The Library

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Recommended resources

NutritionData.com Click on “Foods by Nutrient” and select your nutrient. The Nutrition Glossary has definitions.

KidsHealth.org Search for your nutrient

MedlinePlus.gov Search for your nutrient

World Book Encyclopedia: click Online Student Resources and go to World Book Student. Search for your nutrient.

World Book Encyclopedia Online http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/home (requires password at home; get this from librarian)

Life in Ancient Egypt (Carnegie Museum of Natural History) http://www.carnegiemnh.org/exhibitions/egypt/index.htm

Ancient Civilizations for Kids http://www.kathimitchell.com/ancivil.html

Kidipede – History and Science for Middle School Kidshttp://www.historyforkids.org

British Museum
http://www.ancientcivilizations.co.uk/home_set.html
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/world_cultures.aspx

Ancient India (San Francisco Unified School District) http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schwww/sch618/India/Ancient_India_Main.html

Oral Histories of Civil Rights Activists from the Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project

Visit the SPS Online Resources page and use these:

World Book: Look up Gun Control in World Book Student. Useful overview of the debate over gun control in the U.S.

Facts on File: Issues and Controversies (link on the upper right under CultureGrams) Use this to find articles!

Newspaper and Magazines: use eLibrary or Proquest to find articles.

Encyclopedias
Grolier Online Passport: New Book of Knowledge Detailed article on Mesopotamia

World Book Encyclopedia Go to World Book Student and read articles about Mesopotamia, Sumer, and Assyria.

Daily Life Online Click on Browse by Title on the left, then find Daily Life in Mesopotamia

Websites
Life in Mesopotamia Why is Ancient Mesopotamia considered the cradle of civilization? Find out here. (University of Chicago)

Mesopotamia (British Museum)

Ancient Mesopotamia for Kids

Mesopotamia, Babylon, and Sumer PowerPoint slides

Science Buddies
Use the Topic Selection Wizard if you need ideas for a topic/question.

Great Science Fair Project Ideas

All Science Fair Projects

IPL Science Fair Project Resource Guide

Energy Quest Science Projects

Science Fair Central (Discovery Channel)

National Student Research Center

Science Fair Project Steps

Science Fair Internet Resources

Science Fairs Homepage

“Ultimate Science Fair Project Resource”

ChemicalElements.com

ChemiCool

Photographic Periodic Table

It’s Elemental

The Science Spot: Periodic Table

Part I: Alaska
Find a map with CultureGrams on Alaska

http://alaska.pinnacle-travel.org/index.htm

Part IV: Circle Justice
http://justice.uaa.alaska.edu/forum/17/4winter2001/a_circle.html

Go to this page: Discovering Ardi website

Topic Ideas:

Y2KYouth.org
Giraffe Heroes Project
ACLU Stand Up
Student Activism Resource Book
Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project

Finding Articles:
SeattlePI Search Page
Seattle Times Search