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Animation-ish
Animation-ish is an easy-to-use, web-based animation program that inspires creativity, and allows students in grades K-9 to show what they know.
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Beanstack
The world’s easiest way to keep track of all the books you read. Connect to your library’s reading programs, so you’ll get credit for every minute and every page.
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Britannica Elementary
Look for people, places, and things. Watch and learn with videos and animations. Have fun with games and activities.
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Britannica Fundamentals
Articles, games and interactive activities for K-2 students.
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ClickView
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Gale Ebooks
Ebook portal for Gale resources.
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Gale In Context: Elementary
Formerly Kids InfoBits A general reference resource for primary and elementary.
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Mackin Via
A collection of Mackin Ebooks available from the GVEP Media Library.
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News-O-Matic
News-O-Matic is a digital news platform designed for K–8 students, offering daily, age-appropriate nonfiction articles that align with educational standards in subjects like ELA, science, social studies, and social-emotional learning. The platform emphasizes safety and accessibility by providing content reviewed by a child psychologist, multiple reading levels, audio narration, and translations in several languages. Interactive features such as videos, quizzes, and a "News Room" for student engagement enhance the learning experience. Educators benefit from tools like lesson plans and customizable units to seamlessly integrate current events into their teaching.
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PebbleGo
Curricular content for K-3 students with informational articles, ready-made activities, and literacy support.
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PebbleGo Animales
Research information that supports animal classification, behaviors and habitats.
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PebbleGo Biographies
Research information on the lives of important inventors, explorers, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, women and more.
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PebbleGo Health
Information on body systems, safety, self-awareness, relationships, and more.
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PebbleGo Next Biographies
Advocates and history makers, artists and authors, athletes, business leaders, composers and entertainers, explorers and pioneers, scientists and inventors, and world leaders. Each article includes a timeline and read-along audio, and most have an accompanying video.
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PebbleGo Next Indigenous Peoples History
American Indian History includes articles on 40 different Native American tribes in 11 different regions that explores the geography, housing, food, language, family life, cultural characteristics, history and government, beliefs, traditions, people and important tribe members – past and present.
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PebbleGo Next Science
More than 150 articles correlated to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) explore essential topics across Earth, life and physical sciences including: atmosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, the solar system, genetics, human anatomy, ecosystems, adaptation, energy, forces and motion, matter, and waves. Hard to find information regarding jobs in science and explorations of the process and practice of science and engineering are also included. Each article is supported by a related activity, a research project template, and questions to encourage critical thinking. Also includes read-aloud audio for every article and a selection of video experiments.
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PebbleGo Next Social Studies
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PebbleGo Next Spanish
PebbleGo has launched PebbleGo Next Spanish, extending its curriculum-aligned research platform to support Spanish-speaking students in grades 3–5. This new offering includes over 1,000 articles across subjects like Biographies, Health, Indigenous Peoples’ History, Science, Social Studies, and U.S. States, all presented with authentic Spanish read-aloud audio and engaging visuals. A one-click language toggle allows seamless switching between English and Spanish, facilitating bilingual learning environments. Educators are also provided with Spanish-language lesson plans and extended learning activities to enhance classroom instruction.
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PebbleGo Science
Research information that supports Earth Science, seasons, weather, and space.
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PebbleGo Social Studies
Research information about the world around you including families, maps and holidays.
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PK Earth and Space
Inspires elementary and middle school learners about key earth and space science topics including earth cycles, ecosystems and biomes, energy and matter, landforms, maps, natural disasters, rocks and minerals, environmental issues, the scientific method, space, water, and weather and climate.
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PK Life Science
Inspires elementary and middle school learners about key life science topics including animals; classification; endangered and extinct species; food chains and food webs; green living; habitats and ecosystems; the human body; life cycles; plants; and survival and adaptation.
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PK Physical Science
Informs and inspires learners about key physical science topics including atoms and molecules; elements and the periodic table; energy and matter; force and motion; and temperature and measurement.
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Rosen Learning Center
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Sooth.fyi
Sooth is a curated search engine optimized for
students and knowledge professionals.
We’ve built a proprietary search index comprised solely of
expert content from across the web covering a range of
important global topics. Accelerate your knowledge search.
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Soundzabound
Soundzabound royalty free music.
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Spotlight on American Colonies
Explore what life was like as the American colonies started and grew, including where colonists lived, whom they traded with, and how they survived. Learn about important figures and industries in colonial history, as well as the many struggles colonists faced.
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Spotlight on American History
Explore the extraordinary history of the United States and the people, places, and events that helped shape our young nation. Discover the causes and significance of key events in American history and the beginnings of our government.
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Spotlight on Kids Can Code
How can we use computational thinking in everyday life? Learn to create apps, games, and animations, too while learning concepts like algorithms, Boolean logic, and conditionals.
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Spotlight on NY
A well-researched overview of the Empire State, including its geography, history, and industries.
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Spotlight on Social and Emotional Learning
Grades 3-7 Interactive ebooks teach self-awareness to promote healthy responses to emotions
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Swank K-12 Streaming
Swank K-12 Streaming is convenient, controlled, and connected streaming platform that makes it easy for teachers to incorporate high-quality films into lesson plans. The library includes thousands of films for educational support, including the top feature films, documentaries and foreign titles.
Powered by Swank Motion Pictures, the content is curated specifically for educators based on the movies they need for lessons, and provides access both inside the classroom or for assignments outside of the classroom.
Eliminate the need for DVD players in classrooms
Enable streaming access for districts blocking personal streaming sites
Extend the classroom with connectivity to any LMS
Streamline access with single sign-on integration
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Swank Movie Licensing USA Annual Public Performance Site License
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Teaching Books
Discover online multimedia resources. Bring books and authors to life.
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Tumble Book Library
Ebook collection that includes animated talking picture books, chapter books, videos, non-fiction titles, playlists, books in languages other than English such as French and Spanish, graphic novels and math stories. Supporting materials includes lesson plans, quizzes, educational games and puzzles related to both math and language skills.