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Britannica School Elementary is a resource that would be best used with students grades 1-5. The focus of this website is for student research largely in the area of science and social studies. It has many articles related to animals, biographies and map skills. It has interactive maps of the country and the world that students can use to gather information. Once an article has been chosen, it also has links to other information related to the chosen topic. Britannica School is easy for students to search as long as they know the topic or subtopic they are looking for. This is a great resource for younger students because it will also read to them if they have difficulty reading. Each search offers pictures, videos and information. This would be beneficial to use in the classroom for any kind of research project in science or social studies. I would like to use it for my students to learn more about the animals in a habitat or to study about influential people in history.
I often do a demonstration for the elementary students when they come into the library. I don't think they use this resources much though when it comes to research because they often just google things. I don't lead any research projects myself, though I have suggested collaborating with teachers on lessons. I am wondering how familiar the teachers are with the AVL as a resource over all. Maybe I should be doing the demonstration for them!
ReplyDeleteI would be very interested in using this in my classroom. I teach science, and sometimes it can be hard to find resources in our school library on a certain topic. I like how it has links in the article that can take them to other info related to to the topic. This would make research easier for students at the elementary school level. Sometimes it can be difficult for my students to properly research a topic using google, so I think something like this can provide quality information without having to struggle with the research portion.
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