Hi I haven't used brain pop in years - thank you for reminding me - but "buy a license?" - Ill check that out.

I love brain pop, it is a very fun resources I feel like it would be good for any grade level, even higher grades. In middle school I feel like the students would really get into it because they love playing games. The one game that I really enjoyed on here and thought would be useful for students to do was a timeline game, i think it was called timezone. The player was asked to place certain historical events in order, the events were all described and I really think this is great for classroom use!

I am very familiar with Brainpop and implementing it in the classroom. I have used the "Great Wall of China" clip to accommodate my visual and auditory learners. The short clip gives so much detail for students to learn about China's Great Wall in a matter of four minutes. There is a 10 question quiz that students just love to take after the clip. I usually divide students into groups and they have to write the answers down and at the end we all go over the quiz to reveal the correct answers. The group with the highest points correct wins a small rewards (tickets). Brainpop is very interactive with grades 5-8.

[font=arial, sans-serif]"The Chinese lunar calendar dates back to the second millennium BCE. Unlike our calendar, which numbers the years progressively from a given time (the birth of Christ), the Chinese calendar is cyclical. Each cycle is made up of 12 years; after the 12th year, the cycle is repeated. The Chinese associate each year of a 12-year cycle with an animal and they refer to the years as "the year of the dragon," "the year of the ox," and so forth. The 12 animals and the years associated with them are often represented on a circular chart, and for this reason, they are known as animals of the zodiac." http://www.edsitement.com[/font%5D


https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/animals-chinese-zodiac


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Thanks for the info! It seems like a great activity to use when exposing students to The Great Wall. Especially when it comes to reaching different styles of learning. The students love using Brain Pop!