“BrainPOP is an award-winning producer of animated, standards-aligned content that supports educators and brings curriculum to life. Targeting grades K-8, BrainPOP’s short movies and related activities cover hundreds of topics. Educators rely on BrainPOP to enhance and reinforce lessons, and for resources like lesson plans, curriculum calendars, quizzes, and printable templates.” (description from vendor). KU's access includes the various versions found in the drop-down menu under Moby's picture at the top of the BrainPOP website.
Please contact Karen Wanamaker, Education Librarian, at kwanamak@kutztown.edu or 610-683-4709 for KU's username and password. If sending an email please use your KU email. This service is only available for current KU students.
The Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) is a fantastic database of children's literature titles with over 320,000 reviews--all full-text searchable from over 37 review sources.
Discovery Education is the largest online, multimedia library of educational videos and images geared towards a K-12 audience. It is searchable by keyword, subject, topic, grade, and curriculum standard. It includes more than 4,000 full-length video programs, split into more than 40,000 content-specific video clips that can be streamed or downloaded directly for use in the classroom. NOTE: To use this database, you must set up your own username and password at their site and enter KU's passcode: 8727-6ee3. THIS CODE IS ONLY for CURRENT KU students, staff, and faculty.
One stop provides resources for books you are reading and teaching, including author and illustrator interviews, lesson plans, and other enrichment content.
