Note Taking With BrainPOP

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

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...

Guest Blog Post: Promoting Energy Literacy Education Efforts Across the U.S.

May 20, 2014
Josh Sneideman is a middle-school science teacher and Albert Einstein Fellow at Department of Energy, promoting energy literacy education ef...

Fly to Mars Essential Questions

July 7, 2013
How can models help us to predict the nature of objects and systems that we cannot see? How does studying cycles help us to understand ...

Touchdown! Rosetta’s Lander Makes History

November 13, 2014
Yesterday, after a journey of billions of miles, a probe the size of a washing machine landed on the surface of a speeding comet. In recogni...

Chronopticon Essential Questions

May 29, 2013
How do the components of our Solar System move and interact with one another? How do the motions of Earth and our moon affect our lives...

The Space Shuttle comes to NYC!

April 27, 2012
Gasps of excitement filled the BrainPOP offices this morning as the Space Shuttle (atop a 747) flew past our windows! Everyone was standing ...

Graphic Organizers Before, During, and After BrainPOP Jr. Movies

May 3, 2012
BrainPOP Educator Amber Gross recently submitted a lesson plan with an amazing set of graphic organizers she created to facilitate student t...