Gale In Context: Elementary

Start Children on the Path to Discovery

Link your library resources to the classroom and make learning fun! Gale’s popular, kid-friendly student database Kids InfoBits has become a member of the Gale In Context suite of resources. Now known as Gale In Context: Elementary, this beloved database for children not only has a new name, it includes enhancements to increase student engagement and support instruction as schools integrate virtual learning. Elementary school resources like Gale In Context: Elementary give children a safe place to find answers to their questions, practice research skills, and explore interests inside and outside the classroom. It also gives teachers access to digital resources that can supplement and enhance instruction.

Gale In Context: Elementary, formerly Kids InfoBits, gradually lets elementary school children gain comfort with research by delivering age-appropriate, reliable, curriculum-related content covering a broad range of subjects taught in the classroom like animals, arts and music, social studies, and more. Unlike other classroom databases, Elementary offers kids through grade 5 a platform with rich visuals that will encourage their natural curiosity and get them excited about learning.

With a modern design and intuitive search functions, Gale In Context: Elementary database makes it easy for elementary school children, teachers, and parents to find information related to classroom lessons in articles, magazines, books, periodicals, and reference materials, and plan fun activities to promote learning. These resources include full-text proprietary content from top education publishers like Encyclopaedia Brittanica, Blackbirch Press, KidsPost from the Washington Post, Youngzine, and more. Content is continuously updated, providing kids a way to easily search for relevant and important facts connected to current and past events.

Along with learning activities for primary school students, Gale In Context: Elementary includes indexed, searchable content with more than 16,600 images, over 1,700 charts and graphs, and 600 high-quality educational videos. And like Kids InfoBits, Elementary focuses on teaching popular subject categories, including animals, geography, health, literature, influential people, social studies, sports, and technology.

Gale In Context: Elementary is a simple, cross-curricular resource that ensures equity and continuity for all students. As part of the Gale In Context suite of resources, this database advances education and gives children the research skills they will need in middle school, high school, and beyond.

BE A CHAMPION FOR YOUNG LEARNERS

ENCOURAGE STUDENT CURIOSITY
Rich visuals enhance learning and exploration. “I Wonder . . . ” questions, fun facts, and a visual topic tree encourage students to explore freely and select topics that appeal to them. The “I Wonder . . . ” question is updated daily and located on the home page to encourage inquisitiveness.

ACCESS TRUSTED, AGE-APPROPRIATE CONTENT
Students can learn at a comfortable pace as they move through trusted Gale content including thousands of images, hundreds of videos, and over 1,500 custom charts and graphs. Elementary delivers age-appropriate, reliable, curriculum-related content that covers a broad range of subjects, like animals, geography, health, influential people, literature, social studies, sports, and technology.

INTRODUCE RESEARCH AND MEDIA LITERACY SKILLS
Teachers can use this dynamic resource to enhance instruction and encourage student engagement. Organized topic pages, citation tools, leveled content, and a simplified interface create the ideal environment to introduce young students to research with appropriate guidance.

CLASSROOM LEARNING SIMPLIFIED

POWERFUL PLATFORM TOOLS
Accommodate learners with on-demand article translation into 50 languages and ReadSpeaker text-to-speech technology into more than 20 languages.

RICH CONTENT
Search through over 20,000 pictures, hundreds of videos, and exclusive kid-friendly infographics as well as the K-5 eBooks from Gale that your school has access to.

SIMPLE SEARCH FUNCTIONS
Search by Lexile range or find content based on basic, intermediate, or advanced learning levels to support differentiated learning styles and meet students where they are.

RELEVANT TOPIC PAGES
Provide students with short, ageappropriate summaries of topics and help them organize resources for easy use in research projects.

MASTER WORKFLOW
Expand access and increase discovery by integrating Gale resources into your learning management system. Add to that the power of Google Workspace for Education and Microsoft 365 tools, which enable users to easily share, save, and download content— including highlights and notes.