Remember flipping through the colorful issues of National Geographic Kids [1]? Did you save some copies thinking you might hand them down to a child only to find them molded in the attic? No worries – we have it covered with National Geographic Kids [1] online. In addition to full-text magazines, special issues, and books going back to 2009, the database has images and videos. It’s sure to engage your elementary aged customers in leisure reading and in early research projects. Especially great for animal lovers!

Engage young students and broaden their horizons with reputable, authoritative, age-appropriate digital content that brings them the world in a way they’ve never seen before. National Geographic Kids will take them on amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space. – from the vendor

National Geographic Kids [1] has a lot of nice bird pictures, but it can’t touch this week’s open site, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Macaulay Library [2]. Here you’ll find images, recordings, and videos of over 9,900 birds. It’s a great place to go if you are curious about bird songs. Browse the collection or search by species.  

Action Steps

• Using National Geographic Kids [1], complete the “Use a database” box in Beanstack [3] (hint: you’ll find it under the 2018 Library Scavenger Hunt Learning track) – post in the comments once you’ve completed the task.
• Have a favorite bird? Look it up in the Macaulay Library [2] and tell us what you found (images, video, audio – all three).

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