Parched Planet

MES Publishing LLC圖書與參考資源2016-09-09

價格：免費

更新日期：2016-09-09

檔案大小：567 MB

目前版本：1.0.1

版本需求：需要 iOS 8.0 或以上版本。與 iPad 相容。

支援語言：英語

***** Educators Choice Award - SIIA Innovation Competition

***** Flawlessly Designed - Children's Book Review

***** 2014 Kapi Award - Honorable Mention

***** Amazing! - Common Sense Media

***** Editors Choice Award - Children's Technology Review

***** A Masterpiece - Teachers with Apps

***** Near Perfection - Mobile iEducator

Parched Planet is a state of the art, elementary science book based on the desert biome. Developed in collaboration with the New Mexico University’s Jornada Experimental Desert Research Program and a team of educators, this standards based, core curriculum aligned digital book includes both interactive enhancements and universal design accessibility features.

Parched Planet is part of our Crack the Books series of interactive science books. Crack the Books are the first digital books that can be ADJUSTED FOR READING LEVEL without sacrificing curriculum content. Targeting 3rd to 5th grade science and social studies core curriculum concepts, our digital books allow for reading level adjustment from 1st grade to 8th grade, making it possible for all students in a classroom to access the same curriculum content regardless of their reading ability.

Designed with the goal of improving reading comprehension, fostering a love of learning, and building reading confidence, Crack the Books gives educators a powerful new teaching tool to help all students, from children with special needs to those who are academically gifted.

Parched Planet covers a variety of topics, including descriptions of all Earth’s major deserts, range and climate of deserts, plant and animal wildlife, adaptations, desertification, and desert threats. Students will learn about all major desert types including rain shadow, trade wind, coastal, and polar deserts.

Crack the Books features hundreds of supportive audio and visual elements including beautiful high definition photographs, integrated video footage, fun facts, custom animations, custom images, and interactive charts, tables and globes. There are comprehension supports built into the text, with pop up definitions for associated new vocabulary. Students may further interact with the content by creating bookmarks, highlights and study notes.

Crack The Books helps teachers manage their classrooms by including interactive tests and glossaries for each chapter and each reading level. Students will answer questions in a variety of formats including Drag and Drop, True/False, Multiple Choice, Vocabulary Matching, and Essay. All non-essay test questions are automatically graded, allowing educators to efficiently monitor students’ mastery of concepts and reading comprehension skills.

For students with special needs, there are additional settings for common classroom and assessment accommodations including text to speech, answer dictation, image reinforcement and text zooming.

The combination of multiple reading levels and multiple testing levels gives teachers and schools unprecedented flexibility to use a single book across multiple grades as well as in classrooms with a broad spectrum of readers.

Features:

Lexile certified reading levels from 1st to 8th grade

Core curriculum aligned content

Visual supports for comprehension

Over 100 high-resolution images