The BBC’s iWonder website is a neat resource that provides answers to interesting questions. The answers are arranged as multimedia collections of information. For example, one of iWonder collections answers “what were the 20 key events of WW2?” That collection is arranged as a timeline that you can scroll through. Each event in the timeline is accompanied by text, image, and video (some videos might not play in all regions of the world).

In addition to academic questions iWonder tackles some lighter questions like “why can’t I resist food cravings?” and “how can I cure hiccups?” Scroll to the bottom of the iWonder homepage and select one of seven categories of questions. The categories are arts, food, science, consumer, earth, history, and religion & ethics.

Applications for Education
The content on iWonder provides good, general overviews of a large assortment of topics. As such, it’s not the kind of site that I’ll send students to for research so much as for an introduction to a topic. iWonder is also the kind of site that I like to use when I want to find “bonus material” or “general interest” reading to give to students.