Great Ways to Use Grolier Online with Elementary School Students

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Great Ways to Use Grolier Online with
Elementary School Students
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Grolier Online Recap

• Grolier Online provides students with access to
  online databases from school or from home.
  
• In one location it provides
• Encyclopedias
• Current Events and Reading Comprehension
• Appropriate Websites Reviewed Updated
• Lesson Plans
• Maps and Dictionaries
• Full-Text Magazines and much more!

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You Have Many Databases to Choose From

• Encyclopedia Americana
• Excellent for Teacher Planning
• Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia grade 5 up
• Excellent database of images
• Encyclopedia articles are updated monthly
• The New Book of Knowledge grade 3 up
• Reading Comprehension NewScoops
• Image Searches

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Use Grolier Online to Introduce students to
Research Skills

• Encyclopedia Articles - Teach students the
  difference between academic articles and unknown
  items on the web.
  
• Periodicals Most entries have full-text
  magazine articles linked on the page.
  
• Appropriate Websites Students can use Grolier
  to search the web for current academic and
  student appropriate sites simply by typing in a
  search. Web sites are linked on the encyclopedia
  entry page.
• See Homework Help on NBK Homepage for Research
  topics
  
• Save paper with the print/email function in all
  articles!

Start with The New
Book of Knowledge
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Country Projects

• Facts and Figures
• Flags
• Maps
• Web links
• Magazine Articles
• Photos
• And Much More!

Try The New Book of Knowledge and Lands and
Peoples
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Biographies

• Black History Month
• Inventors
• Scientists
• Artists
• Athletes
• Politicians
• And many more!

Check out the Science Profiles in The New Book of
Popular Science
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Reference Tools

• Dictionaries
• Audio Pronunciations Images
• Childrens Student versions
• Spanish to English
• English to Spanish
• Thesauri
• Interactive Atlas

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Reading Comprehension

• NBK - NewScoops
• 4 articles updated weekly
• All articles are archived
• Includes Worksheets, Discussion Questions,
  Interactive Activities
  
• Great for FCAT prep!
• GME Brain Jam
• GME News

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8. Images

• The New Book of Knowledge
• Advanced Search
• Image Search
• 4,000 images
• Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
• 7,100 images

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9. FCAT Science help

• The New Book of Knowledge
• See NewScoops Archives under Science and
  Technology
  
• Search encyclopedia for Science Concepts

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10. Academic Games and Lots of Fun!

• The New Book of Knowledge
• Web Feat
• Encyclopedia Spotlight
• Question of the Day
• Timelines
• Lands and Peoples
• Passport to Fun
• The New Book of Popular Science
• SciZone
• Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
• BrainJam

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What can you find at Grolier Online?

• Over 850 Maps
• Up-to-date information on thousands of topics
• Lesson Plans
• Games
• Flags and Photos
• Bibliographies
• Full-text magazine articles
• Current Events
• Support for your curriculum standards
• And so much more!