Iowa AEAs have worked with each resource provider to develop a brief overview of the their product. Additional information is available at each resources website. See "Tutorials, User Guides and Teacher Resources" buttons located to the left.

BookFlix is an interactive literacy resource that builds a love of reading and learning. BookFlix pairs classic fictional video storybooks from Weston Woods with nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to reinforce reading skills and develop essential real-world knowledge and understanding.

BookFlix is perfect for use in the classroom, school library and public library, BookFlix is accessible to every child – early readers, reluctant readers, and English Language Learners. (PreK-3)
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World Data Analyst Online contains current and historical statistics on the countries of the world which makes historical and cross-national comparisons easy.

World Data Analyst allows students to create tables, charts, and even export the information to a spreadsheet for data crunching and deeper analysis. It’s ideal for research, to explore new topics for study, or just to learn more about the world. (Grades 6-12 + College)

Learning Zone is a classroom-tested, interactive learning environment that gives early learners enjoyable, engaging, and developmentally appropriate activities to help grow their minds, their spirits, and their intellectual horizons.

Learning Zone includes an interactive atlas, online art activities, interactive games and learning materials, audio and video, and vocabulary builders. These features teach concepts that children are curious about, such as geography, numbers, colors, time, and sounds. (Grades PreK-2)
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CultureGrams helps you and your students discover the world with concise cultural and statistical snapshots of every country recognized by the United Nations -- from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

Local experts document the unique, intimate details of each country's customs, traditions and daily life. 

SIRS Issues Researcher helps students make sense of the world by offering relevant, credible resources aligned to learning standards that tell the whole story on the major issues of the day.

It's all here, enduring issues such as abortion, capital punishment, immigration, and gun control; and current issues such as the global financial crisis, mass media, privacy rights for teenagers, alternative education, climate change, and same-sex marriage.

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Teen Health & Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers 

The Teen Health & Wellness--the award-winning, critically acclaimed online resource--provides students with non-judgmental, straightforward, standards-aligned, curricular and self-help support. Topics include diseases & conditions; drugs & alcohol; nutrition & fitness; mental & emotional health--including academic anxiety, depression, eating disorders, stress, and suicide; bullying & cyberbullying; and life skills--green living, financial literacy, job hunting, and more.

New for 2011, Teen Health & Wellness is even more interactive. The database now speaks your language - over 50 of them, including Spanish - with instant article translation. Social bookmarking allows users to connect friends and family to balanced, sensitive, and caring information. Video throughout, including student-created PSAs, and personalized health and budget calculators add a new level of interactivity.  Plus, over 50 new articles on subjects ranging from the teen brain to foster care to being a GLBT teen guarantee that, when teens have questions, Teen Health & Wellness has the answer.