BrainPOP Offers Short Animated Films

Targeted at grades 3-12, BrainPOP offers short animated films on a variety of topics such as: science, social studies, English, math, engineering & tech, health, and arts and music. Students may also take quizzes, do activities, play games, and view related videos.

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BrainPOP Jr. is also available for students in grades K-3 and for a Spanish Language version,  see BrainPOP Español.

There is also a free teacher community, BrainPOP Educators, with a blog, lesson plans, Common Core standards, webinars, tutorials, and many other helpful resources.

New Database: Arctic & Antarctic Regions

Arctic Regions

The Consortium Library has recently added Arctic & Antarctic Regions from EBSCOhost to its collection of databases.

This database contains over 1 million records covering multidisciplinary research on polar regions, spanning from 1800 to the present. Sources indexed include books, dissertations, government reports, conference proceedings, and scientific periodicals.

Subject areas include:

  • Geology
  • Global Warming
  • Engineering
  • Oceanography
  • Biology
  • Ethnicity
  • And much more

See more information about Arctic & Antarctic Regions and a complete list of content coverage at http://www.ebscohost.com/academic/arctic-antarctic-regions