Library Programs
Here are a few of the education related library programs and events that are coming up in the next month.
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Databases
You will need a library card to access these terrific resources. Don't have one? You can apply online now for an e-card and start using these resources today!
- Kids Info Bits
Discover information about animals, people, plants and more. Designed for students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. Teachers will like the Toolbox which includes worksheets they can print out to use in class. - California Missions eBooks Twenty-one California Missions eBooks that can be read online or downloaded. The checkout period for these titles is 48 hours.
- Opposing Viewpoints Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library Encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
- Student Resource Center Gold The first stop for middle school and high school research projects!
- Science Resource Center Topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations. Articles from magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites. Offers teachers an easy-to-use tool to identify content directly correlated to state and national standards.
- KidsClick! Web pages for kids selected by librarians from San Jose State University school of Library Science.
Web Sites
- California Content Standards Content standards were designed to encourage the highest achievement of every student, by defining the knowledge, concepts, and skills that students should acquire at each grade level.
- California Department of Education Lots of information, including State Board of Education K-12 Academic Content Standards
- California STAR Results STAR is the standaradized testing and reporting used by California for student and school accountability purposes.
- Contra Costa County School Directory
- Curriki Curriki's mission is to provide free, high-quality curricula and education resources to teachers, students and parents around the world.
- Education Data Partnership Fiscal, demographic, and performance data on California’s K-12 schools.
- Education.com Education.com provides parents of school-aged children with free access to information and resources to give them the answers they need — plus activities and articles that make learning together more fun for everyone.
- GreatSchools.net
- kids click! Annotated searchable directory of websites created for kids by librarians. Searchable by subject, reading level and degree of picture content.
- School Data Direct Public school education data. Includes student proficiency results, demographics, financial data, community development data, S&P ratios showing academic and financial performance, etc.
- VincentCurtis Educational Register Find an independent school or camp. Search programs by location, grade, age, and special needs.
- Wikipedia for Schools Offers thousands of articles that have been individually checked for accuracy and appropriateness. The site is updated each academic year by volunteers from the English Wikipedia and SOS Children, a British children's charity. Topics are selected from an array of academic categories and then "tidied up" for use by students. A bonus for teachers in the U.S. is that students can't click off to other sites that may not be safe or appropriate for school
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