December 2024 Update
BrainPOP is dedicated to creating the most engaging and impactful learning experiences for all learners. As part of our ongoing efforts to enhance and evolve our platform, we are retiring a few learning activities across products, while we focus on building new and improved learning experiences for your classrooms.
We know these activities have played a meaningful role in many classroom learning experiences, and we want to support a smooth transition that ensures continuity of use with BrainPOP. To that end, we’ve highlighted some recommended alternatives below to help achieve your learning goals and promote student engagement and agency.
| Retired Feature | Affected Products | Affected Subscription Types | Recommended Alternatives |
| Make-a-Map |
BrainPOP Jr. BrainPOP (3-8) BrainPOP ELL |
School/District Teacher License Homeschool |
Printables and graphic organizers will return this winter. Both offer opportunities for students to demonstrate their thinking and make connections between concepts. |
| BrainPOP and Partner Games |
BrainPOP Jr. BrainPOP (3-8) BrainPOP ELL BrainPOP Science |
School/District Teacher License Homeschool Family Teacher License |
While original BrainPOP games (e.g., Sortify, Guts and Bolts) are no longer available, partner games (e.g., iCivics) are still accessible via partner sites. Learn more about how to access games here. |
| Related Reading | BrainPOP (3-8) |
School/District Teacher License Homeschool |
Leveled Reading—high-interest texts that build background knowledge alongside movies—are available in select BrainPOP topics. |
| Flash Words | BrainPOP ELL |
School/District Homeschool |
We recommend using Word Play to continue to introduce and practice the vocabulary that appears in BrainPOP ELL movies. |
What’s next from BrainPOP
In parallel to making these changes, we are building new and improved learning experiences for your classrooms to continue serving your curriculum and instruction needs. We look forward to sharing what we’re working on for the 2025-2026 school year.
In the meantime, here is a look at some of the latest learning activities and opportunities for differentiation we’ve already launched for your students and teachers this academic year.
Temporary Hiatus of Select Learning Activities
We’ve been hard at work on new improvements to BrainPOP—including renovations and feature enhancements to better support learning at all levels, including improved reporting and new learning activities are built to build students’ background knowledge and vocabulary, differentiate instruction, and track and celebrate learning outcomes.
To account for behind-the-scenes work for these updates, you’ll find that some activities, reports, and functionality are temporarily unavailable.
This is a temporary measure while our Product and Engineering teams improve our site's backend. We appreciate your understanding as we create a more powerful and engaging learning experience for all our users. Below is an overview of the learning activities and the timing of their availability.
BrainPOP (3-8)
| Feature | Expected Delivery |
| Direct links to lesson plans | Can still be accessed via BrainPOP Educators |
| Primary Source | To be determined |
| Worksheet, Graphic Organizer | Winter |
BrainPOP Science
| Feature | Expected Delivery |
|
Observation Card Scaffolds |
January |
BrainPOP Jr.
| Feature | Expected Delivery |
| Direct links to lesson plans | Can still be accessed via BrainPOP Educators |
| Talk About It | Winter |
| Belly Up | Winter |
| Activity | Winter |
BrainPOP ELL
| Feature | Expected Delivery |
| Hear It, Say It | Winter |
| Write It | Winter |
Assignments and Saved Projects Have Been Cleared
With our recent updates, we’ve had to clear some data as of July 7, 2024. If you had any previous assignments or projects, they've now been cleared from your dashboard. Going forward, any assignments and projects you create will remain on your Dashboard under “My Projects."
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