Apps A-Z: BrainPOP

Today's app is BrainPOP; one of my favorite resources! BrainPOP has several short animated videos, covering serval content areas, that can be used to support your lessons. The videos also really engage the kids, and they LOVE Moby (the robot character that  is in every video)! Each video has a quiz that can be used, as well as, other resources. Videos are common core aligned. The BrainPOP app can be found in the Apple, Android, Windows, or Chrome markets. You do have to have an account to view all of the videos, but there are lots of free videos, and they have a featured video each day. Below is today's featured video.

 

Brainpop in the Classroom

In past years I've used BrainPOP during whole class instruction to introduce a concept. This year with the 1:1 iPad initiative I was able to individualize the videos kids watched. One of our units involved students writing biography reports, so I had students look at the 66 famous historical figures brainPOP features. Students selected three of these famous people, watched the videos and then decide which they wanted to further research. This process worked out really well, and the kids enjoyed it. They also learned a lot from the short videos they watched, and the biography projects that were presented at the end of the unit. There are numerous ways to use BrainPOP in the classroom. How do you use BrainPOP in your classroom?

**BrainPOP tip: Register as a BrainPOP Educator for lots of other resources like lesson ideas, searchable standards, Mixer, a tool that lets you create custom BrainPOP quizzes. Plus so much more!

You May also like BrainPOP Jr., or BrainPOP ESL.