I looked up armadillos and found many articles about them--some easy, some a little more detailed. I did find an article that had the camera meaning there were pictures but the pictures were only available with the original article. How/can you get the original article to see the pictures. I would have liked to see the pictures the article was talking about. I'm thinking others would too.
The database feature is very nice to have, students can chose the topic they are researching and find the subject they are looking for. I chose Madagascar in the Country Facts feature and the information there was very easy to read. It had information about the population, life expectancy, and history of the country; all in a format that is easy to read and find what your looking for. Excellent research source!
The maps feature will be very useful to history and geography students (and their parents) as a source to find basic information on different countries.
I also looked at Biographies and thought this too was very informative. I chose Thomas Edison and it showed many articles about him. One article had an activity that asked questions to involve the student and help them understand and apply what they've read.
The SIRS Researcher is top notch! Very indepth articles about every topic you can think of--very good resouce for informative speeches/debates and research papers. The research tools are excellent because it helps students keep track of/organize their research.
The Cirriculum Pathfinders was a surprise--a very nice surprise--I didn't know you could take a course in Computer Technology! WOW. This will be great for students to help them in their studies and to help them find out what they're really interested in!! Love this feature! I did look at some that were just articles about computer technology, but these would still help students find out more about subjects their interested in.
Thanks for your comments, sparklingmak. You can view article pictures within the article by clicking the article title in the search results list. You can also search for pictures only, if you need to find a picture of something specific. You may also like to know that you can search the maps and may be able to use them for subjects other than social studies--use outline maps in language arts to show where book characters travel, use outline maps in science to draw in weather patterns. Search "earthquakes" or any other term and see your results. So glad you found the SIRS resources helpful! Hope your students will, too!
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