Today is my day off before the weekend, and what better way to spend it than catching up on the Electronic Challenge lessons.
I've enjoyed playing with World Book Online for Kids. Did you know that a groups of squirrels is called a dray, or a scurry? I think that scurry is particularly apt. The World of Animals would provide students with basic information about a variety of animals. I particularly like the feature that allows you to compare two different animals.
Maps and More provides information about countries and states, and the outline maps and flags info would be handy for creating reports. I like the interactive Google maps as well. There are options for color photos, drawings, and line drawings.
The citation information provided with each article is important for all students as they learn to prepare research projects.
World Book Online Info Finder: Clicked E-Book Center, which took me to World Book Online Reference Center. I investigated the e-books link, and was intrigued to find what appears to be the full text of Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables", but only the preface of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". Hugo's biographical info is brief, but detailed, as well as printable and included citations. Related Information, Books to Read lists four books to read ABOUT Victor Hugo. But the books are not linked electronically to the site. Related E-books and Literary Criticism did give me access to "The Memoirs of Victor Hugo" but it would be difficult to read the entire work online, in my "old school" opinion.
Back to Info Finder: Interesting that the Argus Leader is available. Did a search on wind energy. Discovered that the article abstracts are free, but you must pay for the articles, unless the article is less than 30 days old. The Biography Center articles are very brief.
Hi, Gentle Reader, you are giving this resource a thorough going-over! I agree that Kids' World of Animals is a BLAST. People of all ages have fun with that--and learn! The Games are also fun and educational for kids. Very interesting & unusual that only the preface of HUNCHBACK is in ebooks. In addition to the linked material, the read-aloud feature can be useful here, and many ebooks can be downloaded to ereaders. In regards to the Argus and other newspapers, World Book is linking to the newspaper website. It is fun to see headlines from newspapers around the world, including the Argus. Thanks for your post!
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