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Learn about endangered species, famous musicians, space exploration & more! Explora contains complete articles from dozens of the most popular elementary school magazines.  You’ll also find easy-to-read encyclopedia entries written specifically for kids & more than one million images of photos, maps and flags!

explora_web_button_educators_edition_200x100Explora Educator’s Edition focuses on the needs of teachers & school librarians. It offers professional development resources, lesson plans, research guides, and curriculum standards.

Contains magazine & newspaper articles for grades K-5. Current events, science, history, etc.
Britannica School offers thousands of up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended Web sites.
Brainfuse HelpNow– Receive one-to-one tutoring from 2:00pm to 11:00pm daily. Also includes test prep and writing help.

An ideal learning resource for elementary-aged students, designed to build confidence and encourage creativity. Easy-to-read articles that can be read aloud or translated and a wealth of engaging games, science projects, and activities. Encourage self-direction with our visual navigation in Explore, independent learning with WebQuest, and compare and contrast skills with Compare Animals and Compare Places. (Recommended ages: 6-10)

A collection of 650 unique timelines, spanning the arts, science & technology, society & culture, sports, world history & geography, and more. Create, customize, collaborate, and share your timelines, which is great for visual learners to put events into context and for classroom instruction to introduce a subject. (Recommended ages: 8+)

World Book’s beloved encyclopedia comes to life in a digital format, with so much more! A one-stop-shop for cross-curricular learning, with such features as translations to 100+ languages, a Biography Center, current events, research guides, and seamless integrations with Google Classroom and Microsoft OneDrive. The My Research and Citation Builder features assist learners in organizing and analyzing their findings, while teaching important 21st-century research skills. (Recommended ages: 8-16) .