My 8th grade students are learning about earthquakes in science so that is what we did the search on. The students liked that they got a lot more hits using the Student Edition, 942 versus 67 with the Junior Edition. Both databases seem similar in their content giving images, videos, podcasts, and then academic journals, books, and news. Both databases seem appropriate for my 8th grade group. They both are set up in a very similar manner so once the students and I explored the first they were very comfortable with the second. Based on the types of magazines and names (many of them we agreed we were familiar with like Science News) both databases seemed credible. Usability wasn't a problem once you explored the database for a little while and understood what all of the tabs were and how to narrow your search or look for specific things. The students and I both agreed that both were great resources to use for searching for information but the Student Edition had a lot more choices than the Junior Edition so that was everyone's favorite!
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Karen Miller
12/8/2014 10:58:10 pm
Timing is everything! Your students are learning about earthquakes in science which is a fun topic to be able to search. You and your students explored Student Edition and Junior Edition. You found both sites to be great resources. Your class thoroughly researched both sites. Great work by your class.
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