Animated, curriculum-based content includes flash-based movies, quizzes, experiments, timelines, activity pages, and much more covering hundreds of topics within Math, Science, Social Studies, English, Technology, Arts & Music, and Health.
Links students to country reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture. In-depth reports covering 200+ countries, the United States, and Canada
Databases include: Issues & Controversies, Ancient & Midieval History, Great Empires, Life in America, Blooms Literary Reference, Health Reference Center, World Religions, Science online and Classroom Video on Demand.
Kids InfoBits is the perfect educational product for today's young learners. It's a content-rich, authoritative, easy-to-use resource featuring age-appropriate content covering a broad range of educational topics. It features a modern, graphical interface, great new content from trusted sources, more intuitive navigation, improved resources, and much more.
Reputable, authoritative, and appropriate content that brings children aged 6-14 the world in a way they've never seen it before. Fun and substantive, National Geographic Kids will take them on amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space.
NoveList Plus has reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for all ages. NoveList's expertise in books and reading means that you'll always get the best help for finding just the right books.
Created specifically for middle-schoolers, Research In Context combines the best of Gale's reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more. Students will find outstanding support to complete assignments in core subjects including literature, science, social studies, and history. Use the password for GALE/Infotac for this database.
World Book online provides the classic encyclopedia "Kids" for elementary level and "Student" for middle school and "Advanced" for upper school students. Access is available in Spanish with the "Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos." New this year are timelines and Ebooks. The ebook collection provides full access to students k-12 and new books are being added on a regular basis.
E-Books and Audiobooks via Overdrive
Go to Calhoun's Sora site OR download the Sora app and search for The Calhoun School in "My Libraries". Use your Calhoun username to sign-in.