Southern Christian College: Open Educational Resources (OERs) for Elementary and High School

Open Access/Free Resources/Databases for Elementary

DepEd Learning Resource Portal. Link to view K to 12, ALS and Professional Development resources such as any media resources such as photo, illustration, audio or video. You may filter your search here by title, keywords or LR description.

Teach Pinas. It is a teachers’ community website in the Philippines that aims to unite all teachers in the country through sharing contents relevant to teaching and education such as Reading Articles (News and Updates), Downloadable Files (Reviewers, Forms, Decorations, Softwares), and many more. Teachers and even aspiring teachers are all welcome here.

Disney and Other Book Collections (ePicture Books)

Five Little Ducklings Go To Bed

Five Little Ducklings

Diary of Wimpy Kid Collection by Jeff Kinney!

Dork Diaries Collections

TumbleBookLibrary. A curated database of children’s e-books, available by subscription to Elementary Schools and Public Libraries around the world. It has over 1100 titles for grades K-6, and includes our unique animated, talking picture books, read-along chapter books, National Geographic videos, non-fiction books, playlists, as well as books in Spanish and French. Plus, the collection features Graphic Novels – a student favorite!

URL: https://www.tumblebooklibrary.com/Home.aspx?categoryID=77

TumbleMath. Educators have long known that one of the most effective ways to teach math concepts, especially to reluctant learners, is by using stories and literature. TumbleMath has the most comprehensive collection of math stories available anywhere- all in our world famous TumbleBook format which combines animation, narration, and sound to create a compelling and enticing story book for students of all ages.

URL: https://www.tumblemath.com/home.aspx

Sebco Ebooks. Read electronic books books on a computer, phone or tablet. Gives a fully interactive experience to young readers, interesting and fun to read books, this collection is focused on STEM topics (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) which fits the Common Core Curriculum.

URL: http://library.esebco.com/

Abdo ElementaryDigital Bookshelf. Free access through June to Abdo’s entire elementary ebook database

URL: https://abdodigital.com/?tk=414F33301B8E136DEE3F0A93BF1795E1

Abdo ZoomOnline Databases. A research database for beginning readers grades pre-kindergarten to grade 2

URL: https://www.abdozoom.com/zoomchoice/?tk=AE75056C570B319A6B47A15986D1DEE9

Timefor Kids. Access to new issues of TIME for Kids and Your $, the financial literacy magazine for kids, each week. TIME for Kids will also make available a complete library of previously published editions from 2020 along with additional educational resources and activities.

URL: https://time.com/tfk-free/

Magazine Archives

NationalGeographic Virtual Library. The complete archive of National Geographic magazine - every page of every issue from 1888 to the present. Includes National Geographic Kids.

URL: https://natgeo-gale-com.proxy.lib.wy.us/natgeo/archive?p=NGMA&u=wylrc_wyomingst

NationalGeographic Kids. Reputable, authoritative, and appropriate content that brings children aged 6-14 the world in a way they've never seen it before. Fun and substantive, National Geographic Kids will take them on amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space.

URL: https://natgeo-gale-com.proxy.lib.wy.us/natgeo/archive?p=NGMK&u=wylrc_ wyomingst

Open Educational Resources (OER) – Unesco Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning and research materials in any medium – digital or otherwise – that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions .

eLibrary Science **. Supports the study of earth, life, physical, medical, and applied sciences providing resources K-12 and up in magazines and journals, newspapers, TV and radio transcripts, reference books, websites, images, and streaming audio/video.

World Book Kids **. Kids is the premier reference website developed especially for young students. It features an intuitive user interface, thousands of easy-to-read articles packed with stunning illustrations, videos, interactive maps, and a wealth of engaging games and activities.

CultureGrams Provinces **. Tour all the Canadian provinces and territories.

CultureGrams States **. Explore all the U.S. states.

CultureGrams World **. Detailed cultural information on over 200 countries.

eLibrary Curriculum Edition **. General reference collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for K-12 schools and libraries of all kinds, as well as two distinct subject-based collections: ProQuest® Learning: Literature and History Study Center™. Subjects covered include business, education, general interest, health, language arts, sciences, social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas.

Mango Languages **. Provides language learning experiences with step by step lesson plans for 71 different languages. This database features ESL lessons for over 16 languages along with a text translator. *First time users must create a profile in order to use this resource.

Newspaper Source. Cover-to-cover full text for 35 national (U.S.) & international newspapers, including The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Times (London), Toronto Star, etc. as well as selective full text for 375 regional (U.S.) newspapers.

Research Companion **. Developed to help students do more effective research and assist educators in teaching the basics for information literacy core principles of finding, evaluating, and using information.

SIRS Issues Researcher **. Background and analysis on 350+ leading issues, providing pros and cons on social, scientific, health, historic, economic, political, and global issues

World Book Advanced **. Premier resource for students and researchers at the university level with comprehensive reference tool that includes encyclopedia, multimedia, e-book, and primary source databases, fully integrated in a single search.

World Book Primary Source Center **. World Book Online Reference Center features several hundred thousand primary source documents, including treaties, constitutions, diaries and other first person narratives, U.S. Presidential papers, and more.

World Book Student **. This comprehensive sites includes engaging content, built-in features, and fun tools specifically designed to make knowledge accessible and easy-to-find for all kids in elementary through middle school.