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Reviewed on May 1, 2016 | Reference Review
Grade Level K-Gr 5Cost Pricing is based on a school's FTE. An annual subscription costs 40 cents per student, with a school minimum of $300.Content There's plenty of current content (information is updated on a regular basis) for students with a range of abilities, from the simple to the more advanced.Searches can be performed from the home page in a few different ways. When users click on "Browse Topics," they are taken to a long list of results, which can then be refined by topic.Students can also select a subject from a group of 12 (animals, music and movies, health, people, plants, sports, arts, geography, science, literature, social studies, and technology), each of which is represented by a large, colorful photo with a caption.After they click, a pop-up box appears with a handful of more specific options. When users select one of these, a text-based list appears with even narrower subjects. So, for instance, when the user selects "bugs and worms," a couple of dozen hits appear, including "ants," "butterflies," "crickets," and "lice"—each containing their own further search results.Another way to conduct a search is through the "Search" box at the top of the home page. Students can also do an advanced search, relying on standardissue drop-down box qualifiers to hone their search.Results are arranged by content type. Related book tit...Log In or Sign Up to Read More