Each month Software Services 4 Education will showcase new innovative products or services from a range of suppliers and publishers. This month is it BrainPOP UK, the cross curricular educational website suitable for both primary and secondary that supports contextual learning.

BrainPOP UK

BrainPOP UK is a fresh, highly engaging educational website which contains hundreds of animated short movies; each movie features the adventures of Tim, a boy, and his robot best friend, Moby as they explain concepts from across the curriculum.

It's easy to integrate, simple to use, engaging and extremely popular with pupils. Ideal for using on an Interactive Whiteboard to introduce a topic and generate discussion, ideal for use in both primary and secondary schools. BrainPOP UK can also be used by individual pupils too.

There are seven main categories, Science, Humanities, English, Maths, Arts, PSHE and Design & Technology.

BrainPOP UK in Scotland

BrainPOP UK takes Scottish education very seriously and there is a lot of activity going on in Scotland at the moment and the momentum is still building.

Curriculum for Excellence - ALL BrainPOP UK movies are mapped to Curriculum for Excellence. By using their Curriculum Planning Tool Deep Beep, it is easier than ever to find just the right movie for just about any topic.

Evaluator School Programme - BrainPOP UK have decided to use Scotland to pilot this programme. By working with local authorities in Scotland, this programme allows schools to use BrainPOP UK free for an extended period of time for a specific project. For more information on this programme in Scotland contact kim.conway3@btinternet.com

TeachMeet - at the recent TeachMeets in Scotland, (Scottish Learning Festival and Falkirk) Tim and Moby have explained to those who had not been to a TeachMeet before what it was all about. If you haven't been to a TeachMeet and want to find out more, check out the video.

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You can keep up to date with what is going on at BrainPOP UK by checking out their blog.