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Storyboards Help Students Make Great Movies

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Make-a-Movie, the latest addition to our suite of creation tools, invites students (and teachers) using My BrainPOP to produce their own BrainPOP-style movies. But before your students jump in, encour...
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Looking for Lesson Ideas? We’ve Got Your Back!

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Searching for lesson ideas? You've hit the jackpot! BrainPOP Educators offers Lesson Idea pages chock full of learning resources for every movie (BrainPOP, BrainPOP Jr., and BrainPOP ELL) and all of...
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What’s New at BrainPOP: January Recap

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BrainPOP has been super busy churning out new movies, games, a brand new look for BrainPOP Jr., and… a moviemaking tool! New Tools   Make-a-Movie It’s finally here… a tool for My BrainPOP subscri...

Flight

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Water Cycle Lesson Plan: Understanding Parts of the Water Cycle

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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades K-3, students use BrainPOP Jr. resources to explore the water cycle, specifically the concepts of precipitation, evaporation, and condensation.    ...

Wright Brothers Lesson Plan: Write and Deliver a Speech Honoring the Wright Brothers

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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-8, students explore BrainPOP resources to learn about the Wright brothers and their invention of the first flying machine. Using what they learn, students w...
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Thoughts, Tips and Tricks from Certified Educators part 3 – BrainPOP Educators

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Over the last few weeks we have shared discussion highlights from our online Certified BrainPOP Educator course. We’re excited to continue the series with more thoughts and ideas from our future CBEs....

RTI and BrainPOP

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Response to Intervention (RTI) is  a multi-tiered approach for early identification and support of students with learning and behavior needs. The practice involves providing high-quality instruction a...

Concussion Lesson Plan: Create an Informational Brochure

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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-12, students watch the BrainPOP movie Concussions and explore the other features in this topic to learn about the causes and effects of concussions. They wi...

Persuade a Jury: We the Jury Game

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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 5-12, students play a game called We the Jury, in which they take on the role of a juror in a civil case. Their challenge is to analyze the evidence and use i...