Science

New to GameUp: Refraction
Posted by SM Bruner on
There's a new math and science game available on GameUp! In Refraction, students in grades 4-8 have the opportunity to explore light refraction and apply knowledge of fractional concepts during online...

BrainPOP and the JASON Project Invite you to Fly to Jupiter on May 31st! Join a Live Event with NASA Engineer Tracy Drain!
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
Live Web Q&A with NASA Systems Engineer Tracy DrainThursday, May 3110:30am, 1:30pm, 4:30pm & 6:30pm EasternPrograms presented by the JASON Project, our newest BrainPOP Partner on GameUp! ...

Guest Blogger: Jaclyn McLaren’s Year End Review
Posted by cemignano on
Jaclyn McLaren is a 6th grade Earth Science teacher at Webb Bridge Middle School in Alpharetta, GA.
I have been teaching 6th Grade Earth Science for six years and we have been able to use BrainPOP,...

Graphic Organizers Before, During, and After BrainPOP Jr. Movies
Posted by SM Bruner on
BrainPOP Educator Amber Gross recently submitted a lesson plan with an amazing set of graphic organizers she created to facilitate student thinking before, during, and after BrainPOP Jr. movies. We we...

The Space Shuttle comes to NYC!
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
Gasps of excitement filled the BrainPOP offices this morning as the Space Shuttle (atop a 747) flew past our windows! Everyone was standing by the windows, mouths wide, with the cameras in hand! In ce...
BrainPOP Mobile in Action!
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
Guest Blogger Betty Ann Fish is the Chair of the Physical Education Department at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy and has been teaching and coaching for 24 years. Currently she teaches at the element...

April Spotlight: Earth Awareness
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
April is a month of showers, flowers and season changing powers: with all this transition comes student questions! Help them find the answers by checking out BrainPOP's "Earth Awareness" spotlight pag...
Webinar Alert: Getting Creative: Scientific Illustrations & Other Projects
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
Wednesday, March 14
Special time: 7:30PM EST
Getting Creative: Scientific Illustrations & Other Projects
All the way from Shanghai, we welcome Laura Brown, a high school science teacher, ...
Webinar: Science Class With GameUp
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
Note Later Starting Time: Wednesday, February 29 6:30PM ET
Join 4th-grade teacher and BrainPOP advisor Robert Miller for an in depth exploration of using GameUp games in science class. Learn how pl...

BrainPOP in College Classes? You bet!
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
Guest Blogger Cindi Smith-Walters, PhD is a professor of biology at Middle TN State University, co-directs the MTSU Center for Environmental Education, and is a past president of the Tennessee Academ...