Discovery Education : A Great Website For Educators

Discovery Education is a resourceful site for educators. It provides engaging and digital resources and connects classrooms and families to a world of learning. There is a huge amount of high quality and easy to use standard-based digital materials that fits all categories and ages. Being itself created by Discovery Channel , Discovery Education is committed to “ engage students through dynamic Curricular Resources  , like Discovery Education Streaming  , and Discovery Education Science , support teachers through customized professional development and assessment services and ultimately improve student achievement,( as stated by Discovery Education Founders)”.

Some features of Discovery Education

Just like the Neok12  , another resourceful site for teachers , Discovery Education has quite many services that are really worth benefiting from in the field of education.
Here is a quick overview of what Discovery Education can do for educators :

• It satisfies students’ curiosity in the classroom through dynamic and engaging digital resources.
• It inspires educators to meet the needs of digital natives.
• It improves student performance through partnership with other schools

How can I get started using Discovery Education ?

Log on to Discovery Education  main page and create your free account . The website has four categories :

1- Administrators

as administrators , you can benefit from :

• curricular resources
• assessment resources
• instructional services
• custom services
• professional development
• hardware solutions

2- Teachers

Teachers can access this section to choose from the different free resources provided here :

• K-5 teacher resources
• 6-8 teacher resources
• 9-12 teacher resources
• Puzzle maker
• Lesson Plans
• Featured programs and contests
• Discovery Student Adventures
• Brain Boosters………………….and many more .

3- Parents

Parents can also benefit from these free reqources  gathered especially to meet their needs

• Motivation station
• Homework help
• Webmath
• Clip Art……and more

4-Students

Students’ resources include :

• Homework help
• Webmath
• Puzzle maker
• Clip Art.

I hope you would use the resources provided by this website . Not all the resources are free but most of them are .
That’s it about Discovery Education : A Great Website For Educators

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