IRA Literacy Website #4

                 Website: BrainPOP
                     URL:  http://www.brainpop.com/

 

BrainPOP is an animated website that engages students for grades 3-12.  There are more than 750 topics to choose from.  Each topic is introduced by a short animated movie starring a boy named Tim and his robot friend, Moby.  They introduce topics in the areas of Science, Math, English, Social Studies, Health, and Technology and Arts/Music.  Other resources related to the topic include a quiz, activities, games, a timeline, FYI, and Q & A.  Quizzes come in two formats, the Classic Quiz and the Review Quiz.  In the Classic Quiz, students finish the quiz then see how they did.  While in the Review Quiz, students must answer the question correctly in order to move to the next question.

            BrainPOP can be used for individual students, groups, and whole classes.  Teachers and students can keep a record of the quizzes, games, and activities on the newly launched My BrainPOP.  Content on BrainPoP is aligned with the Common Core.  There are many resources available to teachers.  Graphic organizers, lesson plans, classroom posters, clipart, and more are available but a subscription is needed to access all the resources.  There are some resources that are free but they are limited in number.  BrainPOP Educators is a free resource for teachers who create an account on BrainPOP.  Access to the site is entirely free.  However, the full content on BrainPOP is still not accessible unless you have a subscription.  A counterpart of BrainPOP is BrainPOP Jr. for the younger kids.  Instead of Time and Moby, it is Annie and Moby who introduces the topics.

               Click on the video below to learn how one teacher used a free video on BrainPOP Jr. about cyberbullying in her classroom.  Hope this gives you some ideas. Enjoy!

 

Information & Image Source:   http://www.brainpop.com/

YouTube Source:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJrJd0BWNZ0