Classroom Tips
3 Ways for Using BrainPOP Jr. To Teach Computer Skills to Young Learners
Posted by SM Bruner on
BrainPOP Jr. can help you teach and reinforce all sorts of key skills in technology for K-3 students: internet safety, parts of a computer, responsible use of computers, blogs, email, and more! Here a...
Roundtable Learning Strategy
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
Roundtable is a good cooperative structure and interactive activity to practice vocabulary, grammar, or even content. Students pass a paper around, adding an item according to the criteria you designa...
Chronopticon Essential Questions
Posted by SM Bruner on
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?
How does Earth's relationship to the sun affect our plan...
Chronopticon Differentiation Strategies
Posted by Dana Burnell on
The Chronopticon game can be used in many different ways to meet the needs of students at a varying range of ability levels. We suggest that you utilize the game in the following ways:
An in-cla...
Pyramid Panic Tips and Tricks
Posted by Dana Burnell on
The pyramid in the Pyramid Panic game has four zones, each of which features three levels and a Boss Level, making 16 levels in total. Each zone contains a unique mix of mathematical problems, with th...
Teaching Strategies for Interactive Simulations
Posted by SM Bruner on
Interactive simulations are different from games, and therefore have different functions and purposes in the classroom. Simulations are not play-based, and students can’t input information and get fee...
BrainPOP Students Blog
Posted by SM Bruner on
Watch how BrainPOP students blog in the classroom to learn and help each other find answers!...
Introducing BrainPOP to your Science Class
Posted by SM Bruner on
See how BrainPOP is used to teach a science class....
