Welcome to Discovery Education Science for Elementary

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Welcome toDiscovery Education Science for
Elementary
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Digital Media that Works
Empower students to think and explore like
scientists.
Enhance science instruction with a formative
assessment tool that enables you to monitor
student progress and recommend resources based on
individual student needs.

• Engage student minds with science while
  reinforcing important literacy and mathematics
  skills.

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Log In Screen
New users must click the tab Passcode/New User
Login to get started.
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New Users the school Passcode
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Setting Up Accounts
This is the form you will see when you have
entered your school Passcode.
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Logging into DE Science for Elementary
Use the Subscriber Login tab to log in with
username and password.
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Logging into DE Science for Elementary
Locate Discovery Education Science Elementary
School under My Services
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Enhance Your Instruction with Multimedia Content
Advanced Search
Keyword Search
Curriculum Standards Search
Browse three areas of science
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Browse Units, Topics Concepts
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Glossary Terms
Glossary terms are available on each Concept page.
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Glossary Terms
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Pathways to Science Investigation
Concept pages provide pathways through the
content.
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Pathways to Science Investigation
LEARN Video Segments are divided into chapters
that illustrate specific concepts within each
topic. Reading Passages are leveled to support a
variety of readers. eBooks enable struggling
readers and students whose first language is not
English to read and listen to science content.
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Pathways to Science Investigation
EXPLORE Explorations enable students to
manipulate variables and test their predictions
about outcomes. Virtual Labs are designed to
give students the opportunity to practice
designing and conducting virtual investigations.
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Pathways to Science Investigation
EXPLORE VIRTUAL LABS
Introduction Tab This part sets the stage for the
investigation by presenting a real-world problem
around which the investigation is based.
Investigate Tab Students choose single or
multiple variables to test and observe and then
conduct their investigations.
Results Tab Students view a record of trial
results in chart form.
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Pathways to Science Investigation
DEMONSTRATE Online Assessments pair formative
assessment tools with dynamic content. Brief
Constructed Responses monitor your students
deeper understanding of science concepts.
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Pathways to Science Investigation
EXTEND Extend provides content that goes into
greater detail about the concept or extends the
concept beyond elementary level expectations.
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Teacher Center

• Process Skills Library
• Find resources that can help your students
  develop their science process skills
• Virtual Labs
• MythBusters episodes
• Science Sleuths
• Featured Series Library
• Find Video Clips from some of your favorite
  Discovery series
• Planet Earth
• Jeff Corwin Experience
• Backyard Habitat

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Teacher Center - Process Skills Library
Media in the Process Skills Library addresses the
critical thinking skills students must acquire in
order to successfully engage in the scientific
process.
Virtual Labs Students design and conduct their
own scientific investigations Science
Sleuths Students examine science mysteries and
use articles, interviews and video to solve the
problem MythBusters Episodes have been selected
and edited for school audiences and illustrate
the adventure and careful use of scientific
process to prove a science myth, or bust it!
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Teacher Center Featured Series Library
Find Video Clips from some of your favorite
Discovery series. Immerse students with featured
video including Planet Earth, Jeff Corwin
Experience and Backyard Habitat.
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Professional Development
Access a variety of resources designed to help
you make the most effective use of Discovery
Education Science for Elementary digital media.
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My Content
This global feature allows you to collect,
organize, share and retrieve your favorite
Discovery Education media resources, assignments,
quizzes, writing prompts, and more in one
convenient place. Located in the dark grey
navigation bar at the top of the screen, My
Content is accessible from anywhere on the site.
Use the Action pull down menu to copy, move,
assign or delete media
Add media resources and assessments to folders
you create
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Add a Resource to My Content

1. Locate a resource and click View Details
2. Click Add to My Content
3. Select DE Science Elementary
4. Click Add

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Assignment Builder
The Assignment Builder is a versatile resource
that helps you build online activities and
web-based projects that are stored on the
Discovery Education streaming servers. You can
use this tool to create student assignments that
integrate a variety of digital media types.
Students access assignments through the Student
Center.
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Quiz Builder
The Quiz Builder tool allows you to create online
assessments that you can use to test student
comprehension or survey prior knowledge. You can
search over 2,000 pre-made quizzes in the Quiz
Library, choose individual questions from the
Quiz Builder databank or write your own
questions. Students access quizzes through the
Student Center.
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Writing Prompt Builder
Stimulate the writing process in your classroom
with thousands of images that are ready-made for
declarative, persuasive, narrative, and
expository writing exercises. You can search the
Writing Prompt Library for images accompanied by
suggested text or create your own writing prompts
with the help of the Writing Prompt Builder.
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Assessment Manager
Use Sciences formative assessment tools to
monitor students understanding and adjust your
lessons accordingly.

• Create
• Standards-based assessments
• Custom assessments
• Edit existing assessments
• Assign
• Assessments youve already created
• Assessments created by Science
• Report Recommend
• View results by student
• View results by class

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Classroom Manager
Create a new Classroom
Manage Classrooms and Content
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Classroom Manager
Create a Class Create a Class

1. Enter the Class Name
2. Enter a Start Date
3. Enter an End Date
4. Save/Continue

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Classroom Manager
Create a Class Select Students

1. To add students to your class, select their name
   from the School Roster on the left
2. Select the "Add" button
3. Save/Continue

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Classroom Manager
Create a Class Review

1. Review/edit class details
2. Review/edit class roster
3. Select Done

If you will be teaching the same set of students
in separate subjects, you can duplicate this
group of students
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Presentation Strategies and Software Integration
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Presentation Models

• Common ways teachers, Media Specialists, and
  technology coordinators display Discovery
  Education Science for Elementary content
• Computer connected to an LCD projector
• Interactive whiteboards
• Televisions with scan converters
• Computer labs
• Libraries and Media Centers
• Mobile carts with laptop computers
• Student stations and centers

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Teaching Strategies to Consider
Determine prior knowledge with a pre-activity
assessment. Use assessment results to assign
appropriate media to individual students.
Create investigative teams. Have students work
in small groups on Virtual Labs or Explorations
to develop testable questions, test their
hypotheses and record results.
Pose questions or prepare thought-provoking
lesson starters before viewing media to
actively engage students.
Connect your computer to a projector and use
Explorations or a video clip as presentation
tools to kick off a lesson.
Assign Reading Passages that reinforce concepts
and provide background information.
Save time by saving your favorite resources to
folders within My Content.
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Questions?
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Technology Information to Know

• Recommended 3rd party software
• Windows Media Player - PC
• Apple QuickTime Player - Mac
• Flash 8.0 or Greater
• Adobe Shockwave Player

• Screen Resolution
• Minimum 800 x 600
• Best results 1024 x 768

Home users with 56k modems can search and use
support materials viewing interactive media and
performing downloads may be possible but will be
very slow.
DE Science is designed for use with a broadband
internet connection.
Video files, reading passages and brief
constructed responses may be downloaded. All
other content is available online only via
streaming.
You may need to install updated codecs if the
media player is not properly playing the audio or
video components.