I am behind, I will catch up and stay there. I grew up with World Book on the shelf. I read them all several times. I am a book person, but I can see where having the information online will apeal to the students. Also you type in the topic and that is what you get, no real searching to distract you. Another advantage would be the short video clips and sound.
SIRS is very user friendly. I think I will use this in the classroom with the students I work with. I looked up the Lynx, I have seen one and don't know much about them. Unfortunately there are few articles, they are rare. So I looked up the sea turtle, loads of information and pictures. Next I checked out the web select sites, very cool. I really like links. The NOAA Fisheries has a great site. The SIRS site is only limited by my lack of questions. This is a site I will share with the teachers I work with.
Sea Turtles Marquis, A.L.(2008)Recovery, at Turtle's Pace.NATIONAL PARKS Winter 2008, Vol. 82, No. 1, pp. 18-19
Even in a healthy ecosystem, the odds are against most hatchlings: Just one in a thousand reach adulthood. Why is this? The baby turtles are easy targets for fire ants, racoons, coyotes and birds. The demand for turtle eggs also takes its toll on the population and then there are the commercial fisherman. And according to Krual,C. (2007) in an article titled "He's counting his turtle eggs", Just before daybreak, Arcelio Fuentes stands on the beach and empties a basket holding 93 baby sea turtles into the churning surf. Some of them are snatched by preying sea gulls and frigate birds, but most make it out into Montijo Gulf to begin their mysterious, thousand-mile journey to the Galapagos Islands and beyond. Every person can make a difference with one act of kindness.
Hi, Lynda, now I'm the one who is behind. When you are posting on a new lesson, would you please click up on the top right of the screen where it says "Dashboard" and then click on "edit"? That way we can comment in a more timely manner and you will have new blog posts, not just comments. Let us know if you need more assistance. In any case, thanks for your work so far. We love World Book and hope you will take time to look at special features such as Kids' World of Animals; the Timelines in Student, Advanced, and Discover, and Discover's Visual Dictionary and World Book Explains. So glad you found SIRS easy to use and helpful. We think both products have a lot to offer!
Welcome to the challenge!! -julie
ReplyDeleteI am behind, I will catch up and stay there. I grew up with World Book on the shelf. I read them all several times. I am a book person, but I can see where having the information online will apeal to the students. Also you type in the topic and that is what you get, no real searching to distract you. Another advantage would be the short video clips and sound.
ReplyDeleteSIRS is very user friendly. I think I will use this in the classroom with the students I work with. I looked up the Lynx, I have seen one and don't know much about them. Unfortunately there are few articles, they are rare. So I looked up the sea turtle, loads of information and pictures. Next I checked out the web select sites, very cool. I really like links. The NOAA Fisheries has a great site. The SIRS site is only limited by my lack of questions. This is a site I will share with the teachers I work with.
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ReplyDeleteMarquis, A.L.(2008)Recovery, at Turtle's Pace.NATIONAL PARKS
Winter 2008, Vol. 82, No. 1, pp. 18-19
Even in a healthy ecosystem, the odds are against most hatchlings: Just one in a thousand reach adulthood.
Why is this? The baby turtles are easy targets for fire ants, racoons, coyotes and birds. The demand for turtle eggs also takes its toll on the population and then there are the commercial fisherman.
And according to Krual,C. (2007) in an article titled "He's counting his turtle eggs", Just before daybreak, Arcelio Fuentes stands on the beach and empties a basket holding 93 baby sea turtles into the churning surf. Some of them are snatched by preying sea gulls and frigate birds, but most make it out into Montijo Gulf to begin their mysterious, thousand-mile journey to the Galapagos Islands and beyond. Every person can make a difference with one act of kindness.
Hi, Lynda, now I'm the one who is behind. When you are posting on a new lesson, would you please click up on the top right of the screen where it says "Dashboard" and then click on "edit"? That way we can comment in a more timely manner and you will have new blog posts, not just comments. Let us know if you need more assistance. In any case, thanks for your work so far. We love World Book and hope you will take time to look at special features such as Kids' World of Animals; the Timelines in Student, Advanced, and Discover, and Discover's Visual Dictionary and World Book Explains. So glad you found SIRS easy to use and helpful. We think both products have a lot to offer!
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