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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.
Facts for Features: Back to School
Organization: U.S. Census Bureau
"In the latter part of August and early September, [most of] the nation's schools reopen following the traditional summer break. This edition of Facts for Features celebrates the return of students and teachers to the classroom." (U.S. CENSUS BUREAU)
Food Safety Music
Organization: Food Science & Technology Department, University of California
"Welcome to the Food Safety Music Website that features Dr. Carl Winter's hilarious and educational food safety music parodies. With a few clicks you can be on your way learning (and hearing) about food safety through song and video. It's all here for you--27 downloadable songs, Powerpoint slide presentations with accompanying lyrics and clip-art, lyric files, Flash animations, live concert footage, scheduled performances, and media accounts." (FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA)
Study Guides and Strategies
Organization: University of St. Thomas
Using these study guides should make a student successful. Strategies are presented on preparing to learn, studying, classroom participation, reading skills, test-taking skills, writing, and use of the Web. The study guides are available in English, Arabic, Chinese, Luganda, Turkish, Russian, German, French, and Italian.
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