Texas Purchasing and Background Information Thanks for your interest in BrainPOP. Bookmark this page for easy access to helpful information about purchasing and using BrainPOP in Texas. You'll find email addresses and telephone numbers for your sales managers, details on our alignment to TEKS and other standards, funding tips, BrainPOP subscribers in your area, a science-based efficacy study, our brochure, the best sources for BrainPOP news, and more. Your Texas Team Arturo Guajardo, District Relations Manager Email: arturog@brainpop.com Phone: 212.574.6032 Peter Glovin, VP District Relations Email: peterg@brainpop.com Phone: 212.574.6030 Aligned to YOUR Standards BrainPOP resources cover more than 62 percent of K-12 TEKS. Our State Standards tool, powered by Academic Benchmarks, makes it a snap to find the content that's aligned to what you're teaching. Search by state, grade, or subject. Explore our TEKS-aligned materials here. Funding BrainPOP in Texas TEA allows the use of IMA funds to purchase BrainPOP when requisitioned as supplemental instructional material. We've put together a list of simple directions on how to apply these funds to the purchase of a subscription. Also be sure to visit the recently updated Funding section of our web site for more ideas on getting BrainPOP in your district using local, state, and federal funds. Meet Us We exhibit at the TCEA annual conference and a number of smaller, regional events throughout the year. Visit our Conference page and find out when we'll be in your area; come chat with us in person. Who's Using BrainPOP in Texas? Interested in talking to a fellow educator about his or her experiences with BrainPOP? Explore this list of Texas districts using our resources. Download Our Brochure Our brochure provides an overview of who we are and what we offer. Efficacy Study In 2009, SEG Research conducted a multi-site efficacy study to evaluate the effectiveness of BrainPOP. The findings indicated that students using BrainPOP in grades 3, 5, and 8 made significant improvement in Science, Reading Comprehension, Language, and Vocabulary Skills compared to students in classes that did not use BrainPOP. Find out more and read the research. Be in the Know Follow us on Twitter, "Like" us on Facebook, join our free professional community, BrainPOP Educators, and sign up for our free e-newsletter. You'll stay up-to-the-minute on all BrainPOP news and see all the ways our resources make a difference.

About BrainPOP BrainPOP (www.brainpop.com) creates animated, curricular content that engages students, supports teachers, and bolsters achievement – in classrooms, at home, and and on mobile devices. Our proven and award-winning educational resources, uniquely suited for 21st century learning, include BrainPOP Jr. (K-3), BrainPOP, BrainPOP Español, and BrainPOP ESL. Our newest offering, GameUp, highlights top, free educational games and aligns them to academic topics. All of our resources are supported by BrainPOP Educators, an online professional community more than 165,000 teachers strong and featuring over 850 free resources. Aligned to academic standards and easy to use, BrainPOP sites host more than 11 million visits each month.