NEW YORK, Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Why is the sky blue? How do fish breathe? Who invented the Internet? Kids' natural curiosity knows no bounds - and if you're a parent or teacher, it's not always easy to answer their questions. But there's help. Thanks to a major update, the popular BrainPOP® Featured Movie app now enables mobile access to BrainPOP's full collection of more than 750 standards-aligned movies and quizzes. This breadth - unparalleled among learning apps - means kids can explore Science, Math, Social Studies, English, Engineering & Tech, Arts & Music, and Health subjects right on their mobile devices.
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For more than a decade, BrainPOP has been a trusted, go-to source for animated educational resources, in homes and in thousands of subscribing schools around the globe. In 2010, the company released its free Featured Movie app for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, offering a different curricular movie and related quiz every day, on subjects that tied in to significant current and historical events.
With the update, the app now offers not only the free daily Featured Movie, but also two choices for subscribing to additional content:
- Explorer Level: Complements the free daily topic with four additional related movies and quizzes that also rotate each day. Perfect for informal, exploratory learning at home or on the go. ($1.99/month)
- Full Access Level: Provides unlimited access to more than 750 BrainPOP movies and quizzes, letting kids focus on the subjects they're most interested in as well as what they're learning at school. ($6.99/month) BrainPOP site subscribers will be able to log in from the app at no additional cost.
BrainPOP's Featured Movie app has been downloaded more than 900,000 times. Education writers, parents, teachers, and kids themselves have lauded it in over 4,000 reviews - for everything from its original voice and extensive selection of cross-curricular topics to its ease of use and unique delivery of fresh content daily.
"Innovative teachers and creative parents around the world are already advancing learning with mobile devices," said Avraham Kadar, M.D., BrainPOP's Founder and CEO. "We're thrilled that BrainPOP has a role to play in sparking learning opportunities in and out of the classroom."
The BrainPOP Featured Movie app has been recommended by The New York Times, USA Today, iPhone Life, and The Epoch Times among other outlets, and has been featured multiple times in the iTunes App Store.
Download BrainPOP's Featured Movie app from iTunes.
About BrainPOP
BrainPOP® (www.brainpop.com) creates animated, curricular content that engages students, supports teachers, and bolsters achievement - in classrooms, at home, and on mobile devices. Our proven and award-winning educational resources, uniquely suited for 21st century learning, include BrainPOP Jr. ® (K-3), BrainPOP, BrainPOP Espanol', and BrainPOP ESL'. Our newest offering, GameUp', highlights top, free educational games and aligns them to academic topics. All of our resources are supported by BrainPOP Educators, a free professional community more than 135,000 teachers strong. Aligned to academic standards and easy to use, BrainPOP sites host more than 11 million visits each month. BrainPOP brings learning to your fingertips'.
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