Online World Book Encyclopedia

The PFC (Parent/Faculty Club) generously purchased a one year subscription to World Book Online!

The students in Mrs. Yollis' class are learning how to research!

1. Go to the school website.
2. Go to the Learning Links
3. Select:  World Book Web
4.  The username and password have been sent to each parent via email.

Learn and share some facts about Africa that can be used in the class movie.

• How tall are the Pyramids? How old? What are they?
• What is the source of the Nile River?
• How many days does it take to scale Mt. Kilimanjaro? (on average)
• What are some facts about the Sahara Desert?
• How big is Lake Victoria?
• Where is Victoria Falls?

What is Plagiarism?

According to the New Oxford American Dictionary:

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Now that Mrs. Yollis' class is learning to research using the World Book Encyclopedia Online, it is important for everyone to understand how to share learning without just copying.

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How to share learning without becoming a plagiarist is tricky.

Step 1:   Read the passage completely.

Step 2:   Take notes on the interesting parts.
                  (IMPORTANT - Only write facts. Do not copy sentences.)

Example:

• California
• largest population
• 33,871,648 people

Step 3:    Use the facts to compose your own sentences.
                    Now is a good time to add your opinion as you share.


Example:

I was surprised to learn that my state, California, has the largest population of all fifty states. There are approximately  34 million California citizens. 

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 How do you research?

How would you feel if someone took your writing and tried to pass it off as their own?

Please leave a comment with something that YOU researched. Remember, put it in your own words!

(If your comment gets published, you will earn five minutes of free time on Mrs. Yollis' website!)

An Introduction to an Encyclopedia

The PFC (Parent/Faculty Club) generously purchased a one year subscription to World Book Online!

The students in Mrs. Yollis' class are learning how to research!

• Step 1 :  Think about a topic you'd like to learn about!

• Step 2: Log-in to the online site using your username and password.
  

• Step 3: Type the topic of interest in the search box and press return.

• Step 4: Read and learn! Remember,  subheadings can help guide a researcher to the answer.   

Share the facts you learned with others!

Today we discovered:

1. North America has a population of 538,000,000 people. (How does that compare with the other continents?  Hmmm.....)

2.  North America is the third largest continent. Asia is the largest, and Africa is larger than North America. (Hmmm...I wonder how big North America is in square feet?)

3. Coast redwoods are the tallest living tree. (I wonder exactly how tall? Hmmm....)

4. Sequoia trees only grow on the western side of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. They can live for over 2,000 years! (Hmmm.... What was the name of that famous one...General...? Why was that sequoia so famous?)

Have you learned anything new from an encyclopedia?

Please share!

(If your World Book comment gets published, you will earn five free minutes on Mrs. Yollis' Website!)