Exploration Center
No need to use Google or YouTube, this page has got it all! These pages can help you learn about biomes and animals, kings and presidents, movie stars and singers. These pages are even better than Google because they read the stories OUT LOUD for you. Give it a whirl and don't forget that you can even use these at home.
Start researching a topic on this page and then move onto the subject specific pages (in green) for more in-depth research.
The World IN CONTEXT
In Context is a great place to start learning about the world around you. With videos, images, audio and text that can be read OUT LOUD, this resource has something for every type of learner. It even has a Topic Finder to help you narrow your broad topic into easier chunks.
The World Around Us
Designed specifically for students in grades 3-6, Gale in Context allows articles (listed by reading level) to be read out loud, annotated and saved to Google Drive with annotations. Perfect for any projects that requires facts, images and videos. Teachers can also assign articles to students from Google Classroom
Britannica - LMS
This updated encyclopedia is better than Google since it sorts results by reading ability with images and videos built right into the search results. Teachers can share everything through Google Classroom, too!
Topic Finder
This tool takes the titles, subjects, and approximately the first 100 words from a subset of your top results and feeds them into an algorithm. Keywords shown in the graphics are those found most often in the text with your search term. The topic for “Illinois” might bring up expected connections from the text like “Chicago,” along with unexpected but commonly related terms like “water,” “steel,” and the names of people who appear frequently in documents about Illinois.