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1.3.12

Consumer Health Complete - another EBSCO resource

Find medical video clips and animations in EBSCO

Teaching Science and looking for good medical animations or clips to enliven your discussions or illustrate a concept? The Consumer Health Complete database, found in EBSCO as part of the ERAC database bundle, allows users to search for images, diagrams, videos & animations.

[LINK to search] Results of a search on "concussion" as keyword, sorted by type of resource. (Select the "Videos & Animations" tab to see clips.)

[LINK to video]  Link to sample "concussion" Flash video clip.

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29.2.12

Scholastic Science Activities

Link to Scholastic Science Magazine on EBSCO
Middle School Science Education: Thematic issues containing articles, puzzles, projects and news in science for middle school students; seeds, plastics, toughing out winter, volcanoes.. (ID and password needed for home access - see your TL)

Access to online activities for past issues:
Browse materials for past issues from April, 2011 - Sept, 2009
PDF downloadables, links to external sites, quizzes, activities, podcasts, etc.

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Scholastic Math Activities

Link to Scholastic Math Magazine on EBSCO
Math magazine for general math students ages 12-16 and their teachers. Articles and activities focus on problem solving, math on the job, consumer math, and computation practice. (ID and password needed for home access - see your TL)

Access to online activities for past issues:
Browse materials for past issues from the May 2, 2011- Sept 7, 2009
PDF downloadables, links to external sites, quizzes, activities, podcasts, etc.

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5.1.11

Full text magazines in EBSCO

EBSCO has a number of PDF full-text magazines that may appeal to students (and teachers) in your school. This list is not exhaustive; there are many more titles to be found by browsing publication titles. (You will need your school ID and password to access these from home.) The URLs below all point to the persistent link for each individual magazine.
Children's Magazines

Teen & Mass Market Magazines
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6.4.10

new EBSCOhost feature: the Enhanced PDF Viewer

Check out the following new EBSCOhost feature: the Enhanced PDF Viewer:

EBSCOhost features a embedded viewer designed to streamline the browsing of an entire issue, or all available volumes and issues, from one screen. There are also several helpful features to enable users to easily navigate and manage open PDFs. Click on the link for a video clip outlining this feature:

Here's an example from the "Reading Teacher" magazine
(EBSCO subscription required)
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