 Cameras
Say cheese! Want to know how pictures get taken? Let Tim and Moby tell you in this BrainPOP movie on cameras! Starting with the basics, they’ll guide you through all the processes that make up photography, from the click of the shutter to the finished picture. Among other things, you’ll learn how a camera lens works like a human eye, how the chemicals that coat film and photographic paper interact with light, and how different types of film produce either black-and-white or color images. This is the movie that every developing photographer should watch! |
 Color
What is color? And what is the electromagnetic spectrum, anyway? In this BrainPop movie, Tim and Moby help you understand how color comes about. You’ll learn about different types of radiation, like visible light, plus seven types of electromagnetic waves. Discover how these waves are organized and how they can carry different levels of energy. Find out about visible and invisible electromagnetic waves, white light, and how objects absorb different amounts of energy to give us the basic seven colors we can see. What’s your favorite color? |
 Cubism
Creativity has a shape, and that shape is…a cube?! In this BrainPOP movie, Tim and Moby look at Cubism from all angles to get to the bottom of this influential art style. Explore how Cubists found simple geometric shapes in the world around them, and tinkered with multiple viewpoints within a single painting. Discover how Cubism broke the rules and changed the way artists looked at art. And learn all about how Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque joined brushes to launch the Cubism movement in the early 1900s. You’ll also find out about the artist who inspired them most! So get ready to think outside the box--with plenty of boxes, of course. |
 Musical Scales
Have you practiced your scales today? No? Well, why not watch this BrainPOP movie instead? In it, Tim and Moby will acquaint you with the basics of musical scales! You’ll learn about intervals--those spaces between notes--and how arranging them in different patterns makes different kinds of scales. You’ll also learn what a root note is, how it’s related to an octave, and how you can use it to identify a scale. Plus, you’ll learn how to identify major and minor scales based on how they make you feel--and you’ll figure out what it means when a song is in a certain key. Even if he can’t play keytar to save his life, Tim’s going to put you on the road to musical mastery! |
 Reading Music
Want to learn how to read music? In this BrainPOP movie, Tim and Moby will give you a quick lesson on how to understand the written form of your favorite tunes. You’ll learn how to tell a B flat from a bass clef, and the difference between a staff and a sixteenth note! Indeed, our very own POP stars will introduce you to the different symbols used in musical notation, and they’ll show you how music writers use them to denote pitch, tempo, and rhythm. And a-one, and a-two! |
 Ludwig Van Beethoven
Was he the greatest composer who ever lived? Tim and Moby will help you decide as they introduce you to the life and work of Ludwig van Beethoven! In this BrainPOP movie, you’ll find out about Beethoven’s early life and why he’s still so famous. Discover which styles of music he composed in, and why his work was so innovative. You’ll also learn about his lifelong struggle with disability, and how he rose above it to compose music that continues to be performed and enjoyed today. Greatest composer ever? We’ll leave it to you to decide, but we think he’s way up there! |
 Leonardo da Vinci
What couldn’t Leonardo do? Find out all about Leonardo da Vinci’s incredible skill and talent as Tim and Moby introduce you to the life and work of this famous painter … and inventor … and anatomist … and mathematician. In this BrainPOP movie, you’ll learn where and when he was born, and how he got his career started. Discover what else he was known for besides his painting, as well as why it was centuries before anyone profited from his scientific observations. You’ll also uncover the secrets of a couple of his most famous paintings, and see why he fits the true description of a Renaissance man. How’s that for inspiration? |
 Louis Armstrong
Get into the swing of things! In this BrainPOP movie on Louis Armstrong, Tim and Moby will acquaint you with jazz’s most influential musician. From his humble beginnings in New Orleans to the height of worldwide celebrity, you’ll learn all about Satchmo’s life and times. (Speaking of which, you’ll also learn where the nickname “Satchmo” came from in the first place.) You’ll discover how Armstrong’s unique improvisations took jazz in a new direction, setting its course for decades to come, and how his radiant personality made him a beloved figure around the world!
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 Impressionism
What’s so special about lots of little brush strokes? Find out, as Tim and Moby introduce you to the scandalous painting practices of the Impressionists! In this BrainPOP movie, you’ll find out how a show of rejected art sparked an art movement that still resonates more than a century afterward. Discover what the Impressionists were rebelling against, and learn about some of the techniques they used to create an entirely new style of art. You’ll see a few important Impressionist paintings and meet their creators, and you’ll learn how to tell if a painting is Impressionist or not. Now go start your own art revolution!
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