1a World Book School Edition
1. I looked into the science projects section. I'm not much into science so thought it would be a good place to start. There were lots of cool and easy projects listed. Kids would have an easy time finding something they liked to do.
2. I took a look at the Quizzes and Activities section. It was great. I failed miserably at the quizzes i took however. Our children's librarian does a Jeopardy! event with the older kids so I told her about it to give her ideas about questions she can do.
3. Being able to email the book to yourself or saving under your research is awesome, readily available. The fact that you can have the book read to you is very helpful as many students drive to school so they can listen on their tablets on the drive.
4. The "How to Research" section has great information. It pretty much walks you through, step by step, on how to research and then write it up.
1b World Book Public Library Edition
1. I went under Compare Places where first I looked under Belize as I
have 2 nieces that live there. I like how on the first page you get the
quick facts first. This has most of the information kids would need
when giving a report. Then you can delve a little deeper into the place
you are researching. Then when i picked the second place to compare
(Costa Rica) I was impressed with how it showed the 2 side by side so
you could easily compare them.
2. What a cool site. I looked at the Interactive Earth maps. Everything you need to do a report on a state or country is right there at your fingertips. Again the fact that you can save the information, email it or even listen to it is a plus for busy people.
3. Very similar to the school edition. Easy to find, figure out how to do the citations and save.
1c World Book Foreign Language Edition
1&2 Since I do not know any foreign languages this was a challenge for me. I could search since it is basically the same as the English edition and figured you can do all the same things with it, such as saving and emailing. I searched the term 'cat' but 'gato' didn't come up. Mo Willems did though (I love Elephant and Piggie by the way). I was confused. We don't have much of a foreign language speaking population here so not sure how much it will get used. I do however know it is available and that is the first step.
