Late summer often coincides with wacky weather and other natural disasters, which is why we’re featuring our Natural Disasters Spotlight through the end of August. Worried about Hurricane Irene, currently threatening the Atlantic Coast? Show your students the BrainPOP movie on Hurricanes and the BrainPOP Jr. movie on Fast Land Changes to help…[Read more]

Several months ago, we found out that one of our favorite teachers, Michael Baer of the South Adams Schools in Berne, Indiana, was going to be in town. As BrainPOP’s physical science advisor for the past few years, Michael has been a valued member of the BrainPOP family, so we jumped at the chance to meet him [...]

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 best views [...]

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…[Read more]

We’ve been really impressed to hear about so many of you blogging with your classes this year. (In case your students need a primer on blogging, check out our Blogs movie !) The blogosphere has become an important engine for social change and presents a terrific opportunity for kids to utilize 21st-century skills. To that end, with [...]

Hi everybody! This is Tim here. I just got back from my summer vacation, and I wanted to share some of the cool things Moby and I saw and learned during our travels around the United States with my family. My mom said it was going to be a long trip, so I brought plenty of books [...]

As part of Women’s History Month, a new holiday called Ada Lovelace Day is being celebrated on March 24th. Lovelace, a contemporary of the inventor Charles Babbage, is often credited as being the world’s first computer programmer! If you have a classroom blog, why not have your students write and publish a post about an inspiring woman in the…[Read more]