Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. Student Animation Movie

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This student animation about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. proves that BrainPOP is way more than a movie and a quiz: BrainPOP can also be used as inspiration for student animation projects! This animatio...

Tim, Moby and Darwin!

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BrainPOP is much more than a movie and a quiz!  BrainPOP can also be used as inspiration for student animation projects! This Darwin animation was produced by a student of BrainPOP Educator Cheryl Phi...
Quest to Learn

Creative Assessment at Quest to Learn School

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Last Friday, I had the honor of being one of the judges for the the Rube Goldberg Machines Boss Level at NYC's Quest 2to Learn School. With all of debate surrounding assessment, it was refreshing to w...
Teaching Your Child About Flight

Teaching Your Child About Flight

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Guest blogger Laura Gatto shares a delightful story of preparing her son to handle the anxiety of air travel with BrainPOP! In the week leading up to spring break, my 6-year-old son was super excit...
serious game jam

A Serious Game Jam with BrainPOP, MouseSQUAD and Global Kids!

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On February 13th, BrainPOP was thrilled to host student leaders from Global Kids and Mouse Squad for a "serious game jam" at BrainPOP Headquarters. During the 2 hour event, student leaders from Global...
STEM video game challenge

National STEM Video Game Challenge 2013

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Inspired by the Educate to Innovate Campaign, President Obama’s initiative to promote a renewed focus on STEM education, the National STEM Video Game Challenge is a multi-year competition whose goal i...
game design

Guest Blogger Steve Isaacs Shares Tales from the Game Design Classroom

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Guest Blogger and BrainPOP Educator Steve Isaacs share his methods for incorporating game design into his classroom.  You can find the post in its original form on Steve's blog, games and learning. ...
Moby Exercising

Moby Exercising: RUN, MOBY, RUN!

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Art work based on the BrainPOP Jr. movie, Exercise! 1st graders used Kerpoof to draw Moby exercising after we watched the movie Exercising. By Liz Gatewood's KCD's 1st graders....
BrainPOP HQ

Visiting the BrainPOP HQ

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Every wonder what the BrainPOP HQ look like? So did the students in BrainPOP Educator Lisa Parisi's 4th grade class and last week they got the opportunity to visit our headquarters to find out! Studen...
BrainPOP Fan Animation

The Newest BrainPOP Fan Animation, Created with Puppet Pals!

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Guest Bloggers and BrainPOP Educators Eliza Chung and Jan Bird worked with students from class 1a at The School at Columbia to create their own BrainPOP Fan Animation about raising baby chicks. Here a...