Evidence of Change: Fossils Internet Linked Prehistoric World Ancient Denvers o http://www.dmns.org/main/minisites/ancientdenvers/index.html Explorations through Time: A series of interactive modules that explore the history of life on Earth, while focusing on the processes of science. o http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explotime.html USGS: Geologic Time o http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/ The Paleontology Portal Smithsonian Education: Foot Prints Across Time o http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/fossils/index.html Fossils – Kids Science Videos, Games and Lessons o http://www.neok12.com/Fossils.htm Middle School Portal: Geologic Time Activities o http://msteacher.org/epubs/science/science16/geo_lessons.aspx Denver Museum of Nature and Science – Follow a Fossil o http://www.dmns.org/main/minisites/fossil/index.html Human Body Systems Click on the following link to: JCPL Databases. Go to the purple tab "Research Tools" and then click on the "Subscription Databases A-Z". Then just click on letter that the database starts with. For most of the databases you will have to use your own library card or use the Everitt card # Name: Everitt Barcode#: 260026000. For your project, I recommend the following general databases: Science in Context (click on Citation Tools on the right and download the citation in MLA 7th edition version)
Middle Search Plus (click on the HTML or PDF Full article and the citation is to the right---just click on "cite") Kids Info Bits (the citation is at the top of the article) Science Online (the citation is right below article) Use these key Words! organs and organ tissues, human body systems, circulatory system, muscular system, digestive system, nervous system and so on. In Science in Context, you will find the best information under the the categories of Featured Content, Reference or Magazines. To find reliable websites, go to the the purple "Research tools" tab and scroll down to the "Subject Guides" section. In this case you would go to the Science/Math tab and see if any of those websites would be helpful. Here are a few reliable websites that I found: If you choose to use a website that is not listed in the JCPL site or given to you by me, then remember to check the reliability of the websites you use. Ask yourself the following questions to see if this is a site you should use: What type of domain does it have? (.edu, .com, .org, .gov?) Remember that.edu and .gov are the most reliable. Who wrote the information in the website and is he/she an expert on that subject? When was this website written and has it been updated recently? Why do you think this website was set up? Does it have a bias? Remember to check the information on one website with other sources, if they agree then it is probably good information to use. |
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