GIIS in Singapore has tied up with Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc to introduce students to a rich bank of exceptional content for exploratory learning. This is yet another step by the school to connect students with a repository of reference content and topics to augment their knowledge skills.

GIIS students at Balestier, Queenstown and East Coast campuses can start accessing Britannica® School and Britannica® Image Quest as given below.

HILIGHTS OF BRITANNICA® SCHOOL

Britannica® School delivers content through three different age-appropriate, intuitive interfaces for Elementary, Middle, and High School students; plus Britannica® Learning Zone for pre-elementary classrooms. Students can access the site through the Britannica® School homepage.

• Hundreds of Study Guides, Interactive Lesson and Visual Learning in the area of English, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies according to the study level (elementary, middle and high school).
• Multimedia - Over 90,000 images and 8,500 animations, audio clips and videos.
• More than 850 titles of real time journals and magazines that locate the up-to-date information about classroom concepts, current events and topics.
• Primary Sources & eBooks - over 25,000 full-text eBooks, novels, essays, and historical documents covering history, literature, science, and more.
• Over 225,000 Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus entries including more than 10,000 new words and definitions.
• Quick-click dictionary’ that instantly delivers the pronunciation and definition of any word.
• Three News Feeds (BBC-ABC-New York Times).
• Access to over 100,000 recommended websites by Britannica for additional quality information.

BRITANNICA® IMAGE QUEST FEATURES AND BENEFITS

• Access approximately three million ri ghts-cleared images from the best collections in the world.
• All images are copyright-cleared for educational use and suitable for all ages
• Over 35 subject categories from Animal Kingdom, Biology Studies, Chemistry, Computer & Technology, Performing Arts, Geography, History, Literature, Mathematics, Physics, Social Science to Fine Arts. Easy integration with LMS and suitable for whiteboards, iPads and PC/Mac
• Copyright and source information are clearly displayed for 4 correct formatted citation (MLA, APA, Harvard, Chicago Manual of Style).
• Images can be downloaded, printed, saved, shared or e-mailed. Selected from over 45 of the world’s best image libraries such as National Geographic, Getty Images, Chicago History Museum and more.