Computer Coding Lesson Plan: Blockly Maze Game

December 6, 2013
In this lesson plan which is adaptable for grades 3-12, students use BrainPOP resources (including an online game) to explore computer codin...

Time Zone X – Computer History

September 15, 2016
Time Zone X is an original BrainPOP timeline game. Students use their knowledge of Computer History, understanding of cause and effect and h...

Tips for Using BrainPOP with an Interactive Whiteboard

July 8, 2013
This list contains over three dozen ideas for using BrainPOP content on your interactive whiteboard. Have more ideas yourself?  Be sure to s...

Pause Points Graphic Organizer

October 30, 2013
One of the most popular strategies for using BrainPOP in the classroom is through using pause points, briefly pausing the movie to clarify s...

Tecumseh Discussion Prompts and Pause Points

November 15, 2019
Before the Movie   What do you know about Tecumseh? What would you like to know about Tecumseh, the famous American Indian leade...

Developing Ethical Decision-Making Through Play

October 23, 2013
Can a game teach children to navigate ethical minefields? Scot Osterweil (of MIT Education Arcade) and Peter Stidwill (Learning Games Networ...

Our Corps for the Core: BrainPOP and the Common Core Standards

March 2, 2014
Educators' Team on Common Core Standards: Originally Recorded February 2014 The BrainPOP educators team shares BrainPOP’s rich history of...

A Student-Made Project: Tim and Moby on Creativity

December 18, 2016
Check out this student-made project, an animated film in which Tim and Moby discuss creativity; what it means, how schools influence it, and...