Week 1 Continued

World Book Kids.  I chose the mountain lion.  They are becoming more common out here and the hunting season for them is going on at this time.
I found the picture of the lion and learned that it lives in North America, Central America and South America.  It is common in Mexico , Central America and South America, but its numbers have decreased in North America because of hunting.  It only listed two food sources as its primary food, deer and elk.
There are are also activities availabe that can be linked to the national content standards.

World Book Student.There is a lot more information in the Student edition and the print is smaller.  There is greater detail on habitat listing deserts, grasslands, swamps, tropical rain forests and mountains.  There is more information about the physical features of the lion.  It icludes information about how mainy kittens they can have and that it doesn't roar, but can purr and hiss.
You can access special reports, magazine articles and you can tie the information to the SD content standards.

World Book Advanced.  Thailand.  Chosen because several students want to return and teach and I'm sure they all want to keep informed about their refugee country.
It covers things such as government, people , the land, climate, economy and history.  An advanced search can be done if there is something particular they would be looking for.  There is a link to magazine articles that may give them information about particlular happenings in Thailand.
On the start up page there was also a link to World Newspapers.  There were three papers listed, The Daily News, Bankgkok Post, and Thairath.  Two appear to be in their language and one in English.  These would be very helpful on keeping up on day to day news.