Dorling Kindersley & Promethean - The Perfect Match
The Planet Team are delighted to announce a new partnership with leading global publisher Dorling Kindersely (DK). Promethean Planet and DK have joined forces to bring our members something new, animated and informative… from their extensive range of award-winning and internationally acclaimed titles for adults and children.
The DK Eyewitness illustrated children‘s reference book range has been selected. Fifty titles from this much-loved, and indeed‚ world’s best-selling non-fiction series in print will be brought to you exclusively in the form of Activpacks.
Covering diverse topics ranging from Ancient Egypt, to Ocean and Space Exploration, Promethean software has been used to create the Activpacks which will enable you to explore the topics in a whole new dimension; bringing the content to life in an innovative and exciting way through the use of interactive whiteboards and learner response systems. We know you’ll love them!
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DK Activpacks in the Activclassroom
Convenience - Quality - Affordable. Karen Gallagher used all these words when describing her recent experience with the new DK Eyewitness Activpacks she installed in her Activstudio resource library.
A fifth grade teacher from Welleby Elementary in Broward County, FL, Karen used the DK Fossils Activpack to teach her students about concepts such as geologic time, morphology and taxonomies. Following the installation of the DK Activpack, Karen was able to quickly and easily assemble a complete lesson, tailor made to meet the needs of her students and the requirements of her local curriculum.
"The DK Activpacks are a 'must have' for teachers who are struggling to find quality teaching materials that are affordably priced and that offer the flexibility a teacher needs to construct meaningful lessons for her students."
Take a look at Karen's lesson in action and see for yourself!
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Experience the benefits of using DK Activpacks in the Activclassroom.
5th Grade Teacher Karen Gallagher from Welleby Elementary in Broward County, FL takes her students on a journey through time, digging up fossils from long ago and exploring the remains of ancient creatures from far off lands.
What is an Activpack?
All the ingredients you need to create the perfect lesson...
The new Eyewitness Activpacks are designed to allow you to quickly prepare lessons around a topic using any combination of approximately 20 ready made activities, and your own activities. You can easily create your own professional looking activities using the templates, images, captions provided in the pack along with your own ideas. All activities, templates and captions are fully editable enabling you to create lessons personalized to your curriculum and class requirements.
Activpack contents
Images and Captions: A set of 100 images and captions from the Eyewitness book.
Templates: A selection of page templates for creating your own activities.Starters: A title page and a selection of ready made starter activities.
Main Activities: A selection of cross curricular main lesson activities.
Reviews: A selection of lesson review activities.
DK Eyewitness book pages: Embedded into relevant activities.
What is an Activlesson?
A wide range of teaching resources and activities to enable you to deliver a complete lesson with minimum preparation time...
The Eyewitness Activlessons are a new range of engaging multimedia lessons developed by Promethean in association with Dorling Kindersley. Activlessons are a series of individual lesson flipcharts, each delivering a complete lesson of up to 45 minutes. They also include selected e-book pages from the accompanying DK Eyewitness book for further reference.
Activlesson contents
Introduction: Containing reference to national standards, big ideas for the lesson, key vocabulary and an introductory lesson activity.
Teach: Several teaching pages, which cover the big idea and the main teaching points of the lesson. Interact: Interactive activities for individuals and groups to build knowledge and demonstrate their understanding of the topic.
Assess: A series of assessment questions and activities to measure progress and understanding of the topic. Questions can be used with or without Activote or Activexpression.
DK Eyewitness book pages: Embedded into relevant activities.
Available Lessons
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Eyewitness Activlessons – Mammal
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Eyewitness Activlessons – Dinosaur
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Eyewitness Activlessons – Fossil
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In Their Own Words...
Incredible value
"I can't begin to put a price tag on how much time and energy these Activpacks have saved me. What a tremendously valuable resource."
Karen Gallagher – Welleby Elementary School, Sunrise, FL
A huge time saver
"As an ICT Coordinator, I spend a significant amount of time preparing flipcharts, and searching on the
internet for images that I can build into them. The quantity and quality of the images in these Activpacks
is fabulous, and save me an enormous amount of time searching for suitable materials."
Helen King – Hinde House School, Sheffield