Lesson 4 Sirs

1.  The results are first sorted by "relevance" but I see that they can also be sorted by "date" and "lexile" which makes it great if you need articles by date or lexile.  I like the tabs across the top so the student can really narrow down their results.

2.  I chose Botswana.  The information is very to the point.  Not in paragraph form like in the World Books.

I looked through the Canadian maps.  Students could find cities and provinces of Canada.  I also searched the World Historical section.  There were trades maps, exploration and battle maps to name a few.  All information that could be used on a paper.

I explored the Science Fair Section and it is AWESOME!  I love that they have broken the sections into rooms in your house and then by what section you choose.  For example kitchen and chemistry.  A very fun tool!

Sirs Research

1.  Internet Censorship.  Censorship is the act of restricting material from publications, broadcasts, performances and speeches. It is a subject of much debate, particularly in the United States where the First Amendment guarantees freedoms of speech and press. The U.S. Supreme Court has contended with the issue of censorship on numerous occasions. In the case United States v. American Library Assn., Inc., the Court rejected a First Amendment challenge to the Children's Internet Protection Act, which requires public libraries and schools that receive federal funds to use software filters on all computers to block child pornography and other material harmful to minors. And more recently, in Morse et al. v. Frederick, a case involving a high school student holding a "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner during a school-sanctioned event off campus, the Court ruled in favor of allowing restrictions on student expression. Internationally, many Western countries allow more freedoms in terms of swearing and nudity on broadcast mediums where the U.S. views these images as taboo, yet other countries, such as Iran and China, are much more restrictive. 

Pro and con list, world wide articles on the subject, a tool to narrow your search, and I really like that the researcher can listen to the articles as well as reading the articles.

2.  Math Homework Help.  I clicked on the Graphics/Multimedia link to the left.  There are some great visual statistical graphs on students and math.  Again, the tools to narrow the researcher's search results, the tabs across the top and all of the different articles would be very helpful to any student/patron doing research.