- Innovative, multimedia educational products and services
- Serving more than half of U.S. K-12 schools
Discovery Education combines scientifically proven, standards-based digital media and a dynamic user community to empower teachers to improve student achievement. More than half of the public and private K-12 schools in the U.S. utilize Discovery Education solutions, including:
Discovery Education streaming
Discovery Education streaming is an online video-on-demand teaching service that is correlated to state K-12 curriculum standards and features up to 7,700 full length videos and 77,000 video clips, as well images, audio files, lesson plans, a quiz builder, assignment builder, writing prompts, and online self-paced professional development. Discovery Education streaming is used by approximately one million U.S. teachers.
Discovery Education Science
Discovery Education Science includes standards-based supplemental resources for elementary and middle school science education that fit standard curricula and are bolstered by formative assessment tools. Resources include interactive video, eBooks, reading passages, virtual labs, and more, all organized around an inquiry framework and designed to engage students in the scientific process.
Discovery Education Health
Discovery Education Health is a comprehensive, standards-based library of health and prevention content covering nine core topics from nutrition to violence prevention. Discovery Education Health features 14 full curriculum programs, over 400 videos, an interactive Human Body Atlas, e-puzzles, electronic books, and over 800 lesson plans.
Discovery Education Assessment
Discovery Education Assessment measures student progress throughout the year and predicts student performance on high-stakes tests with 80-90% accuracy. During the 2007-2008 school year, Discovery Education administered more than three million assessments in 2,500 schools.
Discovery Educator Network (DEN)
Discovery Educator Network (DEN) is a global community of educators passionate about integrating media into classroom curriculum, collaborating, and learning together. DEN connects teachers on-line and face-to-face through professional development and networking events held throughout the U.S. DENs 30,000-plus members have provided professional development to over 415,000 educators.
Other Discovery Education services and solutions include:
- Discovery Education DVDs, VHS, and CD-ROMs award-winning content for educators on interactive video, CD-ROM and DVDs.
- PowerMediaPlus an online media-on-demand library including dynamic educator-generated content.
- School.DiscoveryEducation.com online access to a variety of free teaching tools and resources.
- Discovery Media Server Solutions server-based hardware solutions, powered by Dell, that enable local hosting of Discovery Education digital subscription services within school networks.