Mountain Brook Schools has a District license for K-6 students.  Please access through Classlinks.  Each Teacher can setup his/her classroom so students can submit work taken. Teachers should join Brainpop Educators for more information.  https://educators.brainpop.com  

In classrooms, on mobile devices, and at home, BrainPOP engages students through animated movies, learning games, interactive quizzes, primary source activities, concept mapping, and more. Our award-winning resources include BrainPOP Jr. (K-3), BrainPOP, BrainPOP Español, and, for English language learners, BrainPOP ESL. They cover topics within Science, Math, Social Studies, English Language Arts, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Music, Health, Reading, and Writing. Our content is carefully mapped to the Common Core, aligned to academic standards, and searchable with our online Standards Tool.

We are also home to GameUp, an educational games portal for the classroom; Make-a-Map, an innovative concept mapping tool powered by Ideaphora^®; and “My BrainPOP,” which lets teachers customize assessments, incorporate gaming into instruction, spur meaningful reflection, and keep track of learning.  BrainPOP Educators offers professional development and an array of lesson plans, video tutorials, graphic organizers, and a rich curriculum calendar.

BrainPOP can be used in traditional, blended, and “flipped” learning settings, supporting individual, team, and whole-class learning. At school and in more informal learning environments, our characters help introduce new topics and illustrate complex concepts. BrainPOP is also an ideal fit for mobile learning and BYOD classrooms: BrainPOP.com is optimized for mobile browsers, and our educational apps – available on all major platforms – have been downloaded millions of times and lauded in countless reviews.

This resource is provided by Brookwood Forest Elementary School.  This resource is designed for Grades PREK-3rd grade.  This resource is available through Classlinks!

BookFlix^® is a digital literacy resource that pairs more than 120 animated stories from Weston Woods with a best-selling nonfiction eBook from Scholastic on a similar subject. The fiction and nonfiction pairings are designed to strengthen early literacy skills while exposing young learners to real world concepts.  

Brookwood Forest Elementary is providing this resource for your students and staff.  This resource is available through Classlinks! 

Core Clicks is the yearlong digital reading program from the creators of Scholastic News and Weekly Reader. Designed for grades K–5, Core Clicks combines highly engaging nonfiction with powerful interactive instruction to build close-reading skills. Through multiple encounters with each incredible text, your students will develop the nonfiction reading skills required by Common Core and other higher academic standards. Best of all, this digital instructional program was built to work with your school’s existing technology, whether you use interactive whiteboards, computers, or tablets!

Highly Engaging Nonfiction
Core Clicks features 120 captivating informational texts on curriculum-connected science and social studies topics. Each text features a dynamic video, amazing photos, and meaningful interactive tasks that keep kids engaged while they develop crucial reading skills.

Brookwood Forest Elementary provides this resource for Teachers and students.  Freedom Flix is available through Classlinks.  

With more than 60 multimedia units spanning 10 core areas of study,FreedomFlix^™ offers students a behind-the-scenes look at the people, places, and events that shaped our world. Engage even the most reluctant readers with this dynamic, interactive digital resource!

How to use:  http://www.scholastic.com/digital/resources/marketing/Freedomflix/FF-Curated%20Resources-chart-9-2015_FNL.pdf  

Brookwood Forest Provides this resource for our students and faculty.  It is aimed for Lexile Level Readers from 600-1200  or Grades 4-9. This resource is best accessed through Classlinks. 

Offering more than 50 complete units of study with over 6500 science-related assets in a variety of media, ScienceFlix^™ provides students with a better understanding of science concepts and ideas through hands-on projects, videos, multiple text types, interactive features and more.

Brookwood Forest Elementary provides this resource for Grades 3 and up.  This resource is best accessed through the BWF website under Student Resources.  

Beautiful, authentic ebooks are enhanced with a deep and diverse reservoir of related content in a variety of text types and media–including primary sources, fiction, videos, audio clips, images, and related websites. TrueFlix^® helps students improve literacy skills, build content-area knowledge, and cultivate the critical skills necessary for academic success and college and career readiness. 

This Resource is provided by Emmet O'Neal Library for Mountain Brook Residents.  Please access through Classlink.  

Capstone Interactive eBooks provide text highlighting, audio support, the ability to customize book lists, and educator support. 

These eBooks can be used with a laptop or desktop computer or an iPad. Students love Capstone Interactive eBooks because they can access them anytime, anywhere. Does your child have a report due the next day? Did he or she forget to check out books from the library? Capstone Interactive eBooks can help! See what titles our school has to offer by using the login information below. Best of all, Capstone Interactive eBooks provide critical supports like text-highlighting and readaloud audio, recorded by professional voice-over artists, to model pronunciation and fluency. Plus, the easy navigation makes it inviting for your student to find their Capstone favorites: like the spunky Katie Woo, stunning photography from PebblePlus books, and thrilling reads like Library of Doom from Michael Dahl. And you can feel comfortable knowing your student is exploring an adfree website bursting with resources to help them read in and out of the classroom. 

This resource is provided by Emmet O'Neal Library for Mountain Brook Residents.  Please access through Classlinks.  See Mrs. Mumm for password. 

Databases available are:

Biographies, Social Studies and Dinosaurs