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** Flagstaff Safe Searching Resource--Subscription based **
==Simply click on the images below to access the resource. You will be prompted for a password. Please refer to the LMC Safe Searching Resources handout or request this information from the librarian, your student's teacher, or science teacher. ==

===Coming up with an interesting project or experiment for science fairs or classroom assignments can be a challenge. Today's students have moved light years beyond projects involving food coloring, clay and spray-painted Styrofoam. They're interested in exploring theories and concepts such as acid raid, biomes, composting, and solar energy. That's why U·X·L created Experiment Central. In four volumes, students (and parents!) and general researchers will find examples of science projects and experiments they can replicate for science fairs and other purposes, as well as suggestions on ways they can design their own project that investigates a specific scientific topic. ===

==Student Resource Center: Junior (grade 5 & up) ==









=STEM Big6 LiveBinder =

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==Livebinders works like a three ring notebook tipped on its spine. Section Tabs along the top correspond to the steps in the Big6 problem solving process. Sub tabs include STEM Fair specific tools, templates, information, search tips and tricks, and resources. == = =

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==Students with Longmont Public Library (LPL) and or High Plains library cards can access these libraries' Safe Searching resources. To access these resources you must login with your library card barcode number. ==

**Science Reference Center**
==Access science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, and more. ==

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==**//Science News for Kids//** is a web site devoted to science news for children of ages 9 to 14. Our goal is to offer timely items of interest to kids, accompanied by suggestions for hands-on activities, books, articles, Web resources, and other useful materials. ==

 ==EurekAlert! is an online, global news service operated by [|AAAS, the science society]. EurekAlert! provides a central place through which universities, medical centers, journals, government agencies, corporations and other organizations engaged in research can bring their news to the media. EurekAlert! also offers its news and resources to the public. EurekAlert! features news and resources focused on all areas of science, medicine and technology. ==

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">e! Science News is an automated science news search engine.
==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Its sole purpose is to ensure that you have access to the very latest and popular science breakthroughs. To achieve this, it constantly surfs the web to gather, regroup, categorize, tag and rank science news from [|all major science news sources.] ==

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Since 1997, the SciCentral editors have been aggregating breaking research news from the most reputable and reliable sources. The service has received over 30 Web awards and enthusiastic reviews from leading science publishers (e.g.; //Science Magazine//, //The Lancet//, //The New Scientist//) for the quality of its service. Over 700 other websites point to SciCentral as a trusted source of information. ==

==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Science Newshas been published since 1922. This award-winning biweekly news magazine covers important and emerging research in all fields of science. It publishes concise, accurate, timely articles that appeal to both general readers and scientists. ==

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==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The [|//Science//NOW] online daily news service brings brief breaking news stories from the award-winning reporting staff of Science to your computer desktop every business day. ==

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**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">ScienceBuddies: **
===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The award-winning, non-profit Science Buddies empowers K-12 students, parents, and teachers to quickly and easily find free project ideas and help in all areas of science from physics to food science and music to microbiology. Whether your goal is to find a fun science activity for your kids or win the international science fair, sciencebuddies.org puts comprehensive, scientist-authored tools, tips, and techniques at your fingertips. ===

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**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Science Bob: **
===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Science Bob" Pflugfelder has been exploring the scientific world with thousands of students.He also encourages parents and teachers to practice "Random Acts of Science" by providing instructions and videos for interactive science experiments on his web site, as well as public presentations and workshops that help make science come alive. ===

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Browse ideas for projects by topic
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Demonstrations with instructions (excerpts from Exploratorium's Science Explorer books)
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Browse list of experiments & view video demonstrations for ideas
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Simple, Medium, and Advanced project ideas including video tutorials.
|| ===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">@http://scienceclub.org/scifair.html === || ===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Science Fair Adventure is the authority on science fair projects, ideas and experiments. Our comprehensive listings features science fair projects across several distinct categories, including chemistry, physics, biology, and many more. Each project is listed in an easy to follow manner with step-by-step instructions on how to carry out the project. === || ===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">@http://www.sciencefairadventure.com/Default.aspx === || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">
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===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The site is hosted by Drexel University's College of Information Science & Technology, and a [|consortium of colleges and universities] with programs in information science are involved in developing and maintaining the ipl2. ===

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Link to Choosing A Topic to find loads of links to even more sources/websites for project ideas.
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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Science Fair Projects
===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Welcome to Terimore Science Projects. For years we've been providing students with an amazing variety of fun, cool and easy science projects and instructions you can download right now! All of our projects come with step by step guidelines to help you complete a winning science project. ===

|| ===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">@http://www.terimore.com/Find_a_Science_Fair_Project.htm === || ===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">We have a Large collection of Hundreds of Free Illustrated Science Fair Projects Ideas and Science Project Experiments for Elementary School, Middle School & High School. All the projects are Illustrated with high-quality diagrams and easy to follow instructions. === || ===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.sciencefair-projects.org/index.html === || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">
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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">STEMPlanet
===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The STEMPlanet.org team is made up of employees of the National Network of Digital Schools (NNDS), a non-profit developer of the Lincoln Interactive© online curriculum. === || === ===

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">@http://stemplanet.org/activities/
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===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">When you have broad topics to research, e.g., biochemistry, engineering, microbiology, etc., it's more efficient to use Internet Directories (Open Directory Project) versus search engines (Google). Directories offer students categories to search (assistive navigation) and all the websites/resources/links in a directory have been examined by a editor (a human) before being committed to the directory. Directories are gateways to the Deep Web or Invisible Web--those websites that Google and other search engines cannot see (index) including scholarly papers and collections. Use Directories to locate resources that can help you research ISEF categories and subcategories. ===

===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Search the latest index of the world's books. Find millions of great books you can preview or read for <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**FREE** ! After you type in a search term you will get results but to see only <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> FREE <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> titles you must use the <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Free Google eBooks link in the left hand navigation to narrow your results to <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**FREE** titles. === ===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Use the Advanced Search feature to locate content from magazines. ===

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research. ===

<span class="si" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **Features of Google Scholar**

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 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Find** articles, theses, books, abstracts or court opinions ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Locate** the complete document through your library or on the web ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Learn** about key scholarly literature in any area of research ===



===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Millions of students use EasyBib monthly to cite and document the best sources used in their research. We've now made these sources searchable. What you cite, others can search. It's a virtuous cycle that improves research for all. ===

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">That's right: Welcome to Social Research.
==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Selected "classic" papers from the History of Chemistry catalog maintained by Le Moyne College. Classic, notable, chemistry papers that can help with locating background information for STEM Fair topics/projects. ==





<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Search over 3.5 million documents, plus patents and government data.**
==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scitopia.org searches the entire electronic libraries of the leading voices in major science and technology disciplines and provides relevant results, without the noise of other Internet search engines. More than three and a half million documents, including peer-reviewed journal content and technical conference papers, spanning 350 years of science and technology can be searched through the site. ==

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//<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Some search results from Open Directory Project and Wikipedia. //
==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">From car engines to search engines, from cell phones to stem cells, and thousands of subjects in between, HowStuffWorks has it covered. No topic is too big or too small for our expert editorial staff to unmask ... or for you to understand. In addition to comprehensive articles, our helpful graphics and informative videos walk you through every topic clearly, simply and objectively. Our premise is simple: Demystify the world and do it in a simple, clear-cut way that anyone can understand. ==

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Search the scientists index or search by field of work. Fascinating to hear scientists recount their professional journeys.
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Journal of Visualized Experiments
==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is a peer reviewed, PubMed indexed journal devoted to the publication of biological, medical, chemical and physical research in a video format. ==

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Primary scientific data sets

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> information resources produced by Thomson Reuters to compliment our life science products such as BIOSIS Previews & Zoological Record

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Engineering Interact is a new and exciting free educational resource for primary school children aged 9 to 11.
===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The resource provides fully interactive, engaging game environments and high-quality learning material tailored to the National Curriculum. === ===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Information about real world applications and cutting edge research motivates children and introduces them to the exciting subject of engineering. === ===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">This resource has been created by the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering, with a grant from the HEFCE Aspirations Fund and the University of Cambridge Active Community fund. ===

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===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The STEMPlanet.org team seeks to bring interesting and engaging learning opportunities to students everywhere. The STEMPlanet.org team is made up of employees of the National Network of Digital Schools (NNDS), a non-profit developer of the Lincoln Interactive© online curriculum. We believe that students succeed when their educational program offers a wide variety of learning opportunities. ===

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==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">learningscience.org is an organization dedicated to sharing the newer and emerging "learning tools" of science education. Tools such as real-time data collection, simulations, inquiry based lessons, interactive web lessons, remote instrumentation, micro-worlds, and imaging, among others, can help make teaching science an exciting and engaging endeavor. These tools can help connect students with science, in ways that were impossible just a few years ago. Take a look at a few different types of "learning tools" at this link, [|Tool Examples]. At this point in our project we are highlighting some of the best web resources for science concepts. Although our main emphasis is on students, teachers, and parents, really anyone interested in science education will find the site useful and informative. ==

==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">learningscience.org is a collaborative project of the Central Bucks School District (PA, USA), the teachers of the Central Bucks School District, The __#|College of Education__ at Temple University (PA, USA), and Dr. George Mehler. ==

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==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The National Science Digital Library is a national network dedicated to advancing STEM teaching and learning for all learners and both formal and informal settings, and the locus of activity for the National Science Foundation's National STEM Distributed Learning program. NSDL receives the majority of its funding through the generous support of NSF's Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE), Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR). ==

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==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…" With an annual budget of about $6.9 billion (FY 2010), we are the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities. ==

==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">FREE is among the most popular K-12 websites maintained by the U.S. Department of Education because of the many great resources being offered by contributing federal agencies. ==

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==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Click on the image above to access the "live" menu. Links were compiled by Bedford/St. Martin's Hackers Handbooks editors. Each section contains tabs to Databases & Indexes, Web Resources, and Reference Books. These links are maintained by the individual organizations that own the links not Flagstaff. ==

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==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">From [|The University of Sheffield] and WebElements Ltd, UK. Just rollover the elements on the periodic table and click on the image to get an incredibly detailed data sheet on the elements including history of the name, uses, and an index of properties that contain a particular element. ==

==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Chemistry Collective is a collection of virtual labs, scenario-based learning activities, and concepts tests which can be incorporated into a variety of teaching approaches as pre-labs, alternatives to textbook homework, and in-class activities for individuals or teams. It is organized by a group of faculty and staff at Carnegie Mellon University for college and high school teachers who are interested in using, assessing, and/or creating engaging online activities for chemistry education .==

==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scitable is a free science library and personal learning tool brought to you by Nature Publishing Group, the world's leading publisher of science. == ==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Scitable currently concentrates on [|genetics] and [|cell biology], which include the topics of evolution, gene expression, and the rich complexity of cellular processes shared by living organisms. Scitable also offers resources for the budding scientist, with advice about [|effective science communication] and [|career paths]. ==

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:physlink.gif link="@http://www.physlink.com/Index.cfm"]]
==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The PhysLink.com is a comprehensive physics and astronomy online education, research and reference web site. In addition to providing high-quality content, PhysLink.com is a meeting place for professionals, students and other curious minds. ==

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==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Excellent portal for all STEM categories and topics. Site required investigation to get the most out of including links to STEM-related list servs and Google Groups. ==

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students should not over look Directories for additional STEM resources.
==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Search tools for locating specific types of sources or information, e.g., special collections, scholarly papers, invisible web, blogs, videos, or images. ==

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====<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Futures Channel was founded in 1999 with the goal of using new media technologies to create a channel between the scientists, engineers, explorers and visionaries who are shaping the future, and today’s learners who will one day succeed them .====

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==<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">From IEEE, students who are interested in pursuing a degree in engineering can prepare for the application process as early as middle school. By selecting a variety of science, mathematics, and engineering-related course work and participating in programs and projects that expose students to engineering concepts, students will have advanced exposure to university level work. Link to preparation tips, interviews with engineers, college course selections, and specific engineering majors. ==

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