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Student Resources

Internet Resources

Resources Key

Questions	Resources
How do people celebrate the Chinese New Year?	Crafts and Activities for the Chinese New Year Chinese New Year Chinese New Year - by Thinkquest Chinese New Year Printable Book Countdown to the New Year! - games to teach you about the many different ways Chinese prepare for the New Year. SIRS Discoverer - use key words to search for articles about the Chinese New Year. Not sure how to use key words? Click on Search Tips for help.
How do Chinese storytellers use tangrams?	Tangrams - by Enchanted Learning Yahooligans - use the subject tree to find information. Click on holidays and then, find Chinese New Year. eLibrary Elementary - use key words or natural language to find articles tangrams and storytellers.
What characters can I make with the tangram pieces? What can I learn about shapes by playing with tangrams? Does the shape stay the same when I flip, slide, and rotate it?	Tangrams - cool interactive site for making tangram characters Sagwa's Tangrams - from PBS Tangram Puzzles - practice flipping, sliding and rotating at this interactive site. Thinking Fountain Tans Tangrams - a definition and a tangram puzzle to print and cut out. Constructing Your Own Set of Tangrams
What resources will help me if I do not understand, or need more information?	Ask Dr. Math Harcourt Math Glossary

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Skills

	Choosing the Best Search Tools for Your Task ...Learn when to use which search engine.
	Using Electric Library...Learn how to search for magazine, newspaper and transcripts.
	Comparing Search Tools on the Web...Learn the various search engines and why each produces a different set of results.
	Choosing the Best Search Tools for Your Task ...Learn when to use which search engine.
	Using the Internet

Local Print and Nonprint Resources

Skills

School Library holdings

Automated Card Catalog

Public Library holdings

BCPL Kid's Catalog

Print Encyclopedias

CD-ROM Encyclopedias

Online Encyclopedias

	New Book of Knowledge
	America the Beautiful

	Using Books and Nonprint ... how to use automated catalogs and preview materials for usefulness.
	Keyword Search Strategies
	Using the BCPL Online Catalog
	Using Print and CD-ROM Encyclopedias... Advantages of different encyclopedia formats
	Using Online Encyclopedias ...See help section on each encyclopedia website

Last update: July, 2004
Created by Sharon Grimes

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