food fight

Food Fight Feedback!

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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 ...
Science Education in Shanghai

Guest Blogger Laura Brown – Reflections on Science Education in Shanghai

Posted by Andrew Gardner on

With all the buzz at  BrainPOP about the STEM video game challenge and this week's Global Education Conference, today we welcome Guest Blogger Laura Brown. Laura is an expatriate science teacher worki...

Are You Game? Game Design Workshop – November 12th

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Attention New York City area educators! Are you 'game' for a free one day game design workshop with BrainPOP and Gamestar Mechanic? Then read on. . . From the National STEM Video Game Challenge to ...

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...
Ada Lovelace

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...

STEM Skills Lesson Plan: STEM to the Rescue!

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In this STEM Skills lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-12, students use BrainPOP and other online resources to research a science, engineering, or technology topic, and create a digital public servic...