotlight: Elections

October BrainPOP Spotlight: Hispanic Heritage

World Food Day

Dictionary Day

Ada Lovelace Day

Global Handwashing Day

Cassini spacecraft launched to Saturn, 1997

Blog Action Day

October BrainPOP Spotlight: Hispanic Heritage

First verified flight to break the sound barrier (achieved by Chuck Yeager), 1947

October BrainPOP Spotlight: Elections

October is Learning Disabilities Awareness Month

World Sight Day

Eleanor Roosevelt's birthday, 1884

Powers of 10 Day

John Lennon's birthday, 1940

Columbus Day

Fire Prevention Week

October BrainPOP Spotlight: Hispanic Heritage

Le Corbusier's birthday, 1887 (born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret)

World Animal Day

World Teachers' Day

Sputnik 1 launched, 1957

October BrainPOP Spotlight: Hispanic Heritage

Cherokee leader John Ross's birthday, 1790

Mahatma Gandhi's birthday, 1869

Thurgood Marshall becomes first African-American Supreme Court justice, 1967

World Habitat Day

Model T introduced, 1908

BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week

Hoover Dam dedicated, 1935

September BrainPOP Spotlight: Digital Citizenship

World Heart Day

September BrainPOP Spotlight: Forces of Nature

Native American Day

September BrainPOP Spotlight: Digital Citizenship

September BrainPOP Spotlight: Forces of Nature

Johnny Appleseed's birthday, 1774

September BrainPOP Spotlight: Digital Citizenship

U.S. Bill of Rights created, 1789

Oprah Winfrey Show first aired, 1986

September BrainPOP Spotlight: Forces of Nature

Neptune discovered, 1846

Emancipation Proclamation announced, 1862

Autumnal Equinox

September BrainPOP Spotlight: Forces of Nature

Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first female Supreme Court justice, 1981

September BrainPOP Spotlight: Digital Citizenship

Talk Like a Pirate Day

William Golding's birthday, 1911

September BrainPOP Spotlight: Forces of Nature

The New York Times first published, 1851

Rosh Hashanah/Jewish New Year

Constitution Day

Hank Williams's birthday, 1923

Constitution Day

"Lord of the Flies" published, 1954

Ozone Day (aka Intl. Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer)

USA Today first published, 1982

September BrainPOP Spotlight: Digital Citizenship

Luna 2 becomes first object to land on the moon, 1959

Ivan Pavlov's birthday, 1849

Helen Keller receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1964

Roald Dahl's birthday, 1916

International Chocolate Day

September BrainPOP Spotlight: Forces of Nature

Mae Jemison becomes 1st African American woman in space, 1993

September 11th attacks, 2001

September BrainPOP Spotlight: Digital Citizenship

Grandparents' Day

September BrainPOP Spotlight: Forces of Nature

Jimmie Rodgers's birthday, 1897 and Pasty Cline's birthday, 1932

International Literacy Day

Queen Elizabeth I's birthday, 1533

September BrainPOP Spotlight: Digital Citizenship

John Dalton's birthday, 1766

Reign of Terror began in France, 1793

NFL opening day

First Continental Congress convened, 1774

September BrainPOP Spotlight: Digital Citizenship

September BrainPOP Spotlight: Forces of Nature

Google Inc. founded, 1998

AR National Guard prevented black students from entering school in Little Rock, 1957

Treaty of Paris signed, 1783, ending the American Revolution

Labor Day

U.S. Dept. of the Treasury founded, 1789

World War II began, 1939

The BizWorld Foundation offers free programs designed to help teachers impart critical thinking and teamwork skills. We’ll join BizWorld for an introduction webinar you don’t want to miss! Together, we’ll look at their project-based programs and the BrainPOP resources that support them. BizWorld programs encourage a fun, hands-on approach to teaching kids in grades 3-8 business skills they’ll use all their lives.

Also as part of the Connected Educators Month thread on teacher collaboration, we welcome Lucy Gray, educational consultant, for a webinar full of new ideas about technology-based methods for connecting teachers and students globally. Lucy is also the founder of the Global Education Collaborative, a social network for educators, and most recently served as co-chair for the Global Education Conference, an innovative online conference with 400+ sessions attended by over 15,000 participants. Additionally, Lucy is an Apple Distinguished Educator and Google Certified Teacher with great energy and enthusiasm for global education.

As part of the Connected Educators Month and "The First 6 Weeks" discussion, join education consultant Kate Chechak for an in-depth conversation about best practices for setting up your classroom and preparing students for a positive new year! An expert in classroom management, Kate will share detailed and effective strategies for building a strong foundation for effective learning spaces. Kate is a former 3rd- grade teacher, curriculum designer, and founding faculty member at The School at Columbia University in New York City. She currently consults on curriculum development, and math and technology integration, and has served on the board of the Association for Constructivist Teaching for many years.

Brush up on the BrainPOP basics before heading back to school. To help you get the most out of your subscription, we'll share helpful teaching strategies for engaging your whole class as well as best practices and creative ideas for integrating BrainPOP so you're ready to get back in the classroom. Whether you’re a new or veteran BrainPOP user, you’ll leave this webinar feeling refreshed and ready for school.

Join our very own Dr. Kari Stubbs, Vice President of 21st Century Learning, as she guides you through the ins and outs of grant writing. She'll spotlight our excellent funding tools and resources, and she’ll offer her expertise on how to word and format the best grant possible. Just in time for back to school, you'll have everything you need to find the funds for those last minute classroom additions.

Princess Diana killed in an auto accident, 1997

Blue moon

Blog Day

Sylvia Earle's birthday, 1935

Mary Shelley's birthday, 1797

Ernest Rutherford's birthday, 1871

Michael Jackson's birthday, 1958

MLK, Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech given, 1963

Krakatoa volcano erupted, 1883 (led to tidal waves and death of an estimated 40,000 people)

August BrainPOP Spotlight: Back to School

First jet plane flight, 1939 (Heinkel He 178, piloted by Erich Warsitz)

19th Amendment officially adopted, 1920 (gave American women suffrage) & Women's Equality Day

August BrainPOP Spotlight: Nature of the Universe

Katrina became a hurricane, 2005

Hurricane Andrew hit U.S. Southeast, 1992

August BrainPOP Spotlight: Back to School

International Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade

August BrainPOP Spotlight: Nature of the Universe

Nolan Ryan became the first Major League pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts, 1989

Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in Virginia (led to death of >50 whites and several hundred African Americans)

August BrainPOP Spotlight: Back to School

Mona Lisa stolen (by Vincenzo Peruggia – it was later returned), 1911

Lincoln-Douglas debates began, 1858

Voyager 2 spacecraft launched, 1977

Chemists (led by Glenn Seaborg) first isolated a visible amount of plutonium, 1942

National Aviation Day and Orville Wright's birthday, 1871

Louis Daguerre announced the first daguerreotype, 1839

August BrainPOP Spotlight: Nature of the Universe

Meriwether Lewis's birthday, 1774

Mars moon Phobos discovered, 1877

August BrainPOP Spotlight: Back to School

The first compact discs released to the public (in Germany), 1982

Confederates defeated Union troops at the Battle of Gainesville (FL), 1864

August BrainPOP Spotlight: Nature of the Universe

Gold discovered in the Yukon territory of Canada, 1896

Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa took control of northern Mexico, 1914

Woodstock Festival began, 1969

Panama Canal opened, 1914

Napoleon Bonaparte's birthday, 1769

August BrainPOP Spotlight: Nature of the Universe

August BrainPOP Spotlight: Back to School

Berlin divided into East and West, 1961

August BrainPOP Spotlight: Nature of the Universe

T. rex Sue discovered, 1990

Mars moon Deimos discovered, 1877

August BrainPOP Spotlight: Back to School

August BrainPOP Spotlight: Nature of the Universe

Mt. Rushmore construction began, 1927

International Day of Indigenous People

Sonia Sotomayor became first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, 2009

Richard Nixon announced resignation, 1974

Barbara Morgan became first teacher to fly in space, 2007

August BrainPOP Spotlight: Back to School

U.S. Department of Defense established, 1789 (originally called the War Department)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution approved, 1964 (gave Pres. Johnson power to use force in Southeast Asia)

World Wide Web introduced, 1991

Hiroshima Day (bomb dropped 1945)

August BrainPOP Spotlight: Nature of the Universe

Neil Armstrong's birthday, 1930

Louis Armstrong's birthday, 1901

Barack Obama's birthday, 1961

August BrainPOP Spotlight: Back to School

Adolf Hitler became supreme leader (Führer) of Germany, 1934

August BrainPOP Spotlight: Nature of the Universe

Declaration of Independence adopted, 1776

William Clark's birthday, 1770

BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week

July BrainPOP Spotlight: Animals

Columbus became the first European to visit the island of Trinidad, 1498

Henry Ford's birthday, 1863

July BrainPOP Spotlight: Animals

Wedding of Prince Charles and Diana Spencer, 1981

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) formally established, 1958

July BrainPOP Spotlight: Red, White & Blue

14th Amendment adopted, 1868

Summer Olympics begin

Korean demilitarized zone established, 1953

Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act passed (required health warning on cigarette labels for the first time), 1965

Carl Jung's birthday, 1875

Apollo 15 launch, 1971

Mozart completed his Symphony No. 40, 1788

Simon Bolivar's birthday, 1783

Lost City of the Incas (aka Machu Picchu) found (by American explorer Hiram Bingham), 1911

First successful lung removal operation (performed by WF Reinhoff), 1933

Amelia Earhart's birthday, 1897

July BrainPOP Spotlight: Animals

The typographer, precursor of the typewriter, was patented (by William Austin Burt), 1829

July BrainPOP Spotlight: Red, White & Blue

Gregor Mendel's birthday, 1822

Emma Lazarus's birthday, 1849

Alexander Calder's birthday, 1898

July BrainPOP Spotlight: Animals

Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin departed the moon, 1969

Articles of Impeachment against Richard Nixon approved, 1974

Ramadan begins

Moon Day

July BrainPOP Spotlight: Animals

Seneca Falls Convention began, 1848

Nelson Mandela's birthday, 1918

July BrainPOP Spotlight: Animals

The Beatles' Yellow Submarine film premiered, 1968

Ginger Rogers's birthday, 1911

Apollo 11 launch, 1969

National Ice Cream Day

First appearance of a duck-billed platypus in the U.S. (via an exhibit at the Bronx Zoo), 1922

Woodie Guthrie's birthday, 1912

Bastille Day

Mariner 4 returned first close-up images of Martian surface, 1965

July BrainPOP Spotlight: Red, White & Blue

Pablo Neruda's birthday, 1904

Live Aid concert began, 1985 (raised money for famine-stricken Africans)

Julius Caesar's birthday, 100 B.C.E.

Babe Ruth's Major League debut, 1914

July BrainPOP Spotlight: Animals

Scopes “Monkey Trial” began, 1925

MLB All Star Game

First commercial communications satellite launched, 1962

July BrainPOP Spotlight: Red, White & Blue

John Wheeler's birthday, 1911

July BrainPOP Spotlight: Animals

The Wall Street Journal first published, 1889

Ringo Starr's birthday, 1940

George W. Bush's birthday, 1946

Frida Kahlo's birthday, 1907

Isaac Newton's "Principia" published, 1687

First cloned sheep (Dolly) born, 1996

Mars Pathfinder landed on Mars, 1997

Independence Day

July BrainPOP Spotlight: Animals

Jackie Robinson inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame (first African American inductee), 1962

George Washington took command of the Continental Army, 1775

July BrainPOP Spotlight: Red, White & Blue

Amelia Earhart disappears over the Pacific, 1937

Civil Rights Act of 1964 enacted

July BrainPOP Spotlight: Animals

26th Amendment (which changed the minimum voting age to 18) adopted, 1971

Battle of Gettysburg began, 1863

BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week

Game-Based Learning Webinar: How One Teacher Gamified Her Classroom, Plus the Converging Future of Experiential, Social, & Gamified Learning

Transit of Venus will be visible June 5 from N. America

BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week

Prepare your students for the summer send-off with BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr.! Join us as we discuss activities and strategies for keeping their minds fresh even while they're on vacation. Students can review math, grammar, study skills, science, social studies, and more to prepare for the upcoming school year. We'll be sure to share some creative ideas for making learning fun over the summer!

Didn’t get a chance to attend ISTE 2012 in San Diego? Have no fear, BrainPOP is here! ISTE is the ed tech conference of all ed tech conferences and BrainPOP will make some important announcements! You won't want to miss the exciting news about new features and enhancements you've been asking for! If you were lucky enough to attend the conference, be sure to log on and share some of your thoughts about our newest features too.

Digital Storytelling engages students with writing, producing, and the sharing of personal stories. The process also addresses crucial "21st century skills," affirms student identity, and helps build social and emotional competencies. Join Andrew Gardner, Senior Manager of BrainPOP Educators, for a deep look at the theories and processes of digital storytelling. Pick up great tools and strategies for bringing the practice into your classroom. This session was originally presented at the Mobile2012 conference in April.

Calling all newbies and veterans alike! Join us for an overview of all things BrainPOP: we’ll discuss best practices and teaching strategies for integrating BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. and ensuring you get the most out of your subscription. We have games to play and resources to share. You’ll leave this webinar armed with tips and tricks to engage your entire class.

Join Michelle Metcalf, Acuity Product Manager, and Andrew Gardner, Senior Manager of BrainPOP Educators, to discuss the new collaboration between CTB and BrainPOP. Students can now receive targeted BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. movies and quizzes based on the results of Acuity assessments. Additionally, the results of students’ performance on quizzes are available from within Acuity, providing teachers with additional data points to better understand the individualized needs of their students. Hosted by Acuity via WebEx. Requires telephone and internet connection. Password: brainpop

Battle of Waterloo, 1815

BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week

Join Marjee Chmiel, instructional technology specialist at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, VA and a former game designer, as she shares tried and tested tips for successfully integrating video games into classrooms. You'll walk away with practical ideas for where to find quality online games, a solid understanding of the value and drawback of games, tips for evaluating games, and ideas for assessment.

Memorial Day is more than the summer kickoff - it’s an important topic to address in the classroom. BrainPOP and Knovation (formerly netTrekker) team up to help you identify the most engaging lessons and useful resources focusing on the holiday. We’ll demonstrate the pairing of BrainPOP’s high-quality content with Knovation’s extensive Social Studies collection and useful search and resource building features. Take home best practices for creating engaging and meaningful learning experiences for your students to remember this day and what it is all about.

Overwhelmed by lists describing "the best" educational apps for iOS? Need advice and guidance for what to use tomorrow? Have no fear, BrainPOP is here! This week we are thrilled to welcome Apple Distinguished Educator, Google Certified teacher, and New York based technology integrationist mastermind Mike Amante for a inspiring hour exploring educational trends in mobility, the best apps for iOS, and useful advice about best pedagogical practice.

Celebrate Earth Awareness Month with IMAX and BrainPOP! Joined by Shaun MacGillivray, filmmaker of the new IMAX® film To the Arctic, we'll discuss the changing Arctic wilderness, its effect on the polar bear's ability to thrive, and what you and your students can do to help protect their habitat. Free educational materials inspired by the film along with BrainPOP movies will help you further in classroom teaching and learning. We'll also share details of the To the Arctic contest in which you can enter to win the ultimate prize pack from BrainPOP and IMAX! Look for To the Arctic coming exclusively to select IMAX® 3D and IMAX theatres starting April 20th.

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 award-winning K-3 resource. Join us as we take an in-depth look at the interactive and engaging features BrainPOP Jr. has to offer. We’ll discuss best practices for integration in your classroom, as well as useful tips and resources to be sure you get the most out of your subscription. Not a South Carolina teacher? Don’t worry, you’ll benefit from this BrainPOP Jr.-focused webinar, too!

Join us for this special webinar co-presented by our partner Knovation (formerly netTrekker.) We can’t wait to share the powerful assessment resources available from Knovation and BrainPOP and how they complement one another. Additionally, we will help you take a deeper look at the objectives your students are struggling with and how you can find additional resources you can use to reteach, engage and motivate even your most reluctant learners.

We welcome the MIT Education Arcade back for another webinar to extend our discussion on the objectives of educational gaming and its value in the classroom. We’ll take a more in-depth look into the Lure of the Labyrinth Challenge and further explore the Lure of the Labyrinth math games featured on BrainPOP’s GameUp. You can join this webinar whether or not you participated in the initial BrainPOP/Education Arcade webinar. If you didn’t catch that initial webinar, you can check it out any time in our archives.

Freshen up on the BrainPOP basics with this overview webinar. Take a tour of our sites as we discuss best practices for engaging your students and getting the most out of your subscription. We’ll share some tips and tricks for using BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. in the classroom, as well as the valuable resources found on our free professional community, BrainPOP Educators. A perfect webinar for newbies and veterans alike!

Meteor Day

Charles Dickens gave the first public reading of A Christmas Carol, 1857

June BrainPOP Spotlight: Grammar

Gadsden Purchase (in which the US acquired parts of Arizona & New Mexico), 1854

World War I began, 1914

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's birthday, 1712

Helen Keller's birthday, 1880

United Nations established, 1945

Lord Kelvin's birthday, 1824

International Day Against Drug Abuse

June BrainPOP Spotlight: Weird Science

Battle of Little Bighorn (1876)

Antoni Gaudí's birthday, 1852

June BrainPOP Spotlight: Grammar

Henry Ward Beecher's birthday (clergyman and abolitionist), 1813

Wilma Rudolph's birthday, 1940

Alan Turing's birthday, 1912

June BrainPOP Spotlight: Weird Science

Hitler assumed absolute power in Germany, 1933

June BrainPOP Spotlight: Grammar

U.S. Constitution ratified, 1788

Summer Solstice

Queen Victoria assumed the throne, 1837

Juneteenth/Freedom Day

Paul McCartney's birthday, 1942

First American woman in space, 1983

Father's Day

Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775

IBM incorporated, 1911

Ford Motor Company founded, 1903

FDIC created, 1933

June BrainPOP Spotlight: Weird Science

Mount Pinatubo erupts (first time in 600 yrs), 1991

Magna Carta signed, 1215

12th Amendment (which set how we elect the President and Vice President) ratified, 1804

U.S. Continental Army established, 1775

Flag Day

Che Guevara's birthday, 1928

Alois Alzheimer's birthday, 1864

June BrainPOP Spotlight: Grammar

Miranda v. Arizona decided, 1966

Anne Frank's birthday, 1929

Major eruption of Mt. Pinatubo began, 1991

Jacques Cousteau's birthday, 1910

Bluesman Howlin' Wolf's birthday, 1910

2012 Tony Awards

June BrainPOP Spotlight: Weird Science

Secretariat won the Triple Crown, 1973

World Oceans Day

Frank Lloyd Wright's birthday, 1867

June BrainPOP Spotlight: Grammar

The first ship passed through the Panama Canal, 1914

D-Day, 1944

Cynthia Rylant's birthday, 1954

U.S. Centers for Disease Control reports the first AIDS cases, 1981

World Environment Day

June BrainPOP Spotlight: Grammar

The Battle of Midway Island (turning point in the Pacific in WWII), 1942

19th Amendment passed in the Senate and was sent to the states for ratification, 1919

June BrainPOP Spotlight: Weird Science

The Supreme Court ruled child labor laws unconstitutional, 1918

Pele signed with the New York Cosmos, 1975

Hernando de Soto claimed the Floridian peninsula for Spain, 1539

MyPlate food guide debuts, 2011

Queen Elizabeth II crowned, 1953

June BrainPOP Spotlight: Weird Science

First seismograph installed in California, 1888

World No Tobacco Day

World MS Day

Mount Everest first summited, 1953

John F. Kennedy's birthday, 1917

Memorial Day

Frank Drake's birthday, 1930

Golden Gate Bridge opened, 1937

Sally Ride's birthday, 1951

Island of Manhattan purchased (by Peter Minuet from local American Indians) for the New Netherland colony, 1626

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit's birthday, 1686

Brooklyn Bridge opened, 1883

Bob Dylan's birthday, 1941

World Turtle Day

New York Public Library opened, 1911

International Day for Biological Diversity

American Red Cross founded (by Clara Barton), 1881

Amelia Earhart's solo trans-Atlantic flight, 1932

Homestead Act passed, 1862

Annular solar eclipse

Malcolm X's birthday, 1925

Armed Forces Day

Endangered Species Day

National Bike to Work Day

New York Stock Exchange founded, 1792

Brown v. Board of Ed decision handed down, 1954

World Information Society Day

Eloise Greenfield's birthday, 1929

Jamestown settlement founded, 1607

First modern vaccine given (by Edward Jenner), 1796

Mother's Day

Florence Nightingale's birthday, 1820

Richard Feynman's birthday, 1918

Nelson Mandela becomes first black president of South Africa, 1994

Fred Astaire's birthday, 1899

May BrainPOP Spotlight: Sports and Fitness

National Teacher Appreciation Day

VE Day, 1945

May BrainPOP Spotlight: Practical Math

RMS Lusitania sinks, 1915

May BrainPOP Spotlight: Sports and Fitness

May BrainPOP Spotlight: Practical Math

Pete Seeger's birthday, 1919

May BrainPOP Spotlight: Sports and Fitness

Osama bin Laden killed, 2011

World Asthma Day

Sigmund Freud's birthday, 1856

Cinco de Mayo

Kentucky Derby

Bird Day

World Asthma Day

Empire State Building opened, 1931

Put Down Your Pencils and Play?: Using Digital Games Successfully in the Classroom What do teachers really think about digital games in the classroom? Michael Levine and Jessica Millstone, Executive Director and Research Consultant at The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, showcase the findings of a year-long research project sponsored by BrainPOP and the Gates Foundation investigating teachers’ attitudes and beliefs on game-based learning. You’ll hear the findings of a national survey of teachers who are currently integrating digital games, and see video case studies of educators who have overcome a number of barriers (available technology, pinpointing games, outside perceptions) to integrate quality digital games into their practice.

Comet Hale-Bopp passed Earth, 1997

World Poetry Day

General theory of relativity published, 1916

Standard Time Act passed (established U.S. time zones and daylight saving time), 1918

American Express founded, 1850

Mia Hamm’s birthday, 1972

Indian Salt March begins, 1930

Boston Massacre, 1770

Cotton gin patented, 1794

Mars Odyssey launched, 2001

First Tony Awards ceremony, 1947

U.S. declared war on Germany, 1917

Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge opened, 1998 (world’s longest suspension bridge)

First presidential veto issued (by George Washington), 1792

Pocahontas married John Rolfe, 1614

Cy Young’s birthday, 1867

Mariner 10 reached Mercury, 1974 (first craft to visit that planet)

First batch of Coca Cola produced, 1886

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s birthday, 1886

Robert Frost’s birthday, 1874

Sandra Day O’Connor’s birthday, 1930

Gloria Steinem’s birthday, 1934

Gutzon Borglum’s birthday (created Mt. Rushmore), 1867

Saturn’s largest moon Titan discovered, 1655

Elvis Presley entered the U.S. Army, 1958

Adolf Hitler became German dictator, 1933

Bloody Sunday (First of three MLK-led civil rights marches),

Valentina Tereshkova’s birthday, 1937

The Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, 2011

"Manipulating Math in Mobile Games: Numbers That Tilt, Pop, & Push” with Gabriel Adauto and Jacob Klein, Co-Founders of Motion Math

“How One Teacher Gamified Her Classroom, Plus A Look at The Converging Future of Experiential, Social, & Gamified Learning” with Mathew Georghiou, CEO & Chief Experience Designer at MediaSpark, Inc. & Kate Fanelli, a Michigan special-education high school math teacher

"Measuring the Educational Value of Games: Qualitative and Quantitative Findings” with Chris Green, Director of Math Curriculum at Mangahigh.com

"How to Use The Video Game Model to Build Curriculum Units” with Andrew Miller, Educational Consultant with the Buck Institute for Education and ASCD.

"Gaming as a Core Curriculum” with Reed and Andrew Howard, Co-founders of Wowzers.

Computer games in class? You bet! Scot Osterweil, Creative Director of the MIT Education Arcade, hosts this webinar on the role of gaming in classroom instruction. Discover how you can use our newest math games – a Lure of the Labyrinth trio - to enhance your lessons and excite students.

We welcome Laura Brown, a Shanghai-based high school science teacher, for this webinar on scientific illustrations and other creative projects. Find out how she and her students use BrainPOP movies as models for these illustrations, and to create new scripts and movies that reinforce key concepts. Laura will share some of the incredible work her students have produced, and you’ll leave feeling just as inspired as they are.

Whether you’re a BrainPOP newbie or a veteran in need of a refresher, we’ve got you covered. Join us for this overview webinar as we explore the ins and outs of BrainPOP products including BrainPOP Jr., GameUp, and our free, professional community BrainPOP Educators. We’ll discuss best practices for engaging students and encouraging active involvement so you can make the most out of your BrainPOP subscription.

April BrainPOP Spotlight: Earth Awareness

April BrainPOP Spotlight: Financial Literacy

Duke Ellington's birthday, 1899

Astronomy Day

Food pyramid debuts, 1984

Ulysses S. Grant's birthday, 1822

South African Freedom Day

Arbor Day

April BrainPOP Spotlight: Earth Awareness

World Intellectual Property Day

Seismologist Charles Richter's birthday, 1900

Chernobyl nuclear disaster, 1986

World Penguin Day

World Malaria Day

Ella Fitzgerald's birthday, 1917

April BrainPOP Spotlight: Financial Literacy

World Book and Copyright Day

Shakespeare's supposed birthday, 1564

Earth Day

April BrainPOP Spotlight: Financial Literacy

Queen Elizabeth II's birthday, 1926

Battle of San Jacinto, 1836

National DNA Day

American Revolution began, 1775

Great San Francisco earthquake, 1906

April is Drug and Alcohol Awareness Month

First catalytic converter patented, 1956

Apollo 13 returned to Earth, 1970

April is Mathematics Awareness Month

Wilbur Wright's birthday, 1867

Apollo 16 launch, 1972

Tax Day

Leonardo da Vinci's birthday, 1452

Jackie Robinson Day

April BrainPOP Spotlight: Financial Literacy

Abraham Lincoln shot (dies the next morning), 1865

Thomas Jefferson's birthday, 1743

U.S. Civil War began, 1861

International Day of Human Space Flight, First space shuttle flight, 1981

First human space flight, 1961

April BrainPOP Spotlight: Earth Awareness

April BrainPOP Spotlight: Financial Literacy

The ASPCA is founded, 1866

Emiliano Zapata captured and killed, 1919

April 8-14 is National Library Week

Works Progress Administration formed, 1935

U.S. Civil War ends, 1865

April BrainPOP Spotlight: Earth Awareness

World Health Day

April BrainPOP Spotlight: Financial Literacy

First modern Olympic Games held, 1896

Main MLB Opening Day

Martin Luther King, Jr. killed, 1968

Maya Angelou's birthday, 1928

Jane Goodall's birthday, 1934

World Autism Awareness Day

National Poetry Month begins

National Poetry Month

National Poetry Month begins

Tolkien Reading Day

National Inventors Day

Super Tuesday

It's the only place gators and crocs cohabitate!

4:30 PM

Digital Learning Day

January BrainPOP Spotlight: Books and Authors

National Deaf History Month

National Nutrition Month

Eating Disorders Awareness Week

National Dental Health Month

World Read Aloud Day

Bob Wills's birthday, 1905

World Water Day

César Chávez's birthday, 1927

Rene Descartes's birthday, 1596

Earth Hour

Vincent van Gogh's birthday, 1853

Doctor's Day

March BrainPOP Spotlight: Women's History

March BrainPOP Spotlight: Music

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor birthday, 1930

March BrainPOP Spotlight: Music

March BrainPOP Spotlight: Women's History

World Meteorological Day

World Water Day

March BrainPOP Spotlight: Music

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Spring equinox

March BrainPOP Spotlight: Music

St. Patrick's Day

World Sleep Day

James Madison's birthday, 1751

Ides of March (Death of Caesar, 44 BCE)

Andrew Jackson's birthday, 1767

Pi Day

Albert Einstein's birthday, 1879

Uranus discovered, 1781

March BrainPOP Spotlight: Music

Frankenstein first published, 1818

Ezra Jack Keats's birthday, 1916

Daylight Saving Time begins tomorrow

Harriet Tubman Day

Yuri Gagarin's birthday, 1934

Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations published, 1776

International Women's Day

World Read Aloud Day

Michelangelo Buonarroti's birthday, 1475

March BrainPOP Spotlight: Women's History

National Grammar Day

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