Resource Review:

A Sense of Wonderopolis

This week in my library I am teaching my students about Chocolate, this is part of an author study where we have glanced into the world of Roald Dahl and explored a few of his titles that highlight chocolate, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Witches, and Matilda.  We are embracing different types of technology during this unit while we design or own candy bars and create candy wrappers using Canva . We are also spending time discussing and Wondering who invented Chocolate Chips? Who invented the Candy Bar ? or Why can’t dogs eat chocolate? 

As most of you know already, we can’t just leave children to browse the internet this is because the resources might not be appropriate both for their age and in the content itself. That’s why I am reviewing WONDEROPOLIS a resource that is a fun addition to the classroom or anytime your child ever wonders about something. 

Why Wonderopolis?

Wonderopolis is an inventive blog that isn’t what you expect of a blog at all. Each new wonder of the Day is a blog post that is shared in an interactive way where you can see what other people are wondering about. Loaded with great content, you can join the discussion and get lost in a world of curiosity. 

Created in 2010 Wonderopolis is about making learning fun for children. Wonders of the day all begin with your questions.  You can search for topic on roblox to robots. If the question you want answered isn’t available, you can add your question to the wonder bank and let the site find the answer for you. 

Wonderopolis is a site geared towards Grades 2-6 . The content creators choose videos and pictures to aid in the learning of the wonder they have researched and posted.

Pros:  Using Wonderoplolis is a great way to extend any learning activity and highlights the academic vocabulary words and will give you their definitions, it is engaging providing content that has been updated daily for the last 14 years, these daily updates allow for interesting and current user information. Wonderopolis will enhance the learning environment as children uncover new and inspirational information in a safe way. Wonderopolis also has a read the text AI feature that will help in making the information more accessible to all.

Cons: The answers to our questions can be wordy for the intended age range. Also there is no age differentiation indicated when viewing the available content.

You can visit this world of wonder by clicking the link provided below

Site URL:  https://www.wonderopolis.org/  

Despite the somewhat wordy responses the content almost always comes with a video and image to aid in the learning. I am excited to explore all things chocolate this week with my 2nd and 3rd graders using Wonderopolis and connecting literature to real world wonders. 

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