Discovery PLUS
- Adds 60,000 additional digital assets
- ELA and Math Interactives
- Additional Foreign Language content
- Audio books
- Virtual labs
Discovery K-8 Science
Compelling, interactive digital science service drives deep interest in core science concepts
Discovery Education Science™ is a supplemental digital resource that enriches science instruction by providing educators and students with inquiry-based, interactive digital content.
Discovery Education Science™ provides educators and students with many benefits, including
- Provides students with leveled informational science text and reading passages specific to standard content areas
- Takes students beyond theory to the more engaging world of practical demonstrations and explorations
- Addresses multiple learning styles through resources such as leveled reading passages, e-books, Fun-Damentals, and engaging video segments
- Helps students learn to interpret data, draw conclusions supported by this data, and practice important math skills with Virtual Labs and Explorations
- Tracks students’ understanding with online selected response assessments or Brief Constructed Responses (BCR), which includes teacher scoring tools
- Encourages additional learning by enabling students to access middle school level resources on particular topics
Some of the key features of Discovery Education Science™ include
- e-Book Reading Passages: Leveled informational science text and reading passages specific to each content area with audio support
- Fun-Damentals: Gain the basic background knowledge necessary to begin study of a science topic through an inquiry-based introduction with audio support
- Virtual Labs: Inquiry-based exploration of investigative design and science process skills at two levels of difficulty with audio support
- Interactive Glossary: Dynamic explanations of hundreds of science terms that engage student minds through animations, video, images, and more
- Interactive Videos: Students can click on hotspots during a selected video clip to learn additional information and to reinforce a learning point in a highly-engaging format
- Integrated Science Stimulations: From Discovery Education's award-winning CD-ROM collection, students can explore situations from a variety of science perspectives
- Explorations: Explore a given concept to gain a greater understanding of how models work and how changing different inputs affects an outcome
- Science Sleuths: Students solve open-ended science mysteries using clues and resources such as interviews, photos, articles, graphics, and more
See the annual Commitment Forms for pricing and other information.