Carkenord Media Center
Media Center Resources
Welcome to the Carkenord Media Center Page! Below you'll find links to helpful resources available to staff, students, and parents!
Chesterfield Public Library: Through a unique partnership, our students now have access to all Chesterfield Public Library resources, including TumbleBooks and much more! To access these resources, please have your child ask his/her teacher for his/her username and password! Typically, the student username is your child's student ID number and the password is the last four digits of the primary School Messenger cell phone number on file.
Gizmos/Explore Learning: Gizmos contains hundreds of online simulations with lesson materials, supporting research-based strategies to build deep conceptual understanding in math and science.
Michigan Electronic Library (MEL): Here you'll find links to a variety of resources including educational games, online story time tools, homework help, research tools and much more! Use the "Play" and "Read" links on the left-hand side of the page to navigate the many resources!
BookFlix: This resource is provided to us through our partnership with the Chesterfield Public Library. Please see your teacher for your username.
Gale In Context: Elementary school resources like Gale In Context: Elementary give children a safe place to find answers to their questions, practice research skills, and explore interests inside and outside the classroom. It also gives teachers access to digital resources that can supplement and enhance in-person and online instruction. (If you're at home and it's asking you for a password, please e-mail your teacher for your unique password.)
Schoology: Log in here with your unique Schoology username and password given to you by your teacher.
TumbleBooks: TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. They are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sounds, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book (and some classics) which you can read, or have read to you.
TumbleMath: TumbleMath is the most comprehensive collection of math picture books you will find anywhere. All in the amazing TumbleBook format complete with animation and narration. The books are accompanied by supplementary materials such as lesson plans and quizzes.