Cool Features & Resources


Teaching AIDS & RESOURCES

BrainPOP offers educators a wealth of teaching aids and resources for the classroom.

1. Log into your BrainPOP teacher account.

2. Go to: educators.brainpop.com.

3. Click on the "Ready to Teach" tab & you will find all of the following:

      • Ideas & Lesson Plans - Find lesson plans from the BrainPOP Educator community. Explore the growing collection of lesson plans or submit your own.

      • Classroom Aides - Graphic Organizers, Activity Page Answer Keys, Interactive Whiteboard Resources & Calendar of BP events.

      • Printables!! These printable resources will have your students coloring, designing & making things. Plus, download classroom posters, worksheets, clip art & more!

Challenges!

BrainPOP Challenges are interactive exercises that test student knowledge of BrainPOP topics.

210 movies include challenge activities, which can include any of the following, depending on the topic;

      • concept maps • matching

      • venn diagrams • multiple response

      • fill in sentences • sequence

      • diagram label • text highlight

Access TEACHING RESOURCES for Challenges, including:

      • learning objectives

      • implementation tips & strategies

      • differentiation support for challenge tasks

      • how they align with CCSS

Watch this screencast for an overview.

PRIMARY SOURCES!

BrainPOP offers Primary Source Exercises for 216 of their animated movies.

These exercises challenge students to . . .

• examine and interpret photographs

• watch videos

• examine diaries

• explore historical documents

• and more

. . . to answer critical thinking questions related to the topic.

Watch this screencast for an overview of primary source exercises.

Digital Citizenship

BrainPOP’s FREE Digital Citizenship collection offers topics ranging from Digital Etiquette and Cyberbullying to Information Privacy and Media Literacy. The collection invites students to discover in fun and interactive ways how to behave responsibly and safely in world that is increasingly digital.

The even provide resources for teachers including a tutorial video, lesson plans, key vocabulary, assessment tips & rubrics, and more, to help you support your students as they learn to be good digital citizens. Click here to access these resources.

The Digital Citizenship collection consisting of 14 topics ranging from Digital Etiquette to Information Privacy and more. The topics fall naturally into the themes of the International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE).

Topics covered at BrainPOP:

      • Acting appropriately online & recognizing inappropriate behavior, cyberbullying, conflict resolution & peer pressure.

      • Making appropriate decisions when faced with many different digital communication options, such as connecting on social media.

      • Using various technologies effectively, such as searching for, evaluating, and curating information.

      • Using technology in an ethical manner (e.g., no hacking, no plagiarizing, no stealing identities), and recognizing that everyone is due certain rights online, such as privacy and free speech.

      • Using electronic precautions to guarantee safety, such as creating secure passwords, not sharing passwords, backing up data, antivirus protection, etc.

      • Ensuring equal access to technology and understanding limitations when access is withheld.

Mobile Learning

BrainPOP, BrainPOP ELL and BrainPOP Jr. are all available on a mobile device. However, they do not include all features. To access ALL features, navigate directly to the website on your mobile browser. The chart below indicates which features and tools appear on desktops, tablets, and phones for BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr.