Monday, January 23, 2012

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.
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  1. Jane Heitman HealyJanuary 23, 2012 at 11:55 AM

    Thanks for your comments, gram. You are teaching me some new facts, too! I hope you'll take a minute to try out the special features in Kids: World of Animals, Compare Places, Games & Activities--or better yet, try them out with one of your young patrons. :)

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