AnnaLiese Burich

What makes BrainPOP's educational animation work? Go behind the scenes—from script to screen—and see how every creative choice supports learning.

Making a BrainPOP movie is like a relay race: the the learning design team unpacks a topic and its goals, the editorial team writes the script, and the animation team (and voice actors!) bring it to life. And, undergirding it all, is the foundation of learning science that makes learning from animated movies stick.

Every BrainPOP movie starts with student curiosity—in the form of a letter, from a student, asking a burning question. But did you know that selecting which letters BrainPOP answers starts with a question, too?