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Each month, our SIRS® WebSelect and SIRS® Discoverer 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.
Could Plug-In Hybrid Cars Help the Energy Crisis?
Organization: The Why Files, University of Wisconsin at Madison
"Between the near-record price of crude oil and the warnings about the end of the petroleum age, it's a great time to be hawking hybrid cars. Hybrid cars get their power from a regular gasoline engine and a battery-powered electric motor... But it turns out that today's hybrids are only a start: The next generation of 'plug-in hybrids' promises much greater reductions in fuel consumption and pollution....While today's hybrids resemble conventional cars with a battery assist, the plug-in version is more like a battery car with gasoline assist. Like the battery car, the plug-in hybrid offers radical pollution reductions, but adds the critical advantage of unlimited range." (THE WHY FILES)
Discovering Chimpanzees
Organization: Science North Foundation
Chimpanzees, along with many other primates, are endangered. Their future depends on humans learning to live in harmony with them. People need to become much better at sharing the planet with chimpanzees and other animals." (SCIENCE NORTH FOUNDATION) This site introduces students to the chimpanzee, its habits and habitat, and the need to protect chimps from extinction. This site is also available in French.
Justice Talking: Medical Marijuana
Organization: University of Pennsylvania
"When Californians passed a statewide referendum allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes, they defied a federal ban, challenged the nation's war on drugs and embarked on a legal battle that has landed in the U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S. government has argued that the federal Controlled Substances Act forbids any manufacture, possession or sale of drugs that make the list of taboo products. But those involved with cancer and AIDS treatment and several states rights advocates say that individual states have the responsibility--and a constitutional right--to make decisions impacting the health and safety of their own citizens. Hosted by the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California." (JUSTICE TALKING, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA) Visitors to this site can learn more about this issue by listening to the full radio program. An MP3 version and a transcript are also available.
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