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Differentiated Learning
Many online products offer multiple levels for different ages, but often struggling readers are reluctant to move to a lower level because the interface and experience are designed for younger students. With Britannica School, content is available at all three reading levels and students can move quickly from one level to another without changing the look and feel of the site. Content and Interface work together to give the user an experience tailored to their needs. For example, if foundation students move to a level with more advanced content, their interface becomes more advanced as well; but middle and high school students stay in their more advanced interfaces, even if they choose level 1.
Use Anywhere
Britannica School is accessible at school, home or anywhere you have an internet connection. Britannica School is designed to fit to any device—you can access content on a computer, tablet, or even a phone, and Britannica School's design will fit your screen.
Get Interactive
Our biggest users tell us that students, teachers and librarians all want to go beyond looking up content. You want to filter, tag favorites, adjust reading levels, share content, and serendipitously discover new and related ideas.
With Britannica School, educators can map text and multimedia to classroom activities on the fly and even toggle within an article to see the UK Curriculum Standards associated with it. Teachers can create, save and share lesson plans using the new lesson plan builder. They can map Britannica content, define steps and activities, select materials and share their ideas with other teachers. They can also access and review plans created by other teachers.
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Appropriate for all ages
Britannica School offers age-appropriate resources at 4 levels, the Learning Zone for early learners and foundation, intermediate and advanced school levels.
Everyone Can Use Britannica School
Reading levels
Britannica School content reflects the most up-to-date information available. In fact, new and revised articles are added to our product every day. The content is also carefully crafted to meet students' needs at various reading levels and correlated to Lexile® reading scores. Articles for elementary school students have scores ranging from 600 to 1000, and those for middle school students range from 860 to 1360.
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Support for UK Curriculum Standards
The CCSS for English/Language Arts specify that students should be able to read informational text, collect, analyze, and evaluate diverse text and multimedia resources, and use digital media to express information. Britannica School offers a wealth of resources to support this effort. Over 140,000 articles of informational text provide a variety of text complexity covering all subject areas. Rich multi-media content including thousands of video and audio files, maps, illustrations and photos are available to view, download and use.
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STEM Resources
Access articles, multimedia, tools, and other resources to support student learning using an integrated curriculum of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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ESL/ELL Support
English language learners may choose to have articles read aloud with each word highlighted as it is read to increase comprehension.
Other tools are built in for support as well including the Quick Click dictionary that provides definitions and audio pronunciations right when the reader needs them without leaving the article.
Britannica School also offers multiple translation tools with an emphasis on Spanish-English translation but with more than 50 world languages available.
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Student Research & Project Based Learning
With Britannica School students can draw on multiple sources, including reference articles, journals and magazines, web sites, and primary sources to engage with complex tasks or concepts. They will build research and problem solving skills while becoming confident, independent learners.
Everyone Can Use Britannica School
Appropriate for all ages
Britannica School offers age-appropriate resources at 4 levels, the Learning Zone for early learners and foundation, intermediate and advanced school levels.
Reading levels
Britannica School content reflects the most up-to-date information available. In fact, new and revised articles are added to our product every day. The content is also carefully crafted to meet students' needs at various reading levels and correlated to Lexile reading scores. Articles for Level 1 students have scores ranging from 600 to 1000, and those for Level 2 students range from 860 to 1360.
Support for UK Curriculum Standards
The CCSS for English/Language Arts specify that students should be able to read informational text, collect, analyze, and evaluate diverse text and multimedia resources, and use digital media to express information. Britannica School offers a wealth of resources to support this effort. Over 140,000 articles of informational text provide a variety of text complexity covering all subject areas. Rich multi-media content including thousands of video and audio files, maps, illustrations and photos are available to view, download and use.
STEM Resources
Access articles, multimedia, tools, and other resources to support student learning using an integrated curriculum of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
ESL/ELL Support
English language learners may choose to have articles read aloud with each word highlighted as it is read to increase comprehension.
Other tools are built in for support as well including the Quick Click dictionary that provides definitions and audio pronunciations right when the reader needs them without leaving the article.
Britannica School also offers multiple translation tools with an emphasis on Spanish-English translation but with more than 50 world languages available.
Student Research & Project Based Learning
With Britannica School students can draw on multiple sources, including reference articles, journals and magazines, web sites, and primary sources to engage with complex tasks or concepts. They will build research and problem solving skills while becoming confident, independent learners.