Beginning Vocabulary Activities Learning Strategy

September 16, 2013
The following is a series of activities to teach themed vocabulary to beginners. For each of these games, you must have either a picture to ...

Using BrainPOP Jr. to teach about classifying animals

April 10, 2015
This screencast shares a variety of ways teachers can use the free BrainPOP Jr. movie "Classifying Animals" to help K-3 students understand ...

June Spotlights

June 1, 2012
Things get a little weird this month on BrainPOP with our June spotlights: Weird Science. We’ve included everything from Bruises to Bats to ...

Wave Combinator

September 19, 2016
In Wave Combinator, student explore the relationship between particles and waves in light....

Ancient Civilizations of Latin America Lesson Plan: Inca, Maya, and Aztec Civilizations

June 5, 2012
In this lesson plan for grade 6 through 12, students use BrainPOP resources to learn and synthesize information about the ancient civilizati...

World History Lesson Plan: Uncovering Essential Questions

August 29, 2009
In this world history lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 5-12, students select a world history topic and study it through the lens o...

Ideas/Details

June 21, 2012
This Ideas/Details graphic organizer is perfect for recording important ideas and supporting details from any book or text which is multiple...

New Topics!

July 24, 2010
We've been busy at work over the summer doing our research!  Here are some new topics we've recently added, each with their own movie, qu...

New BrainPOP Movie: The Titanic!

April 3, 2012
They said the Titanic was practically unsinkable…but it sank to the bottom of the ocean four days into its first voyage. Watch the BrainPOP ...