Online Encyclopedias and Databases
Book Flix
This resource has a variety of books in different content areas that students can read or listen to at school or home. To access at home please come see me about the username/password. It is different for each elementary school.
Brain Pop
BrainPop is a group of educational websites with over 1,000 short animated movies for students in grades K-12. This resource covers the subjects of science, social studies, English, mathematics, engineering and technology, health, and arts and music! Check it out!
Britannica Encyclopedia
This database has a bundle of resources that includes encyclopedias in both English and Spanish, as well as Social Studies and Science related encyclopedias!
Britannica Escolar
This database has a bundle of resources that includes encyclopedias only in Spanish! It covers a wide variety of content areas!
Dogonews
DOGO News has fun articles for kids on current events, science, sports, and more! There are also lots of stories, pictures, videos, games and on this website!
FactCite
Research and learn fun facts about a variety of different subjects!
Gale Virtual Reference Library
A reference for teachers to look up books and other resources for classroom use.
Kids Discover
An award winning resource with different articles in a variety of different subject areas! This is a great resource!!
Kids Infobits
Kids Infobits offers great encyclopedia and magazine articles for many topics.
Learning A-Z
An online guided reading program with interactive ebooks, downloadable books, and reading quizzes.
PebbleGo!
PebbleGo is a database for reading and research. It covers a variety of content areas. It is a very user friendly database that is geared towards students in K-3. Check it out!
Scholastic News
A great resource for online magazines! Your classroom teachers will have the login information.
Science Flix
This resource provides online articles and resources in Science. There is a huge variety of options to choose from! To access at home please come see me about the username/password. It is different for each elementary school.
Teachingbooks
TeachingBooks.net is an easy-to-use website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children's and young adult books.
TrueFlix
This resource provides online books in the following areas: People, Places, History, Science, and Nature. To access at home please come see me about the username/password. It is different for each elementary school.
Tumble Books
TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. They are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.
World Book Children's Edition
This database has a bundle of detailed resources in a number of different content areas. It has tons of great information!!