Winter Background Information for Teachers, Parents and Caregivers

July 25, 2018
This page provides information to support educators and families in teaching K-3 students about winter. It is designed to complement the Win...

Ancient Rome Background Information for Teachers and Parents

May 1, 2013
This page contains information to support educators and families in teaching K-3 students about ancient Rome.  The information is designed t...

Mae Jemison Background Information for Teachers, Parents, and Caregivers

June 3, 2021
This page provides information to support educators and families when teaching K-3 students about the astronaut Mae Jemison. It is designed ...

Eclipse Lesson Plan: Earth’s Place in the Universe

February 1, 2022
*Click to open and customize your own copy of the Eclipse Lesson Plan. This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic Eclipse, and supports t...

Note Taking With BrainPOP

August 17, 2012
See how a 4th grade class uses BrainPOP movies and activity pages for note taking....

Demo Observations

May 31, 2012
This Demo Observations graphic organizer is a useful tool to guide students in thinking deeply and to record their scientific observations. ...

Cause and Effect

June 21, 2012
This graphic organizer is helpful for identifying cause and effect relationships. Use it across all subject areas including reading, social ...

Making Student BrainPOP Videos – First Grade Teacher Lauren Bounds Shares her Process

June 7, 2013
Lauren Bounds is a 1st Grade teacher at the Thackston School in Knoxville, TN. In this guest blog post, Lauren tells the story of using Brai...

The Educator’s Guide to Teaching with Digital Simulations

October 30, 2015
All games are not created equal, and many resources that are commonly referred to as games are actually digital simulations or interactive m...

Introducing BrainPOP to your Science Class

August 17, 2012
See how BrainPOP is used to teach a science class....