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STEM Resources

Britannica digital products are widely recognised for providing convenient access to trustworthy content that is written, edited and reviewed by the world’s leading subject-matter and curriculum experts.

Our high-quality resources for your school’s STEM initiatives allow you to:

• Motivate students to learn deeply and think critically

• Emphasise real-world applications of key concepts

• Encourage collaboration, writing and discussion to prepare students for higher education and future careers

BRITANNICA’S STEM RESOURCES SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS

Pathways: Science

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Britannica® Pathways: Science™

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If students’ answers to these questions and others reveal an incorrect understanding of key science concepts, then Britannica’s Pathways: Science can set students on the right track. Pathways: Science uses an interactive, inquiry-based approach to target commonly held misconceptions. Its digital content and three-step (Predict-Investigate-Conclude) process create “Aha!” moments for building important knowledge and creating conceptual change.

• The Nature of Science

• Genetics and Evolution

• The Environment

• Living Systems

• Light and Sound

• Earth Systems

• Force and Motion

• The Universe

• Matter

• Energy

Cover Key Middle School Science Topics!

PredictConfronted with an engaging question, students use their prior knowledge to formulate an explanation for an event or an idea about a concept.

Using articles, images and videos accessible directly in Pathways: Science, students dig for evidence to support or contradict their predictions. Student input is dynamically captured and saved in an interactive graphic organiser and retrieved as needed.

InvestigateStudents evaluate the evidence they find and compare it to their original ideas to determine which idea is correct and why their misconceptions are incorrect.

Conclude

Transform Misconceptions into Understanding through Inquiry-Based Exploration

How does any organism grow larger?

Why does an object float or sink in water?

Why do the Sun and other stars appear to move across the sky?


Britannica® Schoolschool.eb.com.au

The Online Teaching and Learning Resource Tailor-Made for STEM Education

Britannica School offers the largest database of trusted and accurate information for engaging students in the exploration of STEM subject areas. Thousands of magazine and journal articles, videos, images, audio clips, encyclopedias and primary sources are updated regularly to provide the most current, real-world content for discovery and exploratory learning.

Support for Differentiated Instruction

Three user-friendly interfaces make it easy to select the portal - Primary, Middle, or High School - appropriate for each student. A convenient toggle provides instant access to content at different reading levels within the same interface. Read-aloud and built-in translation features support students with special needs and LOTE.

Interactivity Immerses Students in the Purposeful Use of Technology

Students and teachers can easily search, tag, save and share content. The Lesson Plan Builder helps teachers create collaborative activities for small and large groups.

Comprehensive, Safe, Searchable Content for PreK-12

Designed to encourage discovery, critical thinking, vocabulary skills and sharing information & ideas, aided by individualised content and support materials.

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Britannica® ImageQuest™

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Access millions of images from over 60 of the world’s best and most respected image libraries – all from one safe site. Collections include the Bridgeman Art Library, Dorling Kindersley Images, Getty Images, National Portrait Gallery of London, National Geographic Society, Nature Picture Library, Science Photo Library and other leading names. All have joined with Britannica® to provide the best and broadest collection of proprietary educational imagery.

• All image rights are cleared for educational use

• Classroom ready for LMS, whiteboards, tablets, notebooks, PC & Mac

• Select from over 60 of the world’s best image libraries

• My Images feature for browsing, review and selection

• Individual login to save and organise your images

• Clear copyright and source information for correct citation and reference

• Predictive search with improved filtering

• Print, download, save or email images

Climate Change And Global Pollution To Be Discussed At Copenhagen Summit/Christopher Furlong/Getty Images News/Universal Images Group (‘UIG’);NASA/Science Photo Library/UIG; Environmental issues, conceptual artwork/Victor De Schwanberg /Science Photo Library/UIG.

ImageQuest™ offers infinite possibilities and is the perfect resource to enhance learning.


Britannica® eBooksebooks.eb.com

Britannica’s eBooks offer a time-saving and economical way to make authoritative, curriculum-aligned content available anytime in the classroom, in the library, or at home. Britannica titles in science, technology, engineering and mathematics provide trustworthy resources for reading, writing and research. E-StaxTM, our multi-feature free platform, provides unlimited access to high-quality eBook content and services you need to support your STEM program.

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Britannica Illustrated Science Library

• Birds• Ecology• Energy and Movement• Environment• Evolution and Genetics• Fish and Amphibians• Human Body I• Human Body II• Invertebrates

• Mammals• Plants, Algae and Fungi• Reptiles and Dinosaurs• Rocks and Minerals• Space Exploration• Technology• Universe• Volcanoes and Earthquakes• Weather and Climate

Years 5–12

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21st Century Science • New Thinking About Evolution• New Thinking About Genetics

• New Thinking About Pollution Years 9–12

Biochemistry, Cells and Life

• Bacteria and Viruses• The Cell• The Chemical Reactions of Life: From

Metabolism to Photosynthesis

• Fungi, Algae and Protists• The Components of Life: From

Nucleic Acids to Carbohydrates

Years 9–12

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Introduction to Earth Science

• Investigating Earth’s Oceans• Investigating Earth’s Desert,

Grassland and Rainforest • Investigating Earth’s Polar Biomes• Investigating Minerals, Rocks

and Fossils

• Investigating Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes

• Investigating the Global Climate• Investigating the History of Earth• Investigating Earth’s Weather

Years 7–12

The Living Earth • Biomes and Ecosystems• Climate and Climate Change• Conservation and Ecology• Deserts and Steppes

• Forests and Grasslands• Lakes and Wetlands• Oceans and Oceanography• Rivers and Streams

Years 9–12

Let’s Find Out! Earth Science

• What Are Natural Disasters?• What Are Rivers, Lakes,

and Oceans?• What Is a Landform?

• What Is the Rock Cycle?• What Is the Water Cycle?• What Is Weather?

Years 3–6


Build Proficiency in Nonfiction E-Reading, Reference Skills, and STEM Subjects

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Let’s Find Out! Physical Science

• What Are Measurements?• What Is Energy?• What Is Friction?

• What Is Gravity?• What Is Magnetism?• What Is Matter?

Years 3–6

Physics Explained • The Britannica Guide to Electricity and Magnetism

• The Britannica Guide to Heat, Force and Motion

• The Britannica Guide to Matter• The Britannica Guide to the Atom

• The Britannica Guide to Relativity and Quantum Mechanics

• The Britannica Guide to Sound and Light

• The Britannica Guide to Particle Physics

Years 9–12

The Study of Science • Archaeology• Astronomy• Biology• Chemistry

• Cosmology• Physics• Science

Years 7–12

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Breakthroughs In Science And Technology

• Who Discovered DNA?• Who Discovered Natural Selection?• Who Invented the Automobile?

• Who Invented the Computer?• Who Invented the Periodic Table?• Who Split the Atom?

Years 6–9

Computing and Connecting in the 21st Century

• Architects of the Information Age• Breakthroughs in Telephone Technology

• Computing• Gaming• Issues in Cyberspace

Years 9–12

Practical Technology • What Is a Blog and How Do I Use It?• What Is a Database and How Do I

Use It?• What Is a Search Engine and How

Do I Use It?

• What Is a Social Network and How Do I Use It?

• What Is a Website and How Do I Use It?

• What Is a Wiki and How Do I Use It?

Years 5–8

The Impact Of Science and Technology

• Crime Fighting • Energy Sources Years 6–9

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The Story of Math • Algebra• Arithmetic• Geometry and Trigonometry• Mathematics

• Statistics and Probability• The Number System and

Common and Decimal Fractions

Years 7–12

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SUPPORTS YOUR CURRICULUM With thousands of articles and interactive learning materials from Britannica School, combined with millions of rights cleared images from ImageQuest™, over 100 lessons from Pathways: Science™ and in excess of 1,300 eBooks, your school will be equipped to satisfy the requirements of the State, National and IB Curriculums.

SAVES TIME Teachers will save time with lesson preparation by easily searching across the integrated resources. Students will save time with homework and assignments as they gather information from easily accessible resources available on a simultaneous and unlimited basis to the entire school community 24 hrs a day 7 days a week.

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT Britannica STEM products cater for visual learners, support differentiation for self-paced learning and directly assist in the development of critical thinking, creativity and evaluation skills.

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