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Students’ BrainPOP Moviemaking!
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
Last week we published a new lesson plan on writing a BrainPOP script with students. BrainPOP Educator @ktitraci read about it and shared this amazing example of students' BrainPOP moviemaking, by her...

Visiting a Robotics Team in Action
Posted by allisyn on
Think back to your own elementary school days. Could you have designed an innovative solution that preserved food and reduced contamination? How about a robot that conquered a set of pre-determined mi...

Teacher, Game Designer and BrainPOP Educator, Adam Coccari
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
This Wednesday at 6:30 PM ET, we welcome back to our webinar series BrainPOP educator extrodinaire Adam Coccari. Not only is Adam working with his students to prepare games for the National STEM chal...
Guest Blogger: On Martin Luther King Jr.
Posted by SM Bruner on
Guest Blogger Laura Candler was a teacher in Fayetteville, North Carolina for over 30 years. She has presented educational workshops to teachers around the country for over 12 years. She's the author ...

BETTer get Psyched Up!
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
This week, our friends across the pond at BrainPOP UK will be sharing the BrainPOP love at BETT: England's largest Education Technology extravaganza. Not only will you find BrainPOP UK on the exhibit...

Learning a Cell Cycle by Playing a GAME?
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Can YOU learn how a cell cycle works by playing a GAME?
That’s the challenge Sarah Jean-Daum gave her students – 7th-graders at NYC’s Cathedral School – earlier this month. The game in qu...

NSBA’s “20 to Watch” Recognition Program
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
Dr. Kari Stubbs, Vice President of 21st Century Learning at BrainPOP, was in the first “20 to Watch” class in 2006. Since then, many BrainPOP Educators have been recognized including Adina Popa, Rober...

Food Fight Feedback!
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
Students, teachers, gamers young and old are loving Food Fight, GameUP's newest offering that explores ecosystems and food chains! We were thrilled to receive this feedback from Ray Hopkin, a ...
Three Mobivated GameUP Contest Winners!
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
Congratulations to BrainPOP Educators: @jenniethom, @taclark and @stonewalllap_teacher the three winners of our Food Fight creative idea T-shirt contest! By playing BrainPOP's newest game "FoodFight"...

BrainPOP Animator Inspires Students via Skype!
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
Multimedia and animation teacher Chris Murphy from Newton Massachusetts, shares his experience with BrainPOP animator Amber Alvarez's virtual visit to his animation class. By bringing an animati...