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Logging On:

  • If you are on a computer within the LPPS network click here to go directly to World Book Online

  • If you are accessing WorldBook from home you will need to obtain the username and password from your student's school.
3 sites for use with children of different ages :

  1. World Book Kids—the premier general reference Web site developed especially for younger users.

  2. World Book Student—includes all articles from the 22-volume World Book Encyclopedia, plus thousands of additional articles and more than 20,000 pictures, maps, videos, and sounds, and a Spanish-language encyclopedia.

  3. World Book Advanced—tailored for the needs of older students, it includes encyclopedic content, e-books, multimedia, a vast collection of primary source documents, and a wealth of research tools that allow students to customize and save their work.
Special Needs Sites:

• World Book Discover—designed for students reading below grade level, this site includes reference articles, text-to-speech capabilities, research and translation tools, and multimedia.
Foreign Language Sites: 

• Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos—the optimal beginner’s Spanish language reference site.

• Gran Enciclopedia Hispánica—a comprehensive Spanish-language encyclopedia that includes nearly 100,000 articles and large multimedia library.

• L'Encyclopédie Découverte—a French-language encyclopedia with a wealth of media and research tools.
 
Great with SmartBoard Sites:

  •  Living Green Digital Library—an online, interactive site that examines pollutions causes and consequences and offers tips on green practices at home.

  • Early Peoples Digital Library —an online, interactive site that examines the history and cultures of ancient cultures.

  • Inventions and Discoveries Digital Library—an online, interactive site that examines inventions and discoveries throughout history.
 
Classroom Dramatization Sites:

• Dramatic Learning—uses plays, skits, and monologues to help students become more fluent readers and help them understand core concepts and retain topical information.