Lesson 4. SIRS RESEARCHER AND DISCOVERER

1.) I would start by showing the third grader how SIRS Discoverer works, then show him that by typing in solar system he could get 867 articles on this topic. I would then show him how to sort through his options to narrow his search down.

2.) While searching in SIRS Discoverer for both Maps and Volcanoes I found 1,000 articles on both of these subject matters.


SIRS Researcher

1.) By using SIRS Researcher teachers can get many suicide prevention tools and they can custom them to their audience; such as depression, drugs, transgender, etc. With Google customizing to your needs becomes much more difficult.

2.) The search term I would use for a civic discussion on water restrictions would be water restrictions, or water use. I found a particularly good reference ; At Issue: Water Use.  The article provides an overview of water use and Perspectives and questions.