Polk County Public Schools, Students
Welcome to the Students Online Resources page. We have two main areas of resources sponsored by Polk County Schools, Curriculum Based Resources and Library Research Resources. The navigation to the left will guide you to additional online resources.
Teachers throughout Polk County Schools use the Curriculum Based resources in class. The Teacher provides the login and password for these resources.
The Library Research Resources are available to all Polk County Students; some require a username and password, which may be obtained from the school library media specialist. This area provides resources for all subject areas and grade levels.
FCAT Explorer is an online educational program for Florida's students that reinforces reading and math skills outlined in the Sunshine State Standards. Science skill practice is available at the 8th grade level.
Grades/Availability: All students grade 3-12 with teacher provided login information. www.fcatexplorer.com
EasyTech is an online Sunshine State Standards aligned curriculum that provides technology skills training to K-8 students.
Grades/Availability: Middle school students in selected courses with teacher provided login information. www.learning.com
Gaggle is a safe web based email solution for students where the teacher is in control.
Grades/Availability: all students grades K-12 with a teacher provided login information. www.mypolkschools.net/gaggle/
Gizmos is a collection of online mathematics and science simulations that power inquiry and the understanding of abstract concepts.
Grades/Availability: High School students in selected mathematics and science courses with teacher provided login. www.explorelearning.com
Odyssey is a Sunshine State Standards aligned PreK-8 curriculum that provides interactive, self-paced activities in mathematics, reading, language arts and science.
Grades/Availability: Grades PK-8 with teacher provided login. Parent login is also available and allows parental monitoring of student progress. odyssey.polk-fl.net
Blackboard is used by teachers to collaborate with their students online.
Grades/Availability: Grades K-12 with teacher provided login. blackboard.polk-fl.net
These sites are for use by all students of Polk County schools. Some require a password. This may be obtained from your school library media specialist.
Destiny is used for the Polk County Schools district library catalog. Select your school from the list. If you want to check out a book, contact your media specialist with the title, author, and call number.
Grades: All Grades
Imagine a giant card catalog or electronic catalog that contains the records of all school library media centers in Florida! And you can ask to borrow any of them! That's SUNLINK! Includes Educational online resources selected by the Department of Education. Including; Ask a Librarian, Ask for Kids, FINDS, Florida Electronic Library Kids’ Search Tools and many other resources.
Grades: All Grades
The Polk County Library Cooperative (PCLC) is a group of libraries and government entities who have chosen to unite and cooperate to provide excellent library services to Polk County residents, businesses, and organizations.
Grades: All Grades
Click the icons below to access the online subscriptions offered by Polk County Schools. These sites are for use by all students of Polk County schools. Some require a password. This may be obtained from your school library media specialist.
This is the Service Selection Page for the EBSCO Host online resources. This is a great place to start researching.
Grades: All Grades
This page allows students to search across all the available ABC-CLIO Social Studies Databases. Use the links below to reach each database directly.
ABC-CLIO’s online databases offer authoritative primary and secondary resources developed and organized for secondary social studies curriculum.
Grades: All Grades
Here you will find several databases that will give you access to current information for any subject area. You can search one at a time or search multiple databases with one search.
Power Search for full text magazine articles including:
Grades: All Grades (includes Staff Resources)
Searching for Accelerated Reader books is fun and easy with this free online tool.
Grades: All Grades
Ask a Librarian is a free online service that allows Floridians to chat live with a librarian for immediate assistance. A trained information professional can guide you to the answers you need in minutes.
Grades: All Grades
CountryReports.org is the leader in providing Cultural, Historical and Statistical information for students of all ages. With over 30,000 pages of information, students can gain a unique insight into the everyday life and cultures of the peoples of the world.
Grades: All Grades
Another great source of cultural, historical, and statistical country information. Includes a new Kids section.
Grades: All Grades
The Florida Electronic Library is a gateway to select Internet resources. Available resources include electronic magazines, newspapers, almanacs, encyclopedias, and books, providing information on topics such as current events, education, business, technology, and health issues.
Grades: All Grades
Multi-source of databases covering all grade levels and topics. Includes full text magazine articles, newspapers, reference books and many other resources to assist students with their curriculum needs.
Grades: All Grades
Connect To over 180,000 of the best online resources, aligned with state standards and organized by readability and grade level. Each resource is carefully selected by educators to ensure it is safe, age-appropriate and 100% academically relevant.
Grades: All Grades, Staff Resource
TeachingBooks.net is a time-saving portal to thousands of online resources you can use to explore children's and young adult books and their authors.
Grades: All Grades
Full featured online encyclopedia and reference center. Use the links below to access the five World Book areas:
Grades: All Grades
A collection of electronic books offered by Polk County Schools. Books are separated by category and come in English and Spanish.
Grades: Elementary
Kids Search makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type: magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.
Grades: Elementary and Middle School
Kids InfoBits is a database developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5.
Grades: Elementary
Seachasaurus makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results.
Grades: Elementary
TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of animated,
talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format students will love.
Grades: Elementary
Electronic Reference Books — 24/7 unlimited access, no special readers or equipment needed. Provides access to more than 1,500 (and growing) electronic reference titles — eBooks — in virtually any subject, including health, science, art, history, biography and many more.
Grades: High School
The primary goal of LRC is to assist high school and undergraduate English and Humanities students with homework and research assignments of a literary nature.
Grades: High School
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is the premier database covering today’s hottest social issues, from Terrorism to Endangered Species, Stem Cell Research to Gun Control. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center helps students develop critical-thinking and information literacy skills by bringing together a variety of information on social issues.
Grades: High School
The information in SRC is from trustworthy, reputable books and periodicals, which means it’s accurate. And unlike search engines (such as Google or Yahoo!), SRC has lots of options (called limiters and expanders) to help narrow down and focus your search.
Grades: Middle and High School
This Wilson biography database Biography Reference Bank Select Edition is an in-depth full-text biographical resource, providing comprehensive coverage of people in the news and a full range of history-makers.
Grades: High School