The title I picked was Endangered Animals....I like animals. It gives you a choice from Mammals, Birds, Insects, Reptiles, Plants and others to choose from. This site would be good for doing research papers or other researching...gives you lots of detailed information and so much to choose from. I don't think it is a hard site to follow so pretty much anyone would be able to use it.
To search I picked Huckleberry Finn and found an article on Book Banning. I had forgoten this book was on the list. It also gives you articles about rafts and rafting - I thought that was kind of funny, but the boys did use a raft in the book. Also has articles on the Mississippi River and articles on the book itself. Would be useful again for research projects if needed material that didn't have available to you. It is pretty easy to use.
The listening part was cool! That will be helpful for those who can't read or problems seeing. Would need help getting to the article that wanted to listen to. This was an interesting site.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Proquest 2
I searched Library and wow did it give me lots of information to choose from!! There is information on Teen things, Medical things and so much more. Kind of interesting to know we have this kind of resource at our fingertips to use. I like how it gives you the date of the information so you know how far back or current it is. That is always a big help when searching for certain things.
Proquest 1
Growing up I loved to read and still love to read poem by Emily Dickinson so I decided to look up information on her and see what I could find. She went to a Boarding School in South Hadley, Mass. In the article I read it states she didn't leave much information about herself behind....so there are blanks about her life. A person stated that most of her poems have predictable rhyme schemes, making them easy to memorize. They are easy to read and remember. The article also states she would think up her poems while doing chores and then at night is when she would write them down....that is maybe why she used dashes instead of formal punctuation. I didn't know she passed away in 1886...I thought she lived in the 1900s. I still think she is a fascinating person and her poems are very interesting.
Friday, February 3, 2012
SIRS Issue Reseacher
It gives you a long list to look through and see if there is something that catches your eye...I picked suicide. The reason I chose it is because when I was a teenager I had thought about suicide a time or two, the rate of it is increasing now a days and I am reading a YARP book called Thirteen Reasons Why....deals with suicide.
It first comes up with the definition of suicide and when click on topic overview it talks about mental heath. Mental health is a state of cognitive or emotional well-being. There are different research tools that you can use...there is Timeline, Global Impact and Statistics. There are other tools and many things on the home page of suicide that will give you information. Also, there is a box showing where you can get articles...newspaper, magazines, viewpoints, reference and graphic/media. It provides a lot of different information you can use.
Out of the topics to chose from I picked Fine Arts. It gives you a list of different courses - Dance, Music, Opera, Theater and Arts. It also provides you with research ideas....different ones you can choose from. Like if you wanted to learn how to dance the Samba you can click on it and it will take you to a ballroom dance site and you can click on learn the dances, foot positions, posture and so much more. That is really cool!! So much information that my brain is getting fried haha
It first comes up with the definition of suicide and when click on topic overview it talks about mental heath. Mental health is a state of cognitive or emotional well-being. There are different research tools that you can use...there is Timeline, Global Impact and Statistics. There are other tools and many things on the home page of suicide that will give you information. Also, there is a box showing where you can get articles...newspaper, magazines, viewpoints, reference and graphic/media. It provides a lot of different information you can use.
Out of the topics to chose from I picked Fine Arts. It gives you a list of different courses - Dance, Music, Opera, Theater and Arts. It also provides you with research ideas....different ones you can choose from. Like if you wanted to learn how to dance the Samba you can click on it and it will take you to a ballroom dance site and you can click on learn the dances, foot positions, posture and so much more. That is really cool!! So much information that my brain is getting fried haha
SIRS Discover
The animal I chose was the Woodchuck in honor of Groundhog's Day yesterday :) Woodchucks hibernate through winter. In summer and early fall they put on weight by eating lots of leaves, twigs, and fruits. They hole up in underground burrows. Their body temperature drops, and they may breathe at a rate of only once every six minutes. That lets them save energy. Can you imagine if we breathed only every 6 mins - wow! They come out in the spring (and seem to always see their shadow-lol) and begin the yearly cycle again.
The article I got my information from was a Highlights for Children Magazine 2006. There are many different articles you can choose from that are provided for you. I thought that was interesting.
The country I picked was Australia - I want to really go there sometime. Love the accent of the people and want to see the animals...Koala Bears and the Kangaroos. Wow that gives you lots of information -- you get facts, economy, population, weather, history and government. Lots to choose from.
I checked out the US map and looked at Minnesota -- you get to look at a picture of the state and lists some of the cites - more of the larger cities. Then I looked at Nations map and looked at Australia -- again you get a picture and lists the different Territories and Regions. I can using this in a classroom if studying a particular state, region or country - gives some information and you can print of the picture to use. Plus it also gives you the time zones of the world!
I went into the Activities section and clicked on read aloud plays -- it gives you the names of different plays to pick from - which I picked The Case of the Watery Popsicle. It gives you the list of characters and then the scenes. That is kind of cool - homeschooling, teachers and librarians can use this for an activity or a story time. This is the first time I have used SIRS and find it very interesting and helpful. I might have to play around with it some more another time :)
Woodchuck: Hibernating
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The country I picked was Australia - I want to really go there sometime. Love the accent of the people and want to see the animals...Koala Bears and the Kangaroos. Wow that gives you lots of information -- you get facts, economy, population, weather, history and government. Lots to choose from.
I checked out the US map and looked at Minnesota -- you get to look at a picture of the state and lists some of the cites - more of the larger cities. Then I looked at Nations map and looked at Australia -- again you get a picture and lists the different Territories and Regions. I can using this in a classroom if studying a particular state, region or country - gives some information and you can print of the picture to use. Plus it also gives you the time zones of the world!
I went into the Activities section and clicked on read aloud plays -- it gives you the names of different plays to pick from - which I picked The Case of the Watery Popsicle. It gives you the list of characters and then the scenes. That is kind of cool - homeschooling, teachers and librarians can use this for an activity or a story time. This is the first time I have used SIRS and find it very interesting and helpful. I might have to play around with it some more another time :)
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