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Grade Level Gr 4–8Cost Thirty units with more than 200 topic pages are free to all users. Parents can purchase complete content that includes the power to adjust reading levels for $48 per year. Educator subscriptions with complete access, the ability to manage up to 34 students, adjustable reading levels, and lesson planning capability are priced at $144 per month. Subscriptions for larger groups or entire schools are available.Content The material is grouped into 10 categories: four in social studies (world history, American history, geography, and historical figures) and six in the sciences and technology (space, life, physical and earth sciences, the human body, and technology). Categories have a number of "units," ranging from only five for technology to almost 30 for world history. Each unit has three to 10 specific topics, mostly introductions to commonly taught subjects, plus some popular topics.Coverage is relatively superficial, and most topic pages are comprised of a series of paragraphs that are essentially lengthy captions for photographs and illustrations.However, content is very well integrated and demonstrates the connections among topics. For example, the unit on electricity has a page on Benjamin Franklin.The visuals are the site's strongest element. Each topic includes large, eye-catching photos as well as illustrations that include historic art and drawings, such as of ships, pyramids, cells, and machines. There are numerous interactive features that are instructive and fun. Many units have illustrations with "buttons" that open boxes wi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More