Breakout EDU and BrainPOP
In Good Company

BreakoutEDU visits BrainPOP!

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BrainPOP teamed up with BreakoutEDU's new CEO and longtime education thought-leader, Adam Bellow last week for an in-house visit at our New York office to showcase some of the great things they're doi...
ELL Support

Benefits of Game Play for ELLs

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WHY GAMES ARE GOOD FOR ELLS Among the many benefits of learning through game play, one is that games provide meaningful, low-anxiety opportunities for learners to use all domains: speaking, listen...
Curriculum Connection

Why and How to Use Primary Sources

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A typewritten, first draft story by Mark Twain; an up close image of a planetary nebula; an audio recording of a 1961 speech John F. Kennedy gave to Congress… These are just a few of the primary sourc...

On Your Feedback

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Recently, a 4th- and 5th-grade teacher at a local New York City elementary school communicated a wish to see a BrainPOP topic on the historic Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Rights move...

Celebrate Presidents’ Day All Week BrainPOP Style!

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Celebrate Presidents' Day all month long with BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr movies and games! Presidential Movies The U.S. Presidents unit on BrainPOP features presidents ranging from Washington to Obama...

Photo Recap: BrainPOP at TCEA 2016!

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#TCEA16 took Austin, Texas by storm last week! Check out a few photos below of some of the BrainPOP crew and happenings while at the conference:           ...

Wuzzit Trouble Game: SnapThought Prompts

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Have your students signed up for individual accounts? If you have a school-wide subscription to BrainPOP, students will be able to use our SnapThought® tool to play Wuzzit Trouble (or Wuzzit Trouble J...

Making a BrainPOP Style Movie

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When students make a BrainPOP-style movie, they put to use a range of important skills, from brainstorming and writing to collaborating and producing. And, by identifying and then applying specific vi...

Programming Lesson Plan: Run Marco! Game

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In this lesson plan which is adaptable for grades 1-8, students use BrainPOP resources (including an online game) to explore computer coding, algorithms, and programming....
BrainPOP New Site Design

BrainPOP Has a New Look!

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BrainPOP has a brand-new look! We’ve launched a major redesign, developed with educator input to ensure we present our users with a site that’s fresh, appealing, tablet- and smartphone-ready, and even...