Spotlights
STEM Teacher Corps Announced
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Last week, President Obama announced plans for a STEM teacher Corps to recognize and reward leading teachers in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) areas. Recognizing the impor...
July Spotlights
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School’s out for summer, but that doesn’t mean students can’t squeeze in some summer learning with our spotlights.
July spotlights, Red, White, and Blue, includes movies and activities to help us c...
June Spotlights
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Things get a little weird this month on BrainPOP with our June spotlights: Weird Science. We’ve included everything from Bruises to Bats to Boogers. Yuck! Explore those strange carnivorous plants and...
May Spotlights
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We're focusing on Sports & Fitness and Practical Math this month! Be sure to check out our May spotlights, the collection of movies and other resources featured throughout all of May. The arrival ...
The Space Shuttle comes to NYC!
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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...
April Spotlight: Earth Awareness
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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...
BrainPOP Sponsors the 2011 Global Education Conference
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BrainPOP is proud to be a Sponsoring Partner for the 2011 Global Education Conference, held entirely online from November 14-18. With over 200 sessions presented from all over the world, the conferenc...
‘Pedagogical Pain Points’ – Your Input on Educational Games
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Beth Quinn is Research Director at Filament Games. Prior to joining Filament's team, Dr. Quinn was a professor of sociology, specializing in the Sociology of Law and qualitative methods. She brings al...
The Power of a Good Question
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Superstar educator Kippy Cooper, a science teacher from Draper Intermediate School in Wylie TX, uses BrainPOP to help her students develop the ability to ask good questions. She says, "Part of my c...
Who was Ada Lovelace?
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October 7th is Ada Lovelace Day, a worldwide event named for 19th-century mathematician Ada Lovelace. Using the power of blogging, the day celebrates women who've followed career paths into the STEM a...
