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Microsoft Encarta Schools Online gives schools the ease of using an online reference with the quality, reliability and multimedia content of Encarta Reference Library 2007.
Give your students the support they need to live up to their potential in school.
Encarta Schools Online highlights include:
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Encarta lesson plans
These plans were created by teachers who love Encarta and are recipes for successful research based on tried and true classroom projects.
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Effective, efficient search tools | |
With a clean look and easy to use filters, students quickly access relevant information, whether articles, maps, photos and more.
Special characters students may need in their search terms are one click away.
There is a wealth of tools including video, 360◦ views, historical and thematic maps and more to enhance understanding.
Encarta comes in seven language versions for eleven countries | |
Your students can access any language version of Encarta from the Encarta Schools Online Homepage. Each version is a truly localized for that language and country, so English speaking students can see how the language they are learning works in the real world. Content per version varies.
Foreign Language Help
From English to French, German, Spanish and more, students will be able to:
| Check the spelling of a word or phrase |
| Or, find more homework help on Encarta |
Other useful resources included are:
Quick access to homework tools
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In Encarta Academic Online, there is:
Homework Starters
These useful tools help with basic homework dilemmas like:
| How to write a variety of essays |
| How to do an oral presentation |
| How to do a research paper and present it |
Literature Guides
These useful guides give students perspective on authors, characters and themes of renowned works of literature.
Trusted reference material | |
On the Encarta Schools Online Homepage, the toolbar provides easy access to trusted reference material, including:
| The full version of the Encarta Reference Library 2007 reference materials |
| An interactive world atlas |
| Other photos, interactive media, videos, sounds, historical and thematic maps, 360-degree views, charts & tables, facts & figures
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| Fun and educational quizzes
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Encarta lesson plans
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With easy access to Encarta Academic Online in your school library, media center and classroom, we hope you'll find lots of ways to use it in instruction. Teachers who love Encarta at all levels have created these recipes for successful research, based on their tried and true classroom projects.
Here are a few examples:
| Life Along the Ring of Fire
This lesson provides students with an understanding of the geological forces that create the Ring of Fire and its effect on distinct cultures.
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| Human Genome Project
Students gain an understanding of the discoveries that led up to the Human Genome Project and what the project might mean to human society.
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| Inspired Science
Students learn the process of invention from an inventor's conceptual phase and as a factor of history.
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| Archaeological Finds
Students are guided through the science of archaeology and learn how it contributes to our understanding of humanity.
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