Science Fair Project Help/Guide
1. Hopewell Middle School www.hopewellmustangs.net
a. Media Center
b. Destiny – Catalog
c. Search by “Science Fair”
i. Results given for Books and Web Sites
1. If NO Books in Media Center about your topic, look at websites tab.
2. Look at Book Details – will have links “Webpath Express”
ii. Web Sites can be refined by grade level and domain type
1. Domains to Look At - .org,.edu,.gov
d. Encyclopedia Britannica Ebooks- Media Center-Catalog- Britannica Ebooks
i. User name:
password:
2. Good Sites to Explore
Science Fair Projects, Ideas, Answers and Tools
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas.shtml
Science Fair Project Resource Guide
http://www.ipl.org/div/projectguide/
Discovery Education Science Fair Central
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/?pID=fair
Students can log into this site and view all of the resources. User Name is “FCS10digitcode” Password: 12345678
National Energy Education Development Project http://www.need.org/science-fair-projects
Library of Congress Science Reference Services http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/selected-internet/scifair.html
3. Reference Database/ Password –
a. Gale
i. Gale Science In Context
1. Science Fair Projects and Experiments
4. Galileo/ Research Information – Periodicals, etc.
Galileo/Password (current)Galileo – Science – Middle Search Plus
Can refine your results, Full text, date range, source type, key word suggestion.
Features to Investigate
Folder – to save your work to the “cloud”
Cite – on right hand side of page
Permalink – must use this for web address, this is a permanent link to your resource.
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Finding Dulcinea- Media Center Symbaloo – great search tool with credible results
Works Cited Help – MLA Citation Guide, MLA Visual Guide and Easy Bib
MLA Made Easy – unlimited user eBook (Must have a Destiny account to check it out, not to look at it)
Saving your work to the “Cloud”
a. Evernote-www.evernote.com/getting_started OR
Dropbox
www.dropbox.com
May 2013