BrainPOP

BrainPOP is an American group of children's educational websites. It hosts over 1,000 short animated movies for students in grades K–8. 
==History==
BrainPop was founded in 1999 by Avraham Kadar to explain medical concepts to his young patients using animation, and co-founded by Chanan Kadmon, who served as the company's president, acting CEO and an executive producer, who later left BrainPop in 2003. https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/Ecorp/EntitySearch/NameSearch.aspxhttps://web.archive.org/web/20040803084703/http://www.brainpop.com/general/founders.weml
The BrainPop websites display animated, curriculum content that supports educators and are intended to be fun and motivational for students to watch. http://www.tc.edu/ctsc/resources_webresources.asp The sites' movies cover the subjects; science, social studies, English, mathematics, engineering, technology, health, arts and music. https://archive.today/20120905230438/http://www.northjersey.com/news/education/announcements/137737453_Hilldale_Elementary_School_receives_technology_grant.html The sites also access educational games. http://www.brainpop.com/support/images/article_newsday_20070204.pdf 
BrainPop is used in two thirds of U.S. school districts and in many schools outside the U.S., as well as home schoolers and others. http://kidscreen.com/2014/10/06/why-you-should-be-paying-attention-to-brainpop-including-classroom-inc-s-new-game-after-the-storm/ Kadar served as CEO from BrainPop's founding until 2019, when Scott Kirkpatrick was named CEO. https://newyork.citybizlist.com/article/571042/brainpop-appoints-scott-kirkpatrick-as-ceo
On October 11, 2022, Kirkbi A/S acquired BrainPOP for $875 million. Kirkpatrick continued to act as BrainPOP's CEO, and Kadar to remain on the board of directors, with the same team expected to continue to operate BrainPop independently. https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-10-11-lego-s-parent-company-acquires-edtech-firm-brainpop 
==Channel==
The BrainPOP channel was created on April 17, 2008. Their first video was uploaded on June 5, 2017. 
==References==
Category:Educational YouTubers
Category:Film YouTubers
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2008