Lesson 1a

I chose the sugar glider as my mammal to research.  The World Book

Kids Edition used a pretty large font and simplified language to describe the

habitat.  World Book Student Edition had similar information, but the

writing was more advanced.  It also included more about how to cite

the source and the scientific classification.

Using World Book Advance, I chose to look up Argentina.  I was surprised to see just how many options were available to expand my research.   I could really see HS students using this option for a variety of research needs.  I especially liked that they included things like the sound of the national anthem and a walk back in time.  When I clicked on one of the links, I noticed the Lexile level, options to print, email or save the source for future research, and even standard correlations.  I would use that!!

The World Book Discover would be helpful to ESL students because it is available in a French or Spanish version or could be translated to a variety of other languages.