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Every wonder what the BrainPOP headquarters look like? So did the students in BrainPOP Educator Lisa Parisi’s 4th grade class and last week they got the opportunity to visit and find out! Students toured the office space, met with some animators, and observed all the hardworking BrainPOP staff working away at their jobs.  When the class returned to Denton Ave school, Lisa game them the following blog assignment: “Today, we had the unique opportunity to visit the BrainPop Headquarters in NYC. While there, we got to see how they create movies. We also got to share our ideas for new movies. It was a very enlightening trip for all of us. Share what you learned today. Talk about how movies are made. Or maybe about what you were surprised about. How about telling us the highlights of the trip? Perhaps you were inspired to try something on your own. Let us know what inspired you. Be sure to include: Your favorite part of the trip Your most surprising part of the trip Great language Excellent editing A fantastic grabber and a thought-provoking conclusion Have fun with this blog! It will be your last one of the year! Lisa believes that… Read the Rest»

October 7th is Ada Lovelace Day, a worldwide event named for 19th-century mathematician Ada Lovelace. Using the power of blogging, the day celebrates women who’ve followed career paths into the STEM areas: science, technology, engineering, and math.   As in years past, BrainPOP is proud to take part in the occasion, which serves in large part to inspire young girls to enter into STEM-related careers. Last year, we created a new topic on the “Enchantress of Numbers” herself, Ada Lovelace. If you haven’t done so already, we hope you’ll take some time to watch the movie, take the quiz, and read more about Lovelace with our FYIs. We also encourage your students to enjoy our other movies on some very accomplished women in science and technology, including Marie Curie, Amelia Earhart, Sally Ride and last week’s webinar subject Jane Goodall. Students might also take this opportunity to research a current woman in science or technology, and either write about her or make a presentation to a class or small group. If your students have their own blogs, or if your class runs a blog, you can even sign in on Findingada.com to have your post(s) be counted among the thousands around the world that will be published… Read the Rest»