ACPS+LEARNING+RESOURCES

[|All Albemarle County School District Teachers and Administrators Can Download ERS Periodicals for FREE]

//**Available for Elementary & Middle**// || **Merriam-Webster 3rd New Int'l Dictionary** - largest //and most comprehensive American dictionary// **World Data Analyst** - //enrich and expand your understanding of the world.// A comprehensive three-level encyclopedia and internet guide, plus multimedia. //**A**// //**vailable for High Schools**// || // **Available for All Schools** // || Professional Development Collection ERIC / Newspaper Source TOPICSearch Health Source ** //Available for Henley MS// || GIZMO || ExploreLearning offers a catalog of modular, interactive simulations in math and science for teachers and students in grades 3-12. [|We call these simulations Gizmos]. Gizmos are fun, easy to use, and flexible enough to support many different teaching styles and contexts. //**Available for Elementary, Middle & High Math/Science Teachers**// || History Resource Center: World Opposing Viewpoints Science Resource Center ** **Student Resource Center Jr. Student Resource Center Gold Books and Authors Contemporary Literacy Critics Health and Wellness Resource Center INFOTRAC Newstand Biography Resource Center** eBooks (on Gale Virtual Reference Library) : · Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America · Biology: Macmillan Science Library · Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the United States · Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the World · Business Leader Profiles for Students · Contemporary Fashion · Contemporary Novelists · Contemporary Poets · Encyclopedia of American Industries · Encyclopedia of Small Business · Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine · Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer · Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders · Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine · Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America · Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History · International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers · St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture · World of Earth Science || Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Science Encyclopedia Americana La Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre Amazing Animals of the World, The New Book of Popular America the Beautiful ** **Lands and People** **// Available to Elementary and Middle Schools //** || [|Click here] for more info. ||
 * || [[image:http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/images/ace/36186/ace_29239986_1247237599.gif width="129" height="56" caption="SchoolCenter Picture" link="http://www.ascd.org/"]] || **Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development** Publications, Membership & ebooks  ||
 * [[image:http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/images/ace/36186/ace_472695566_1247237692.jpg width="152" height="63" caption="SchoolCenter Picture" link="http://www.atomiclearning.com/"]] ||  Atomic Learning provides thousands of **short, easy-to-understand tutorial movies** and a **library of curriculum resources** that can be used as an integral part of a professional development program, a valuable curriculum supplement, and an anytime/anywhere software training.   ||
 * [[image:http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/images/ace/36186/ace_1415483949_1247238165.gif width="82" height="68" caption="SchoolCenter Picture" link="http://www.brainpop.com/"]] ||= BrainPOP creates animated, curriculum-based content that supports educators and engages students.
 * [[image:http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/images/ace/36186/ace_30389086_1247238472.gif width="170" height="57" caption="SchoolCenter Picture" link="http://www.new.school.eb.com/"]] ||= **Spanish Reference Center** //- resources in Spanish for all ages// **Annals of American History** - //Explore the rich and varied history of the US through speeches, historical accounts, memoirs, poems, images, & multimedia.//
 * [[image:http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/images/ace/36186/ace_31448693_1247247785.gif width="172" height="48" caption="SchoolCenter Picture" link="http://www.choiceliteracy.com/"]] ||= Choice Literacy is dedicated to providing innovative, high-quality resources for K-12 literacy leaders . //**Available for Elementary & Middle**// ||
 * [[image:http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/images/ace/36186/ace_71768159_1247249949.gif width="148" height="39" caption="SchoolCenter Picture"]] || Great research on today's issues starts here. It offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of today's most important issues. Each report is on a single topic; more than 12,000 words of text and  extensive bibliographies . **//Available to High Schools//**  ||
 * [[image:http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/images/ace/36186/ace_83671327_1247248171.gif width="101" height="70" caption="SchoolCenter Picture" link="http://www.discoveryeducation.com/"]] ||  Discovery Education streaming Plus integrates seamlessly into any curriculum with [| 9,000 full-length videos] segmented into 71,000 content-specific clips tied directly state and national standards.
 * [[image:http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/images/ace/36186/ace_1331277408_1247248373.gif width="95" height="102" caption="SchoolCenter Picture" link="http://search.epnet.com/"]] ||= **Primary & Middle Search** provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text Information dates as far back as 1990.   ** Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
 * = [[image:http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/images/ace/36186/ace_629031410_1247248509.jpg width="141" height="72" caption="SchoolCenter Picture" link="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html"]] ||= **Enchanted Learning** ® produces children's educational web sites which are designed to capture the imagination while maximizing creativity, learning, and enjoyment. //**Available for Elementary & Middle**// ||
 * [[image:http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/images/ace/36186/ace_568899458_1247248682.gif width="126" height="23" caption="SchoolCenter Picture" link="http://www.explorelearning.com/"]]
 * [[image:http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/images/ace/36186/ace_579348122_1247248838.gif width="128" height="33" caption="SchoolCenter Picture" link="http://www.elibrary.com/elibweb/elib/do/search"]] ||= Comprehensive reference incl uding books, magazines, newspapers, multimedia. ||
 * [[image:http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/images/ace/36186/ace_1449557118_1247248997.gif width="169" height="59" caption="SchoolCenter Picture" link="http://www.finditva.com/cgi-bin/main.cgi"]] ||= Magazine and newspaper articles, encyclopedias and other reference works, TV and radio transcripts, company information and investment reports, health and wellness information, literary criticism, and homework help, plus photos, charts, maps, diagrams, and illustrations . ||
 * [[image:http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/images/ace/36186/ace_1249754736_1288099130.gif width="164" height="70" caption="SchoolCenter Picture"]] ||= ** History Resource Center: US
 * [[image:http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/images/ace/36186/ace_38260713_1247250284.gif width="123" height="92" caption="SchoolCenter Picture" link="http://go.grolier.com/"]] ||= ** The New Book of Knowledge
 * [[image:http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/images/ace/36186/ace_1511746122_1281531208.jpg width="175" height="67" caption="SchoolCenter Picture"]] ||   A comprehensive approach to teaching e-Safety in today’s Web 2.0 world—safety, responsibility and security online. Teachers have unlimited access to all of i-SAFE’s lesson plans—including E-Rate curriculum —and video options and periodic Web seminars.
 * [[image:http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/images/ace/36186/ace_394901662_1247250409.jpg width="154" height="41" caption="SchoolCenter Picture" link="http://www.lindaslinkstoliterature.com/lll/"]] || Links to Reading Resources - Hundreds of links to websites that provide general information about children's and young adult literature, authors and illustrators, book of the week, and more.

Links to Lesson Plans and Activities for Books - Thousands of links to guides, literature units, lesson plans, activities, quizzes, games, webquests, and more designed by publishers, teachers, librarians, college and university literature classes, and parents. // **Available for Elementary** // || In addition to the K-6 market, Reading A-Z materials have found widespread use at a range of grade levels in special education and special needs, remedial reading, ESL, and ELL. //**Available for Elementary**// || || Here's how to get to BYKI online : Students have unlimited access to this service IF they have a library card number. rary, but they will need to take it to the library themselves to get their cards. || Digital Collections]] || ||
 * [[image:http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/images/ace/36186/ace_452506335_1281531818.png width="225" height="46" caption="SchoolCenter Picture"]] ||= provides Public Performance Site Licensing to K-12 schools and public libraries on behalf of the major Hollywood motion picture studios. This license ensures that entertainment movies are used legally in these public venues. ||
 * [[image:http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/images/ace/36186/ace_35874342_1247250727.jpg width="125" height="33" caption="SchoolCenter Picture"]] || Performance Education Unlimited provides unlimited access to the complete library of Performance Education (PE) products. Thousands of social studies teachers and specialists have benefited by using Performance Education's effective, student centered, easy to use workbooks. Our library includes the revolutionary Teacher Toolbook Series, our extremely popular Testbook Series, and our brand new Reading, Writing and Predicting the Past Series. Performance Education Unlimited makes all these resources available online, 24/7. ||
 * [[image:http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/images/ace/36186/ace_165259184_1247251063.gif width="128" height="70" caption="SchoolCenter Picture"]] || __[|**Culturegrams**]__ **-**   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. **//Available for Elementary Schools//** ** __[|Historical Newspapers]__  **  The full text content of //The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The Los Angeles Times, The Atlanta Constitution, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Defender, The Chicago Tribune, The Hartford Courant// (and others in production) that date back to their original editions is an essential for AP courses in American History and Government.  ** // Available for All Schools // ** ||
 * [[image:http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/images/ace/36186/ace_437557874_1247251287.gif width="158" height="38" caption="SchoolCenter Picture" link="http://www.readinga-z.com/"]] || Reading A-Z adds new books, lesson plans, and other resources, thus continually expanding its wealth of materials. The website has more than 2,500 downloadable books (including English, Spanish, and French versions) and thousands of teaching and learning materials.
 * [[image:http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/images/ace/36186/ace_1241164628_1247251448.gif width="130" height="64" caption="SchoolCenter Picture" link="http://www.thinkfinity.org/home.aspx"]] ||  Thinkfinity is the cornerstone of Verizon Foundation's literacy, education and technology initiatives. Our goal is to improve student achievement in traditional classroom settings and beyond by providing high-quality content and extensive professional development training. All of Thinkfinity.org's 55,000 standards-based K-12 lesson plans, student materials, interactive tools and reference materials are reviewed by the nation's leading education organizations to ensure that content is accurate, up-to-date, unbiased and appropriate for students .    //**Available for All Schools**//  ||
 * [[image:http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/images/ace/36186/ace_137177633_1247251607.gif width="184" height="50" caption="SchoolCenter Picture" link="http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/auto_login.asp?U=albemarle&P=books"]] ||  Animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.  //** Available through JMRL **//  ||
 * [[image:http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/images/ace/36186/ace_559597371_1247251936.gif width="140" height="38" caption="SchoolCenter Picture" link="http://www.worldbookonline.com/"]] ||  The premier online general encyclopedia for schools and libraries. It includes more than 26,000 articles as well as more than 12,000 pictures and maps, and 7,000 links to editor-approved Web sites useful in helping students constructively explore topics further. The //World Book Online Reference Center// is continuously updated to incorporate new and important developments relevant to students and their families.  //**Available for All Schools**//  ||
 * JMRL has added a new database for ESL students or anyone who wants to learn a language. It is called BYKI (Before You Know It) and "teaches patrons to speak, hear, and write over 75 languages using flashcards to teach words and phrases." It also has English-language learning modules in Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, and Mandarin. This resource is available ****free**** from home or school using your ****library card number****.
 * 1)   go to [|www.jmrl.org]
 * 2)  click on ****Databases**** at the upper left
 * 3)  click on ****Language**** about halfway down on the left
 * 4)  click on ****BYKI****
 * 5)  enter your last name and your full, 14-digit library card number
 * 6)  each user needs to register with BYKI so it can keep track of their personal progress
 * || [|Journals and Periodicals]  || [[image:http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/images/ace/36186/ace_119123784_1216237387.gif width="167" height="59" caption="SchoolCenter Picture" link="http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/"]] ||  [[http://www.lib.virginia.edu/digital/collections/finding_digital.html|University of Virginia Library