RESEARCH AND LEARN
DATABASES THROUGH CLASSLINK
The following databases are available through your CLASSLINK launch-pad. Simply go to CLASSLINK and click on the "RESEARCH & LEARN" tab. Find the database and click on it. Because you are going through CLASSLINK, you do not have to login or provide a username, password, and/or a code for each database.
BRAINPOP JR
Engaging animated movies, interactive games, and activities. Brain Pop Jr. is designed for K-3.
BRAINPOP
Engaging animated movies, interactive games, and activities. Brain Pop is designed for Upper Elementary.
BRAINPOP ESPANOL
Engaging animated movies, interactive games, and activities. Brain Pop Espanol is the Spanish version.
BRAINPOP ELL
Engaging animated movies, interactive games, and activities. Brain Pop ELL is an English language learning program.
BRITANNICA ENCYCLOPEDIA
Research articles, videos, photographs, illustrations and interactive timelines in encyclopedias with age appropriate text.
ENCYCLOPEDIA VIRGINIA
A dynamic reference work about Virginia history and culture; a publication-in-progress of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
FACTCITE
Science, American history, biography, mythology and a general reference encyclopedia.
FIND IT VIRGINIA
Find It Virginia is a carefully curated selection of databases, online learning products, and digital reading content (both text and audio) for Virginians of all ages.
LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA - DBVa
Document Bank of Virginia (DBVa) is the Library of Virginia’s initiative to get documents into classrooms. DBVa will teach students to be critical thinkers as they analyze the original documents and draw their own conclusions about Virginia’s past. Click on Library of Virginia in ClassLinks. Then click on "Collections and Resources." You will find the DBVa under Educational Resources.
LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA - CHANGEMAKERS
From the Library of Virginia, Virginia Changemakers brings together the remarkable lives of Virginians who have made a difference in their community, state, and nation. Click on Library of Virginia in ClassLinks. Then click on "Collections and Resources." You will find the Changemakers under Educational Resources.
PEBBLE GO & PEBBLE GO NEXT
Pebble Go is designed for K-2. There is also a Spanish version of Pebble Go directly under each database version. Pebble Go Next is designed for grades 3-5. Each article includes read aloud capabilities, academic vocabulary words and definitions, images, video, and audio.
OTHER SITES (NOT INCLUDED IN CLASSLINK)
DUCKSTERS
Fun, educational, and safe web portal for students of all ages, with a wide range of content.
CITATION MAKER - From OSLIS
Use this tool to create a bibliography or works cited list of research sources. Students can save into Google Docs or Microsoft Word.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS
Large collection of approachable, fun multimedia resources about animals, habitats, countries, and cultures.