Learning Objectives

• Use the navigational tools to search and browse content to find the best for students and instruction.
• Find the instructional supports available in the resource.

Browsing for Digital Content

Explora for Grades PreK-5's visual homepage makes it easy for students in grades 3-5 to browse for articles, videos, and primary sources. Browsing can help students at this age learn more about the resource. Students will find a carousel of popular topics at the top of the homepage. Click on a popular topic button to rotate the carousel and begin a search. 

 Students in grades 3-5 can select a topic category from the Explore topics and begin browsing.

From each topic category, students can browse a list of subtopics. Students can select a subtopic using either the titles or the letters at the top. Clicking a letter will take them to the subtopic beginning with that letter. 

Select a subtopic to browse more precise topics. Students can browse this content using the grid view or the list view pictured below. 

 Show students how to use the filters to limit results. 

Remember the two types of digital text: online full text and PDFs. Both types of digital content have Text-to-Speech. PDF offers the content as it appeared in its original publication.

Show students how to add the article or other content they find to their Google Drive or other online platform.