SIRS Issues Researcher Grades 6-12
1.) I chose Global Warming (certainly not around here, right?) Wow, I was blown away by all the resources available to discuss; the Pro/Con issues; the fact that one can narrow the result on the subject; one can find the meaning of some of the terms used in the articles and the research tools are great! In short, I can't wait to show this to students when they come to the library to do their homework!
2.) Curriculum Pathfinders is a double wow! Check out Find Arts in the course Subjects- you can learn how to Samba! The Interactive boxes on the right side of each subject were fun and informative. Kids play games while learning, what a concept. The Research Ideas in the center of each subject gives the student ideas to narrow their research. Immigration in the Social Studies Subject was most fascinating.