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Each month, our SIRS® WebSelect and SIRS® Discoverer WebFind editorial teams scour the Internet for top-quality sites that help teachers teach and students learn. Although no Internet site can supplant a quality research database, these vetted resources offer unique resources that are sure to be of interest.
Consumer Consequences
Organization: American Public Media
"Welcome to Consumer Consequences, our interactive game designed to illustrate the impact of our lifestyles on the Earth. It's part of American Public Media's(TM) special series, "Consumed," which explores whether the modern American lifestyle is sustainable in the long run... Consumer Consequences will ask you a series of questions about your lifestyle, and as you play, it will show you how many 'Earths' of natural resources it would take to sustain all 6.6 billion humans... if everyone lived like you." (AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA)
Seeing in the Dark
Organization: Public Broadcasting System (PBS)
"The awe-inspiring sight of a sky full of stars can render us speechless--and understandably so. Two very different entities are involved, and they're both rather mysterious. At one extreme stands the individual observer, peering through a telescope or simply staring up at the stars....At the other extreme stands the wider universe itself, unimaginably vast and yet, as Einstein said, 'at least partially accessible to our inspection and thinking.'" (PBS) Visitors to this companion site to the film, "Seeing in the Dark," can explore many special features, including a star chart, an astrophotography gallery, and a collection of "How To" videos that explain how to use a telescope, a star chart, and more. Plus, students can request to have a black and white image taken by the Seeing in the Dark Internet telescope!
Words & Place: Native Literature from the American Southwest
Organization: Through Our Parents' Eyes
"Through a unique blend of imagery and sound, this website captures the complex oral traditions of Native American communities in the American Southwest. Songs are sung and stories told within the landscapes which inspired them. The tapes explore a world in which words and place possess symbolic and time-honored significance. Native oral tradition generates a history separate and distinct from the written history of the West." (THROUGH OUR PARENTS' EYES) Visitors to this site can watch videos of Native American songs, dances, stories, and poems.
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