Just in time for back-to-school! Kids Infobits get’s a new look.

Kids InfoBits has a new fresh look for elementary school students heading back to school this fall.  Full of color-full pictures makes finding information about animals, plants, people, geography, sports and many more subjects fun and easy for younger children.

Now easier than ever to find information in books,pictures, magazines, news.

Here’s a cool feature – Read to Me feature.  If you child has a low reading level in English, they can click the speaker icon next to the words and have it read to them.

Teacher’s Toolbox for Back to School

In Teacher’s Toolbox, you will find a host of lesson plans for all subjects, printables to use in the classroom, websites like Teachers Notebook and a lot more! So when you need ideas for lesson plans take a look at Teacher’s Toolbox,

 

Science Online Free Webinar

Virtual Library Notes

Wed, Aug 13, 2014 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT

There’s still time to sign up for a free August Webinar and brush up on the outstanding features and content that make Infobase Learning’s streaming Science Online so valuable all year round. This database is great for science experiments for students.  So if you have not used it lately or need to brush up on your database skills this is a great opportunity.

 Register now!Space is limited. There is no charge to attend. Click on the link below to registered.

Wednesday 8/13/14:
SCIENCE ONLINE: Free Training Webinar

Available for viewing on your branch’s iPad!

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Play Ball!

Are you just waiting to hear those words? Baseball season is just around the corner so it’s time to checkout the Library’s Hot Topic – Sports – Baseball.

Brush up on your favorite players, read a really cool new eBook called Baseball: The National Pastime and read the latest Baseball news.

Students tell their story about homework help!

Every month students using our homework help online service tell us how BrainFuse has helped them with their homework. Below are the comments students provided in February 2014. Have you tried BrainFuse yet? If so, how has it helped you?

Student Comments

• Thank You
• Very Helpful, encouraging, ad nice.
• My tutor, Lawrence, was really helpful. I was able to grasp many of the probability concepts that I was having trouble with. I will use Brainfuse again!
• i have alot of clear understanding on perimeter now.
• Never delete this website. you guys are the reason i still believe in myself.
• the tutors were extremely helpful with my assignment. Thank you very much for this service.
• One of the greatest uses of tax dollars we’ve seen! Excellent service that we are grateful to have.
• Good teachers and teaching help
• Thank you! I love this!
• parents love it too.
• GREAT!
• KenB THINKS he knows the answer.
• Very helpful
• gooc.
• This is an excellent program. I would recommend this to anyone. Very helpful. Helped me understand my Algebra ll. I will be using this program in the future.
• I loved it it help A LOT thanks
• This program is great. It helps me so much on my homework. I just got done with Physics and my grade is finally improving! Great job 🙂
• This is really a great service. I know how to do my homework now.
• HomeroP is a good tutor!

Here just a few of the subjects students ask for help in:

• High School Writing         27.53%
• Algebra 2             11.06%
• Algebra 1             8.64%
• Precalculus         7.26%
• Chemistry           7.14%
• Geometry           6.45%
• Social Studies Grade 11 5.18%
• Middle School Math       3.11%
• Pre-Algebra        3.0%
• Reading – Grades 10-12 2.65%
• Math Grade 6    2.65%
• Biology 2.53%
• Math Grade 5    2.07%