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Ancient Civs Aztec
Examining major aspects of each ancient culture, such as its government, its economy, and its religious practices.
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Ancient Civs China
Examining major aspects of each ancient culture, such as its government, its economy, and its religious practices.
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Ancient Civs Egypt
Examining major aspects of each ancient culture, such as its government, its economy, and its religious practices.
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Ancient Civs Greece
Examining major aspects of each ancient culture, such as its government, its economy, and its religious practices.
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Ancient Civs Inca
Examining major aspects of each ancient culture, such as its government, its economy, and its religious practices.
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Ancient Civs India
Examining major aspects of each ancient culture, such as its government, its economy, and its religious practices.
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Ancient Civs Maya
Examining major aspects of each ancient culture, such as its government, its economy, and its religious practices.
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Ancient Civs Mesopotamia
Examining major aspects of each ancient culture, such as its government, its economy, and its religious practices.
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Ancient Civs Rome
Examining major aspects of each ancient culture, such as its government, its economy, and its religious practices.
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Animation-ish
Animation-ish is an easy-to-use, web-based animation program that inspires creativity, and allows students in grades K-9 to show what they know.
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Beanstack
The world’s easiest way to keep track of all the books you read. Connect to your library’s reading programs, so you’ll get credit for every minute and every page.
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BookFlix
Online literacy resource that pairs classic fictional video storybooks from Weston Woods with related non-fiction ebooks from Scholastic.
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Britannica Elementary
Look for people, places, and things. Watch and learn with videos and animations. Have fun with games and activities.
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Britannica Fundamentals
Articles, games and interactive activities for K-2 students.
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Britannica High School
Get quick facts and in-depth information on a wide variety of subjects. Start research projects with multiple resources in one place. Find multimedia to use in projects and presentations.
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Britannica Middle
Find fast answers and homework help. Explore videos and articles on famous people and places. Discover maps, photos, and illustrations for school projects.
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Britannica School
General reference resource for multiple age groups.
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Business Insights: Essentials
Includes company profiles, industry reports and financial reports, as well as business magazines and newspapers.
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ClickView
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Culture Grams
Concise cultural and statistical snapshots of every country recognized by the United Nations
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CyberSmarts
A unique collection of five Interactive eBooks, gives students grades 3-6 hands-on experience in navigating the online world in a safe, controlled environment.
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EBSCO Primary Search
Primary resources using an a traditional text interface.
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FabMaker Studio
Easy-to-use, web-based program that invites students to experience STEM and STEAM learning in an engaging, personally meaningful way.
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Gale Ebooks
Ebook portal for Gale resources.
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Gale In Context: Elementary
Formerly Kids InfoBits A general reference resource for primary and elementary.
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Gale in Context: Middle School
Created for middle-schoolers, Research in Context combines Gale reference content with age-appropriate videos, periodicals, primary sources, and more
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Gale NovelNY Databases
Gale resource portal.
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Gale OneFile: Educator's Reference Complete
Resource for educators and education students. Provides access to periodicals covering pre-school to college and most educational specialties. Includes full-text for many titles cited in ERIC.
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Kids Discover
Kids Discover Online offers a growing library of over 2,000 engaging Science, Social Studies, and Nonfiction articles, written at 3 Lexile Reading Levels. Reading levels are geared towards grades 3-8. Kids Discover Online includes lesson-planning tools for educators, standards and curriculum alignment, online assessments, and more.
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Mackin Via
A collection of Mackin Ebooks available from the GVEP Media Library.
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New York Times
A subset of Gale OneFile: News, this database includes articles from newspapers from around New York State including: Glens Falls Post-Star, New York Times, New York Post, Buffalo News, and Newsday.
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News-O-Matic
News-O-Matic is a digital news platform designed for K–8 students, offering daily, age-appropriate nonfiction articles that align with educational standards in subjects like ELA, science, social studies, and social-emotional learning. The platform emphasizes safety and accessibility by providing content reviewed by a child psychologist, multiple reading levels, audio narration, and translations in several languages. Interactive features such as videos, quizzes, and a "News Room" for student engagement enhance the learning experience. Educators benefit from tools like lesson plans and customizable units to seamlessly integrate current events into their teaching.
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PebbleGo
Curricular content for K-3 students with informational articles, ready-made activities, and literacy support.
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PebbleGo Animals
Research information that supports animal classification, behaviors and habitats.
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PebbleGo Biographies
Research information on the lives of important inventors, explorers, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, women and more.
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PebbleGo Health
Information on body systems, safety, self-awareness, relationships, and more.
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PebbleGo Next
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PebbleGo Science
Research information that supports Earth Science, seasons, weather, and space.
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PebbleGo Social Studies
Research information about the world around you including families, maps and holidays.
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PK Earth and Space
Inspires elementary and middle school learners about key earth and space science topics including earth cycles, ecosystems and biomes, energy and matter, landforms, maps, natural disasters, rocks and minerals, environmental issues, the scientific method, space, water, and weather and climate.
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PK Life Science
Inspires elementary and middle school learners about key life science topics including animals; classification; endangered and extinct species; food chains and food webs; green living; habitats and ecosystems; the human body; life cycles; plants; and survival and adaptation.
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PK Physical Science
Informs and inspires learners about key physical science topics including atoms and molecules; elements and the periodic table; energy and matter; force and motion; and temperature and measurement.
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Rosen Learning Center
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ScienceFlix
Engaging videos to build background knowledge and introduce the topic and key vocabulary.
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Sooth.fyi
Sooth is a curated search engine optimized for
students and knowledge professionals.
We’ve built a proprietary search index comprised solely of
expert content from across the web covering a range of
important global topics. Accelerate your knowledge search.
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Soundzabound
Soundzabound royalty free music.
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Spotlight on American Colonies
Explore what life was like as the American colonies started and grew, including where colonists lived, whom they traded with, and how they survived. Learn about important figures and industries in colonial history, as well as the many struggles colonists faced.
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Spotlight on American History
Explore the extraordinary history of the United States and the people, places, and events that helped shape our young nation. Discover the causes and significance of key events in American history and the beginnings of our government.
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Spotlight on Kids Can Code
How can we use computational thinking in everyday life? Learn to create apps, games, and animations, too while learning concepts like algorithms, Boolean logic, and conditionals.
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Spotlight on NY
A well-researched overview of the Empire State, including its geography, history, and industries.
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Spotlight on Social and Emotional Learning
Grades 3-7 Interactive ebooks teach self-awareness to promote healthy responses to emotions
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Swank K-12 Streaming
Swank K-12 Streaming is convenient, controlled, and connected streaming platform that makes it easy for teachers to incorporate high-quality films into lesson plans. The library includes thousands of films for educational support, including the top feature films, documentaries and foreign titles.
Powered by Swank Motion Pictures, the content is curated specifically for educators based on the movies they need for lessons, and provides access both inside the classroom or for assignments outside of the classroom.
Eliminate the need for DVD players in classrooms
Enable streaming access for districts blocking personal streaming sites
Extend the classroom with connectivity to any LMS
Streamline access with single sign-on integration
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Teaching Books
Discover online multimedia resources. Bring books and authors to life.
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Tumble Book Library
Ebook collection that includes animated talking picture books, chapter books, videos, non-fiction titles, playlists, books in languages other than English such as French and Spanish, graphic novels and math stories. Supporting materials includes lesson plans, quizzes, educational games and puzzles related to both math and language skills.