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BrainPOP
The more you know, the more you know!
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For nearly two decades, we’ve maintained a Our resources include BrainPOP Jr.,
commitment to helping kids make sense of BrainPOP, and BrainPOP ELL. Created
the world around them. Understanding that in-house with a diverse panel of current
everyone learns differently, we continually and former classroom teachers as advisors,
hone and expand our cross-curricular our content is recognised globally for its
content and related features. We do so with uniqueness and consistently high quality.
the goal of giving the broadest range of
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A Far-Reaching
Solution
Tailor lessons and spark deeper, more
critical thinking and construction.
BrainPOP paves the way for student success concept mapping and writing and drawing
while supporting you every step of the way activities, these tools let you assign tasks
— no matter what year group or subject you based on students’ strengths; gain insight
teach. Our resources are designed for ages into their mastery of a given topic; and
5 and up, covering topics within Science, tweak further instruction based on the work
Maths, Social Studies, Digital Citizenship, they submit. The tools’ unparalleled breadth
Engineering, Technology, the Arts, English means that every student — regardless
Language Arts, and English as a Second of learning style — has a way to convey
Language. comprehension, and that any teacher has
multiple options for assessment.
Each topic centers on an animated movie,
sparking self-directed learning through the Subscriptions include 24/7 access, which
use of narrative, humor, and characters with facilitates both learning and lesson planning
relatable voices. Movies are accompanied anywhere and at any time of day.
by a variety of features like interactive
quizzes, games, playful and customizable
assessments, and an ever-expanding list of
other activities.
Our suite of creation and reflection tools
helps you tailor lessons and spark deeper,
more critical thinking and construction
around our content. From coding projects,
movie making, and written reflections to
Teaching & Learning Highlights
Animated movies — each approximately Our coding projects — based on Select titles within our learning games Multi-dimensional tasks call upon
five minutes in length — are a great Scratch and Vidcode — provide an portal include a reflection tool that lets systems thinking and cognitive skills,
way to kick off or review a lesson. easy on-ramp for young programmers. students capture key moments in play, yielding meaningful assessment
explain their throught process, make without disrupting engagement.
predictions, and draw conclusions.
Movie making cultivates planning, Via concept mapping, students can Early learners and ELLs can choose a Especially for English language
organizing, writing, collaborating, and develop and connect ideas as they topic-specific word then draw, write, or learners: have students practice
analyzing. craft visual representations of their create a skit surrounding it. Definitions pronunciation by listening to a clip from
knowledge. and instructions are read aloud to a BrainPOP ELL movie, then recording
support reading skills. themselves as they repeat it.
Run Your Classroom On BrainPOP BrainPOP fits easily and flexibly into any classroom set-up, integrating and aligning with your curriculum. It lends itself to teaching and learning via: • Desktop, laptop, tablet, phone • Whole-class instruction • Small-group and individual differentiation • Peer to peer collaboration • Project-based learning • Independent work • Computer labs • Before- and after-school programs • Summer school • Home use
BrainPOP
At a Glance
Our flagship resource offers cross-curricular activities, and leveled non-fiction articles
topics for upper primary and secondary age from leading media sources, through
students. Each includes an animated movie Newsela. These help build higher-order
written with humor in an age-appropriate thinking, cognitive, and literacy skills while
voice, plus a rich array of supporting encouraging reflection and giving students
features and tools like coding projects, multiple ways to convey comprehension and
movie making, concept mapping, learning express themselves.
games, playful assessments, primary source
Subjects
Science Arts & Music
Play / Pause Student Creation Tools
Watch movie; pause and discuss key points Coding projects, movie making, concept English Health
mapping, and more
Closed Captioning
Reinforce comprehension and word GameUp & Playful Assessment
recognition Games that tie into your curriculum, drive
engagement, and yield valuable insight into
Zoom student learning
Turn on full-screen mode Social Studies Engineering & Tech
FYI & Activities
Lesson Ideas Informational texts with fun facts, stats, and
Topic-related teacher resources including more, plus primary source activities, graphic
lesson plans, standards alignments, organizers, and vocabulary page
customized quizzes, and videos
Assignments
Quiz “Quick Assign” individual tasks within Maths
Use for pre- and post-assessment BrainPOP or assign a whole lesson
Create a Quiz Related Topics
Make a custom BrainPOP-style quiz Delve deeper with related movies and
features
Learn More brainpop.com
BrainPOP Jr.
At a Glance
BrainPOP Jr. is our early primary resource. which help extend key concepts and meet
Recently redesigned and now touchscreen- the needs of students with different learning
friendly, it gently encourages young learners styles. All text is read aloud to enhance
to ask questions and form their own ideas. comprehension. Coming in time for back-
Each of its curricular topics includes an to-school are block-based coding projects
animated movie, learning games, concept based on the Scratch visual programming
mapping, and interactive features like Word language, a great way to introduce younger
Play, Write About It, and Draw About It, children to programmatic thinking.
Subjects
Science Social Studies
Play / Pause Make-a-Map
Watch movie; pause and discuss key points Concept mapping tool Reading & Writing Arts & Technology
Quizzes Word Play
Use for pre- and post-assessment Draw, write, or create a skit with new, topic-
related words. Click to hear definitions.
Games Instructions are read aloud.
Reinforce the topic through play, including
cross-curricular GameUp titles Share Ideas Maths
Tools that prompt students to write,
Activity draw, and discuss ideas, plus reading
Printable, topic-related page recommendations
Annie's Notebook Lesson Ideas
Displays the questions asked in the movie. Topic-related lesson plans, graphic
Print out in advance to scaffold learning. organisers, customised quizzes, webinars, Health
and more
Closed Captioning
Reinforce comprehension and word
recognition
Learn More jr.brainpop.com
BrainPOP ELL
At a Glance
The newly updated and mobile-ready is integrated with our individual account
BrainPOP ELL is our comprehensive system and now includes Word Play, an
English language learning program. interactive enrichment activity that helps
Each lesson features animated movies students make vocabulary connections.
that model conversational English while Also new are post-movie recommendations
seamlessly introducing grammar concepts for students wishing to delve deeper into
and vocabulary. Based on everyday a lesson; the content index, for easier
social situations, the leveled movies and lesson planning; and a portion of BrainPOP
associated activities build on each other, Educators, our professional hub, dedicated
reinforcing previous lessons. BrainPOP ELL exclusively to ELL-related resources.
Language Skills
Vocabulary Listening
Lesson Plans Play It and Practice
New! Dedicated hub for ELL-related Games to reinforce grammar skills
teaching resources
Write It Reading
Flash Words Grammar
A guided writing activity Comprehension
Interactive vocabulary flashcards
Make-a-Map
Hear It, Say It Connect and organise ideas with concept
Record and play back to practice mapping
pronunciation
Quiz Pronunciation Writing
Read It A game-like quiz puts new skills to the test
A reading comprehension activity
Word Play
Movie New! Interactive vocabulary enrichment
Now with user-controlled settings. Choose activity that helps students make
from two speeds and two quality options. connections between related words
Vocabulary Grammar Summary
Animation illustrating new vocabulary New! For students seeking deeper Correlated to the
explanation of the lesson's grammar WIDA English Language
Grammar concepts Proficiency Standards.
Animation modeling featured grammar Learn More ell.brainpop.comBrainPOP in
World Languages
At a Glance
In addition to English, BrainPOP is
available in Spanish, French, and Mandarin.
Our content is localized and aligned to the
academic standards of diverse regions
around the globe. In the process, we work
with subject matter experts to ensure
educational and cultural appropriateness.Coding for All
Our Creative Coding projects span
the curriculum and provide multiple
opportunities for differentiated instruction.
Our Creative Coding projects provide
multiple opportunities for differentiated
instruction, reaching students with a breadth
of needs and at all levels. These projects:
• Help students build and demonstrate
knowledge in a way that is personally
meaningful to them, in a familiar
environment
• Guide and scaffold users so that no
technical background is needed
• Reduce inequality in access to
computer science instruction when
Creative Coding — based on Scratch
worked into the school day
and Vidcode — includes both block- and
text-based projects spanning the K–12
Our professional resources make it easy
curriculum. Scaffolded and delivered at
to start fostering the vital skills associated
the topic level, the projects are specifically
with coding — from problem solving to
designed so that any teacher can easily
collaboration and beyond.
introduce coding without straying from
what’s already being covered in class.
BrainPOP's Creative Coding package
includes an introductory professional
development webinar. We also offer an in-
person coding workshop as well as coding-
related lesson plans, training videos, and
teaching and assessment tips, all to make
integration as easy as possible.
Learn More bpopne.ws/Coding• Embedded “BrainPOP 101” course to • Personalised full- and half-day
get you started workshops with online follow-up
• Screencasts and step guides • Embedded PD delivered during the
course of the school day, including
• Lesson ideas, strategies, best practices
classroom modeling
• General webinars, both live and
• Custom curriculum mapping and
archived
alignments
• Custom webinars developed and
delivered exclusively for your school or
district
Learn More educators.brainpop.com
Certification
Our free Certified BrainPOP Educator things you and your students are doing,
program recognizes teachers who and gathering ideas from other educators.
demonstrate a mastery of our resources As a CBE, you may also be called upon to
and notable creativity when using them to consult with our Production team, weighing
help students learn. This designation gives in on everything from pipeline projects to
you exclusive access to a global community beta launches. CBEs also serve as BrainPOP
of fellow “CBEs” — a forum for sharing the ambassadors.
Blended Support Our PD Leads to Increased Adoption of
Pedagogical Practices
for Educators We studied 295 educators to determine • Greater comfort in teaching complex or
if participation in our CBE program led sensitive topics utilizing our resources
to extended, more meaningful BrainPOP
• Increased likeliness to include
usage and best practices to drive student
collaborative practices and student-
There's no single "right" way to use BrainPOP. engagement. We saw:
guided group learning
• A shift towards more student-centered • Extended differentiation and
learning opportunities assessment through various features
As a teacher, you know the best way to meet and intended for use however you see fit. • An intent to shift to more progressive, • Appreciation for our diverse
your students’ needs. We aim to give you Along the way, we support you in countless student-centered teaching models assessment tools — both playful and
the best non-prescriptive resources we can, ways through both our Help Center and when using BrainPOP formal — for use before and after
shaped by our relationships with educators BrainPOP Educators, our professional hub. teaching a topic
Learn More bpopne.ws/CBEGeneralTeacher & Student
Accounts
Information at Your Fingers Filter by student or topic to
see progress and provide
feedback on quizzes, activity
pages, concept maps,
Individual accounts mean you can assign movies, and more
tasks within BrainPOP, keep track of your
students’ work, and provide feedback on
what they submit to you. Students, in turn,
can view and complete assignments.
Create and manage
assignments, review results
See who’s done what, by
class or by student
Students can log in to see
when they’ve got new
assignments, then submit
their work to youThe Admin
Dashboard
Information at Your Fingers
Our Admin Dashboard simplifies onboarding the most popular content within their school,
and account management by letting
administrators create individual accounts en
and identify those educators who are most
active on BrainPOP. Seamless Integrations
masse. They can also view usage data, see
We offer a number of integrations to has in place, these integrations enable
streamline your BrainPOP experience single sign-on (SSO); account provisioning;
and help you maximize your subscription. embedding topics in course materials; class
Depending on the Learning Management imports; topic directories; and more.
System (LMS) or platform your school/district
IMS Global Standards
• OneRoster® (REST API)
• Learning Tools Interoperability® (LTI®) 1.0
• Thin Common Cartridge®
Learn More bpopne.ws/SSOThe
Home-School
Connection
Keep the learning going ... at home.
With 24/7 access from any device — Sign up to receive monthly tips and ideas
including mobile phones and tablets — for using BrainPOP at home around timely
BrainPOP is an ideal way to strengthen the topics teachers are covering in class.
home-school connection. Log in as a family Throughout the year, we’ll curate movie
to let kids delve further into what they’re suggestions for co-viewing; discussion
studying — or anything else that interests prompts to encourage deeper thinking; and
them. thematic learning games and activities your
whole family can take part in together.
Learn More bpopne.ws/HomeThe BrainPOP Impact
Quite possibly the one
of the best educational
We’ve seen a real resources out there.
difference in terms of how BrainPOP has an uncanny
knack of explaining the
children engage with their most difficult concepts in
learning and particularly the most understandable
of ways.
in them wanting to
explore and learn more. — John Dooris
I personally don’t think Headteacher
New Marske primary school, England
BrainPOP’s a truly unique
there is anything better to resource that’s clear,
encourage fun, substantial concise, and heaps of
fun. I think it’s a brilliant
and real learning. classroom tool for
engaging kids.
— Sarah Wright
Senior Lecturer in Education,
— Ian Pittman
Apple Distinguished Educator,
Head of Technology
TES columnist
The International School @ ParkCity,
We absolutely love Malaysia
BrainPOP at Rosebank.
It is so comprehensive,
covering a wide range of
topics.
— Dawn Stanfield
Headteacher
Rosebank primary school, ScotlandYou can also read
