1. Elementary students start smart with Britannica Online School Edition!
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2. Britannica is your source for quality content on the Internet.
Content written by experts
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Structured and organized content
No advertising or promotions
Neutral, unbiased perspectives
Reliability for you and your students

3. Just an encyclopedia?
Britannica has over 124,000 encyclopedia articles PLUS:
Thousands of photos, illustrations, & maps
Downloadable video & media pieces
Student-friendly web sites
Current magazine & journal articles
World atlas, dictionary, thesaurus
Many other special features:
State standards resource-finder & teacher resources
New Workspace feature to save your research
Web 2.0 linking & sharing features
4 levels: primary, elementary, middle, & high school

4. The home page is designed to engage young children.

5. New Learning Zone is for children PreK-2nd Grade.

6. Learning Zone activities make learning fun!

7. Britannica helps you find the information you need…fast!
The Search Results page presents the materials relating to your topic, at an elementary level.

8. In-depth articles are easy to read and understand.
The articles cover all major aspects of each topic.
You can see the Table of Contents in the left column; you can jump to whatever topic you are interested in.
Images are click-able to see the full-size versions.

9. Auto-citations in MLA & APA formats help students cite right!

10. Britannica’s Quick-Click dictionary makes reading easy!

11. Create easy side-by-side country comparisons.

12. Students can get multimedia for reports & presentations.

13. Britannica includes over 400 up-to-date magazines & journals

14. Britannica Editors also bring you The Web’s Best Sites.

15. Online activities & stories help with reading & writing skills.
Include online activities to help reinforce elementary reading and writing skills and concepts.
Plus a collection of children’s stories that teachers can read to children or play the audio recording. The stories include reading comprehension activities and printable worksheets.

16. Students can get help with math concepts, too.

17. Britannica also supports Standard-Based Education.

18. Compton’s is the next level, for students in grades 6-8.
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19. 21st Century Learning Britannica helps you:
Improve student achievement
Reach all levels & abilities
Support curriculum standards
Integrate technology
Promote information literacy

20. Start using Britannica today at school and at home. Go online to www
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