Free Games for Teaching Computer Programming to Kids

6 Free Games for Teaching Kids Computer Programming

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BrainPOP's GameUp has six excellent free games to introduce students to coding and computer programming. Click on each link below to view our game resources, including related BrainPOP movie topics, l...
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New on GameUp: Game Over Gopher

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Game Over Gopher is an engaging and educational game by Math Snacks that allows students to explore plotting functions on a grid. You can use the game to introduce students to the graphing topic or to...
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A Quick Way to Find BrainPOP Lesson Materials

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Did you know you can search all of our BrainPOP lesson materials by the movie topics? Just visit our Movies page on BrainPOP Educators and click on the subject area you're interested in. You'll fin...
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4 Resources to Help You Get Started with BrainPOP

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Do you want to get started with BrainPOP this school year? Check out the following resources from our New Subscriber page to get familiarized with what we have to offer: 1. Subscription Overviews: ...
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5 Easy Ways to See What’s New on BrainPOP

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Want to know What's New on BrainPOP? Here's a way to find out about our movie of the day, spotlight lessons and movie topics, recent movies/lessons/games we've added, and timely BrainPOP resources tha...
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Join the Gaming in Ed Online Conference This September

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Join conference founder Steve Hargadon along with BrainPOP's own Allisyn Levy as they co-chair the first Gaming in Ed conference! This is a free event that will be held entirely online, bringing toget...
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Terrific Resources to Help You Fund Your BrainPOP Subscription

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Did you know that BrainPOP has a funding page specifically designed to make it easier for you to find grants and other resources to cover the cost of your BrainPOP subscription? Check it out! On th...
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New on GameUp: MedMyst Animal Alert Science Game

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MedMyst Animal Alert is a brand new science game from our partner, Rice University. Designed for students in grades 5-12, MedMyst Animal Alert allows students to take on the role of epidemiologists, m...

3 ways to Use the BrainPOP Curriculum Calendar

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Bookmark our events page so you can easily see how BrainPOP can be used to support your teaching each month! Here are three useful ideas for using the curriculum calendar: 1) See which webinars fit...

6 new Drafting Board games are now on GameUp!

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That's right--we've got six new games from the Drafting Board series, created by our incredible partner iCivics. Drafting Board games are designed to allow students in grades 5-12 to explore the proce...