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BrainPOP Blog
Welcome to the BrainPOP Blog—your go-to resource for educator stories and teaching strategies that spark curiosity, build confidence, and create memorable learning experiences.
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How BrainPOP Fuels Engaged Learning in Bloomfield School District
Discover how Bloomfield School District uses BrainPOP to fuel student engagement and provide teachers with a flexible, trusted instructional partner for K-8.
Jackie Glassman
4 min read
Differentiation That Empowers Every Learner
You are preparing for an upcoming lesson and thinking about your multilingual learners. You want them fully included in the work ahead. You want them engaging with the same rich content as their peers. But you also know how quickly support can become visible to other students in a classroom. So what does differentiation look like when it truly empowers students? In many classrooms, it means support that is built directly into the learning experience.
4 min read
How BrainPOP Aligns to Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines
Every brain works differently. Learn how BrainPOP uses UDL principles to foster learner agency and provide multiple pathways for students to engage, represent, and express their knowledge in the classroom.
3 min read
Beyond Test Prep: Building Confidence for Assessment Season
Move beyond rote test prep. Discover instructional strategies and ready-to-use BrainPOP resources that build student confidence, time-management skills, and assessment readiness.
4 min read
How BrainPOP Builds Portrait of a Graduate Skills
Discover how BrainPOP helps nurture and build Portrait of a Graduate skills—critical thinking, collaboration, resilience, and communication—for future-ready learners.
5 min read
Back to School 2025 with BrainPOP
As you gear up for the 2025-2026 school year, BrainPOP is making it easier than ever to help you teach with confidence and deliver learning kids truly ask for.
7 min read
5 Ways Engineering Helps Middle Schoolers Relate Better to Science
By including engineering design challenges in lessons, we can provide students with hands-on experiences that make science more relatable.
4 min read
A Science Teacher’s Guide to Avoiding Engineering Mistakes
It's tough to fit engineering into science class! But instead of "end-of-year add-ons," focus on finding solutions throughout the year.
3 min read
BrainPOP Science Lessons That Bring the Periodic Table to Life
Help students make the connection between the elements on the periodic table and the world around them with these BrainPOP Science lessons.
2 min read
BrainPOP Science Resource Hub
Explore our BrainPOP Science resource hub and bring your science lessons to life!
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The Power of CER: Strategies to Engage Middle School Students in Evidence-Based Writing
By embracing CER, you’re not just teaching evidence-based writing skills—you’re empowering students to become confident critical thinkers.
6 min read
How to Plan and Create a Lesson on BrainPOP Science
Learn how to plan and create a lesson on BrainPOP Science with this step-by-step guide.
5 min read
New to BrainPOP Science: Back to School 2024
Big news! This back-to-school season, BrainPOP Science is getting updates that will support students and teachers alike. New planning...
4 min read
Beyond the Lab: Real-World Science and Engineering Skills and Careers
By fostering science and engineering skills, we can create a new generation of problem solvers and innovators.
5 min read
How Educators Can Encourage More Girls in STEM
Learn how educators can encourage more girls in STEM with inclusive teaching strategies.
3 min read
Inspire Future Climate Change Champions with BrainPOP Science
Discover engaging lessons that help students understand and take action on environmental issues.
3 min read
3 Space Science Lessons That are Out of This World
In a galaxy far, far away… Well, not too far because your space explorers (ok, students) don’t have to leave their seats for these lessons!
2 min read
Empower Middle Schoolers with BrainPOP Science Engineering Projects
Engineering Projects engage students in challenges inviting them to apply their solution thinking through our engineering design process.
5 min read
5 Ways to Incorporate Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) in Your Science Classroom
Learn how to keep your students asking questions and staying curious using Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) in your classroom.
3 min read
Introducing BrainPOP Science: Empowering the Next Generation of Scientific Thinkers
Meet BrainPOP Science, a new platform designed to engage students in hands-on, inquiry-based learning.
2 min read
Learning Kids Ask For
Inspire a fun, engaging approach to learning that activates curiosity and creates authentic connections that challenge learners at every level.
Teach with Confidence
Find simpler ways to teach hard things, deliver rigorous learning that sparks joy, and meet every student where they are.
Create Lifelong Impact
Turn aha! moments into connections that stick, strengthen those higher order thinking skills, and drive academic outcomes that last a lifetime.
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