It is an interactive teaching and learning resource containing hundreds of articles supported by images, video, quizzes and more.
Heinemann Explore History for Scotland is also available, aligned with the 5-14 National Guidelines.
| 1. Heinemann Explore is available for both History and Science at the Key Stage 3 level. It is an interactive teaching and learning resource containing hundreds of articles supported by images, video, quizzes and more. Heinemann Explore History for Scotland is also available, aligned with the 5-14 National Guidelines. | |
| 2. Each subject contains curriculum-aligned areas of study, e.g. Britain 1066-1500 (History), Life Processes (Science). Each subject is further divided into core topics such as "The Rise of Islam" in the Europe Before 1900 area of History. |  |
| 3. Exploring articles contain all the core information about a curriculum topic. Articles are supported by images with detailed captions, multimedia pages containing videos and interactive content, glossary entries, related extension articles and more, all accessed with a single mouse click. |  |
| 4. When you click on a thumbnail image in Heinemann Explore, you can view a larger version of the picture and read its caption. |  |
| 5. Exploring pages also contain links to interactive content, animations and videos. Shown here is a page with a video clip of a skier. |  |
| 6. Each Exploring article contains differentiated text. Shown here is an Exploring article from Science at lower reading level. Next, you will see the same article at the higher reading level. |  |
| 7. Here is the higher reading level version of the Exploring page seen previously. Individual pupils can be assigned a reading level before they start using Explore. |  |
| 8. Pupils can check their understanding of each topic in the interactive Test Yourself section. |  |
| 9. Difficult words are defined when you click on them. Shown here is the definition for "cell" at Key Stage 3 level. |  |
| 10. Every topic is explored further in extension material. For example, the Quick Facts section in Science gives you the basic facts about a topic in bite-sized chunks and is based on the QCA Schemes of Work units. |  |
| 11. In History, you can visit the Key Questions section to find out more about the period you are studying. These questions are framed around those outlined in the QCA Schemes of Work for History. |  |
| 12. The Investigations section in Science suggests activities to help pupils learn more about a topic in a practical way. |  |
| 13. Every subject also contains a Digging Deeper section. Here you will find hundreds more articles and pictures related to the topics discussed in Exploring. |  |
| 14. You can browse the Pictures in an topic to find a specific image. Shown here are the first nine images in "Key People and Events", a topic in Britain 1066-1500 (History). |  |
| 15. You can also browse the multimedia pages of any topic. Listed here are video pages from the "World War II" topic of World After 1900 (History). |  |
| 16. The keyword search makes it easy for pupils to find information within a topic. Shown here are the keywords starting with "T" in Life Processes and Living Things (Science). |  |
| 17. It is also easy to search for any word in a subject area. Here, the user is searching for the word "plough" in all areas of Key Stage 3 History. |  |
| 18. Here are the search results for the word "plough" in Key Stage 3 History. The icons show whether the search result is an Exploring article, a picture, a written source or an extension article. |  |
| 19. Heinemann Explore is also available as a series of CD-ROMs for school networks and individual computers. Please click ’Contact Us’ from the homepage then phone or email for a current catalogue or further details about Explore products. Why not sign up for a free trial today? |  |