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Whether your students are using Apple©, Android™, Windows 8, or Chrome™ devices, there’s a BrainPOP app for you. Ideal for BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and other mobile learning environments, mobile access is now an integral part of all BrainPOP Jr. (K-3), BrainPOP, and BrainPOP Español subscriptions. The BrainPOP Featured Movie and BrainPOP Jr. Our Featured Movie app for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch has been downloaded millions of times and lauded in thousands of reviews. Visit BrainPOP Educators for a selection of mobile learning best practices! For K-3 students, check out the BrainPOP Jr. For English language learners and teachers, there's the BrainPOP ESL app.

Social Studies for Kids 40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World If you’re a visual learner like myself, then you know maps, charts and info graphics can really help bring data and information to life. Maps can make a point resonate with readers and this collection aims to do just that. Hopefully some of these maps will surprise you and you’ll learn something new. If you enjoy this collection of maps, the Sifter highly recommends the r/MapPorn sub reddit. 1. Map by Google 2. Map via Wikimedia Commons 3. Map by Stuart Laycock (via The Telegraph) 4. Map by eatrio.net via Reddit Pangea was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, forming about 300 million years ago. 5. Map by Business Management EU 6. Map by The New York Times 7. Map by Teepr on Reddit 8. Map by ChartsBin.com 9. Map by Phoenix B 1of3 10. Map by Carna Botnet via Reddit 11. Map by Vizual Statistix 12. Map by valeriepieris on Reddit 13. Map by andrewfahmy on Reddit 14. Map by World Health Organization 15. 16. Map by Nelson Minar 17. Map by Deadspin.com 18. 19. 20.

The Evidence Base for Social Studies: Social Studies in Elementary Education What We Know According to Seif, there has never been a greater need for social studies programs to prepare students for the future (2003). At a time when a meaningful social studies program is crucial at every level, Seif finds data indicating a reduced emphasis on social studies during the elementary school years (2003). Evangelina Jones, Valerie Ooka and James Rodriquez go as far as to state that social studies is an invisible subject in many elementary classrooms (2001). William Galston’s research provides hard evidence for these statements: between 1988 and 1998 the proportion of fourth-grade students who reported taking social studies daily fell from 49% to 39% (2003, p. 9). Seixas adds that social studies is not seen as a serious or challenging subject by many elementary school teachers and students (2001, p. 550). Elementary social studies education is important as it provides students the ability to: Two goals of social studies programs are identified in Sunal’s research.