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Developed to help students do more effective research and to assist educators in teaching the basics of the core information literacy principles of finding, evaluating, and using information.
Tags: Academic Research, Information Literacy, Research Process, Thesis, Educator Resource, Teacher Resource
30,000 printable educational materials for grades pre-K through 8 (ages 4-13). Supplement any subject or skill. Learning activities, quizzes, and more. Build skills at home or in school with printable activity sheets for kids, parents and teachers.
Tags: Homework, Homeschooling, Extra Activities, Education, Learning Fun, Coloring
The Watch and Learn Library is an early literacy program in English and Spanish for ages 4 to 8. It includes over 230 videos with real-world footage about science and social studies with closed captioning to support beginning readers and ELL. There are also short, fun quizzes to gauge comprehension and a vocabulary builder too.
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Full text and images for the leading periodicals in science and technology, covering computers, engineering, physics, telecommunications, transportation and more.
Tags: Aerospace, Engineering, Applied Sciences, Telecommunications, Physics
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Provides expertly researched content on core science subjects and in-depth overview essays on key science topic. Includes more than 1600 resources including images, videos, experiments and self-paced learning objects.
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General reference database for elementary and middle school learners, researchers, and educators covering curriculum areas and content sets such as reading, language arts, current events, science, social studies, history, health, and technology. SIRS Discoverer provides editorially-selected, indexed, and curated materials from over 2,100 newspapers, magazines, and websites offering guided research for young researchers.
Tags: Educator Resource, Teacher Resource, Middle School, Elementary, General Reference
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Background and analysis on 350+ leading issues, providing pros and cons on social, scientific, health, historic, economic, political, and global issues.
Tags: Social Issues, Research Topics, Information Literacy, Debate Topics, Primary Sources
The complete run of Gale’s Something About the Author reference set, including thousands of illustrated biographical profiles of children’s authors and illustrators.
Tags: Biography, Autobiography, YA Authors, Young Adult Authors, Modern Authors, Contemporary Authors
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