Lesson 1: World Book-Dolphins

 I saw the dolphin show last fall at the Brookfield Zoo near Chicago, therefore I decided  to look up dolphins in the two World Book's for more information on these amazing mammals.
 The Kids World Book (K-5th)  gave general information on names, relatives, age, live birth, physical description and signaling.

I found it interesting to see that I could pull up the World Book Kids and the Info Finder both on the Info Finder page. This saves some time by going to both versions simutaneously from the same page.

What a world of information. I learned many new things in the extended information in the Info Finder,
way beyond the basics that are in the Kids version. One of the most intriguing to me is that a dolphin's lungs collapse and heart rate lowers when diving deep to allow it's body to compensate for the pressure. (Dolphins normally do not dive deep, but when they do this happens.) Quite an interesting scientific fact.

 I hope to make this a learning experience of what is available through the State Library's electronic resources. I have never blogged before and this will be an adventure. I am part way throught the World Book section.

finally set up the blog, now back to the tutorial