Reliable Sources

Pre-Assessment

Type the name of your favorite celebrity into a search engine.  Look at the top five websites.  Are they credible?  How do you know?  (From Myon: Smart Research Strategies...)

Myon eBook
Smart Research Strategies: Finding the Right Sources (Pg. 24-27)


Source Evaluation and Checklist for Credible Sources (Printable)

http://www.pulaskitech.edu/library/content/source_evaluation_checklist.pdf

https://www.education.wisc.edu/docs/WebDispenser/soe-documents/aics-lesson3-webpagecredibilitychecklist.pdf?sfvrsn=2

Post-Assessment
After reviewing the resources above:

Type the name of your favorite celebrity into a search engine.  Look at the top five websites.  Are they credible?  How do you know?  (From Myon: Smart Research Strategies...)

Has your view changed about the the first five websites from the first time you searched the favorite celebrity?  Yes or  No   Why?

Harlem Renaissance

1. General Research Tips and  Resources
http://fhsalmc.blogspot.com/2016/10/research-respurces-and-tips.html?m=1

2. Teacher and Students Recommended:

Recommend a resource for the project by email deidre.williams@students.lrsd.org.

Try http://www.history.com

Harlem Globetrotters
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/harlem-globetrotters-play-their-first-game 

Research Ressources and Tips

Before beginning below, review the 2016-17 Library Procedures.

1. FHSA Library
Online Public Acces Catalog (OPAC)
http://lime.lrsd.org/opac/forestheightsmiddle/index.html#menuHome (Symbaloo > OPAC)

2. ProQuest Central (Databases)
http://search.proquest.com/central


http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/elibweb/curriculum/do/search (click history or literature-for writers)

The FHSA Library also has quite a few printed encyclopedias that could be used as a source.


**********Why use databases versus the Internet?******

3. FHSA ebooks: Myon (FHSASymbaloo > click Myon > username and password are now your student id.  See Abdo and Capstone on handouts presented (or ask in the media center).

4. Central Arkansas Library

OPAC (check-out requires a library card)

https://www.cals.org/

Databases (some links may require a library card)
http://www.cals.org/ > Reference and Research > Databases by Subject 


5. Citing Sources

Easy Bib
http://www.easybib.com/

Google Docs/Google Slides Research Tool
Open File or New > Click Tools > Research > Find the source > Click Cite as Footnote or Insert
https://support.google.com/docs/answer/2481802?hl=en

Purdue OWL Research and Citation Resources
(Google: Owl Purdue citing sources)

6. Other
Wikipedia may not be recommended as a main source. However, the site may lead you to some main sources by checking out the references at the end of the article.


7. Ask for Help
If you have attempted to locate the information that you need and are having trouble, come by the media center for additional information about any of these resources  and/or make an appointment for a research consultation.

Aviator's Club

Introductions and Overview

(club sponsors and MPCATA (Tami EAST)

Review Interest and Application

Printed Scavenger Hunt

Online Activities

(Ask about prizes for individual and team answers)

Aviation Scavenger Hunt (Individual and team prizes (34; 56; 78) http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/01-1/lp236_03.shtml

Quia Movie article scavenger hunt
https://www.quia.com/sh/181526.html?AP_rand=1041850362


Experiments and Other: http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/01-1/lp236_02.shtml

Partner or individual quiz:

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=general-aviation-quiz-1_1


Team completion
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/73b021a0-435d-42ae-820f-7aff6c5872b2

Smart board Activity:
Frontiers of Flight
https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/partner/frontiers-of-flight-museum

Videos:

Tuskegee Airmen/Red Tails
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0485985/  (We Fight)

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC7Aot-QgHmaOzysMQyBjAzg


Aviation Experiments

http://www.dot.state.mn.us/aero/aviationeducation/documents/publications/windwaterwings.pdf

Format Ideas:

https://www.nps.gov/tuai/learn/news/red-tails-day-at-tuskegee-airmen-national-historic-site.htm

Science Experiments and Scientific Method Activities and Vocabulary

Scientific Method Vocabulary List 1
https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=6014254


Scientific Method Vocabulary List 2
 https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=6014440


Scientific Method Vocabulary List 3
https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=6014485


Scientific Method Walk the Plank Game
http://www.solpass.org/5s/Games/ScientificMethodPlank.html


Scientific Method Inky the Squid and the Treasures of the Scientific Method Game
http://www.biomanbio.com/GamesandLabs/SciMethodGames/inkysm.html

Scientific Inquiry  (Grades 3-5,6-8)
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/activity/scientific-inquiry-4-studyjams-interactive-science-activities


Scientific Method (Card Game)
https://jr.brainpop.com/science/beascientist/scientificmethod/sequenceorder/

https://www.brainpop.com/games/mobscientificmethod/ (Scroll Down and Click for Videos, Quizzes, and More)

Science Experiment and Science Fair Resources 2016-17

Before beginning below, review the 2016-17 Library Procedures.

Resources and Tips

1. Science Fair Experiments

http://www.education.com/science-fair/ (see for ideas and possible sources)

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas.shtml (see for ideas and possible sources)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8EeKjxvOy9IN205dzItem5oZUE/view?usp=sharing (Book list at FHSA)

Consider using Wikipedia for ideas even if you don't use it as a main source.  Also, look at the sources in the selected Wikipedia article.

2. Creating an Original Science Project Idea
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/3-strategies-for-an-original-science-fair-project/

3. FHSA Library
Online Public Acces Catalog (OPAC)
http://lime.lrsd.org/opac/forestheightsmiddle/index.html#menuHome (Symbaloo > OPAC)
(Request a book order for a title that we do not have that you would like to check-out.)

eScience Library (Database features: lexile level, audio read to, change language, click to definition, book carts (teacher recommended sources) and more)
http://science.bigchalk.com/sciweb/science/do/search

ProQuest Central (Databases)
http://search.proquest.com/central

The FHSA Library also has quite a few printed encyclopedias that could be used as a source.

**********Why use databases versus the Internet?******

4. Central Arkansas Library

OPAC (check-out requires a library card)
http://vera.cals.lib.ar.us/

Databases (some links may require a library card)
http://www.cals.org/ > Reference and Research > Databases by Subject > Scroll to Science

5. Help with Citing Sources

Easy Bib
http://www.easybib.com/

Google Docs/Google Slides Research Tool
Open File or New > Click Tools > Research > Find the source > Click Cite as Footnote or Insert
https://support.google.com/docs/answer/2481802?hl=en

Purdue OWL Research and Citation Resources
(Google: Owl Purdue citing sources)

6. Science Fair Board Display Tips

Discovery Education
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/Science-Fair-Presentations/How-to-Create-a-Winning-Science-Fair-Display-Board.html

Science Fair Buddies Advanced Tips
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_display_board_advanced_design.shtml

7. Ask for Help
If you have attempted to locate the information that you need and are having trouble, come by the media center for additional information about any of these resources  and/or make an appointment for a science fair consultation.

Library Procedures Review 2016-17