FactsforLearning is a safe, grade-appropriate information and skill-building database for students in grades 2-8, educators, and parents. Its portfolio of authoritative content, teacher tools, and activities for students makes it a natural complement to curricular instruction, homework assignments, and research projects.

FactsforLearning's content providers are among the most trusted in American education:

• World Almanac Books, publisher of The World Almanac for Kids and, since 1868, The World Almanac and Book of Facts, the world's top-selling reference book.
• Weekly Reader Publishing, the classroom magazine publisher that has been informing and educating children about their world for 100 years.
• Gareth Stevens, Inc., a leading publisher of curriculum-related, grade-specific children's reference books.
• Oxford University Press, publisher of The Oxford American Children's Encyclopedia (2nd edition).
• Teacher Created Materials^TM, a leading publisher of grade-specific educational activities for classroom use.

FactsforLearning is available in two versions, an Elementary module for grades 2-5 and a Middle-school module for grades 5-8. Both offer full-text content delivery with accompanying graphics, providing links to related resources within and alongside the text.

The Elementary Module offers both a general and grade-specific home pages. The home-page design emphasizes browsing by subject from a central Topic Search panel and allows access to key information and activities by source. A special section for educators offers retrieval of activities by grade and subject area.

Content includes:

• Full-text archives of classroom magazines from Weekly Reader^® from September 2000 to the most current issue: Weekly Reader 2, 3, 4, and Senior. Student content is linked to corresponding Teacher's Guide material (giving related National Standards) and activities; activities are linked to the corresponding answer keys.
• Unique archive of The World Almanac for Kids, from 1999 through the most current edition, with associated grade-specific activities from Teacher Created Materials^TM.
• World Almanac para Niños, featuring the full contents of The World Almanac for Kids in Spanish.
• Reference Library, featuring an Atlas, the illustrated Wordsmyth^TM Children's Dictionary, grade-appropriate reference book series from Gareth Stevens, a browsable Picture Gallery, and The Oxford American Children's Encyclopedia (second edition).
• Library and Research Skills, with book, activity, and menu content that teaches library use and offers guidance on research and writing assignments.
• Fun Facts sprinkled throughout the database that both inform and entertain novice researchers.
• This Month's Top Five, a collection of original features on topics of timely interest, linked to relevant information within the module and safe, appropriate external websites.
• Teacher's Toolbox, allowing educators to search the Weekly Reader® Teacher's Guides and select activities by grade range and curriculum area.

The Middle School Module provides a more sophisticated interface that helps students formulate effective search queries while also allowing access by source, from a single home page.

Content includes:

• Full-text archives of classroom magazines from Weekly Reader from September 2000 to the most current issue: Weekly Reader Senior, Science Spin Senior, Current Events, Current Science, Current Health 1 (Grades 5-6), Current Health 2 (Grades 7-8), and Know Your World Extra (a high-interest, low reading-level periodical). Student content is linked to corresponding Teacher's Guide material (giving related National Standards) and activities; activities are linked to the corresponding answer keys.
• A unique archive of The World Almanac and Book of Facts, from the 1998 edition through updates from the edition currently in preparation.
• A unique archive of The World Almanac For Kids, from 1999 through the latest edition, with associated grade-specific activities from Teacher Created Materials^TM.
• Reference Library, featuring an Atlas; the illustrated Wordsmyth^TM Children's Dictionary; grade-appropriate reference book series on nations, U.S. States, key people, and other curriculum-related topics from Gareth Stevens; a browsable Picture Gallery in which each image links to full-text information; and Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia.
• Fun Facts sprinkled throughout the database that both inform and entertain novice researchers.

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