STEM

BrainPOP Joins the HP Teacher Experience Exchange
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BrainPOP Educators is spreading the love and you can now find some of our quality lesson plans on the HP Teacher Experience Exchange. Much like BrainPOP Educators, the Teacher Experience Exchange is a...

National STEM Game Challenge Winner Announced!
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Today BrainPOP congratulates the 28 winners of this year's National STEM Game Challenge! With over 3,700 entries from students in grades 5-12, competition was fierce for over $80,000 in prizes. We are...

The Space Shuttle comes to NYC!
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Gasps of excitement filled the BrainPOP offices this morning as the Space Shuttle (atop a 747) flew past our windows! Everyone was standing by the windows, mouths wide, with the cameras in hand! In ce...

National STEM Video Game Challenge Extension
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Great news! The National STEM Video Game Challenge has just announced that they are extending the contest’s deadline to March 23rd. As part of the Digital Promise Initiative, the Challenge aims to i...

Exploring Minecraft in Education
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It's a rare teacher who encourages students to visit another world when they should be focused at school. But that's exactly how Joel Levin, a computer teacher at Columbia Grammar and Preparatory Scho...
STEM Video Game Challenge
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As a proud sponsor of the STEM video game challenge, BrainPOP will be participating in PBS kids' twitter party this Thursday night. RSVP to join the party and chat about the learning theories behind g...

Teacher, Game Designer and BrainPOP Educator, Adam Coccari
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This Wednesday at 6:30 PM ET, we welcome back to our webinar series BrainPOP educator extrodinaire Adam Coccari. Not only is Adam working with his students to prepare games for the National STEM chal...

Guest Blogger: Steve Isaacs Prepares for the STEM Video Game Challenge
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Guest Blogger Steve Isaacs teaches Video Game Design and Development at William Annin Middle School in Basking Ridge, NJ and online for Virtual High School. Steve maintains a blog on tech tips, mobil...

Guest Blogger Laura Brown – Reflections on Science Education in Shanghai
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With all the buzz at BrainPOP about the STEM video game challenge and this week's Global Education Conference, today we welcome Guest Blogger Laura Brown. Laura is an expatriate science teacher worki...
Webinar Alert: National STEM Video Game Challenge
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National STEM Video Game Challenge With BrainPOP and Gamestar Mechanic
Wednesday, November 16th
4:30 PM EDT
Duration: 1 Hour
From the National STEM Video Game Challenge to ed tech co...