Most of the videos feature the recurring characters Tim and Moby. In addition to BrainPOP.com for older children, there is BrainPOP Jr. for younger children (grades K-3), BrainPOP Español, BrainPOP Francais, BrainPOP UK, BrainPOP ESL for non-native speakers learning English, and BrainPOP Educators, a free site for teachers. The sites are owned by FWD Media, Inc. and its affiliates, based in New York.
Founded in 1999, the BrainPOP websites display animated, curriculum-based content that supports educators and are intended to be fun for students to watch. The sites’ movies cover the subjects of mathematics, engineering and technology, health, science, social studies, arts and music, and English. Since 2007, the movies have been closed captioned. BrainPOP is used in more than 25% of U.S. schools. The company was founded by Avraham Kadar, M.D., an immunologist and pediatrician, to explain medical concepts to his young patients using animation. As of 2011, BrainPOP hosted more than 11 million unique visits each month, from thousands of schools and individuals worldwide. BrainPOP uses an in-house team of educators, animators, and writers to produce and continually update the sites, incorporating teacher and parent input.
BrainPOP movies may be used to introduce a new lesson or topic, for illustrating complex subject matter or to review before a test. Content is aligned to USA state education standards and is searchable by topic or state standard. In addition to movies, the site displays quizzes, games, experiments and other related content that students can use interactively to reinforce the lessons in the movies. BrainPOP products are compatible with PCs, Macs, projectors and interactive whiteboards. No downloading, installation or special hardware is required. There are also applications for the iPad and smartphones. The movies feature recurring characters such as Tim, Moby and Annie. Most of the movies begin with the characters responding to correspondence and end humorously, often with Tim getting annoyed at Moby or vice versa. Students “enjoy the pair’s antics”.
Founded in 1999, the BrainPOP websites display animated, curriculum-based content that supports educators and are intended to be fun for students to watch. The sites’ movies cover the subjects of mathematics, engineering and technology, health, science, social studies, arts and music, and English. Since 2007, the movies have been closed captioned. BrainPOP is used in more than 25% of U.S. schools. The company was founded by Avraham Kadar, M.D., an immunologist and pediatrician, to explain medical concepts to his young patients using animation. As of 2011, BrainPOP hosted more than 11 million unique visits each month, from thousands of schools and individuals worldwide. BrainPOP uses an in-house team of educators, animators, and writers to produce and continually update the sites, incorporating teacher and parent input.
BrainPOP movies may be used to introduce a new lesson or topic, for illustrating complex subject matter or to review before a test. Content is aligned to USA state education standards and is searchable by topic or state standard. In addition to movies, the site displays quizzes, games, experiments and other related content that students can use interactively to reinforce the lessons in the movies. BrainPOP products are compatible with PCs, Macs, projectors and interactive whiteboards. No downloading, installation or special hardware is required. There are also applications for the iPad and smartphones. The movies feature recurring characters such as Tim, Moby and Annie. Most of the movies begin with the characters responding to correspondence and end humorously, often with Tim getting annoyed at Moby or vice versa. Students “enjoy the pair’s antics”.
