Projects+and+Pathfinders

=PATHFINDERS for LHS English Department =

=PATHFINDERS -- Social Studies Department =

=PATHFINDERS FOR SCIENCE DEPARTMENT =

=**Coach Hanford - Amistad - Periods 3, 5, 8** =

===**Destiny - Books, Websites and Resource Lists** === **There is a Resource List in Destiny** (Follow these links: __Catalog__ tab; on left side, __Resource Lists;__ look for the __Public__ tab; then click on __Amistad__).

**__Online Subcription Databases:__**
These contain resources such as magazine, journal, & newspaper articles, reference books, photos, television news reports AND primary sources!! Here are the best ones for this project:

1. ABC-CLIO They have more than one database that are divided by certain subjects, but they sometimes overlap. The best ones for this project are:

 -- American Government -- American History -- World History: The Modern Era

2. Gale Web They also have 3 different databases. The one you want to use is Student Resources in Context.

3. Grolier Any of their databases are good.

4. Click here to follow to Marshall Cavendish Digital

__**Title of the project is: Amistad-Hanford **__
= = =<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Coach Hanford - The Renaissance - Periods 1 & 4** = ====**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Destiny - Books and Reliable Websites **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">There is a Resource List for the Renaissance, please be sure to note that there are not only books selected in this list but Hand-picked websites as well. ====

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Online Subscription Databases:**
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. The ABC-CLIO databases are highly recommended for this project and specifically:
 * =====<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Daily Life through History =====
 * =====<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">World History: The Modern Era, and =====
 * =====<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">World Geography =====

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3. EBSCOhost's History Reference Center - scroll to the bottom of the page. ===== <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4. And finally, Gale's Student Resources in Context

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Introducing, new this year is Noodletools
===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Follow the link to the opening page where you will have to open a personal account. LHS has a subscription to this website, but each person has to set up a personal account. You will ba able to write up electronic note cards, outlines, to-do lists, a bibliography (works cited) page using MLA. You will also be able to communicate with Coach Hanford via this website and if you have to submit any components of the research paper that he requires you to submit to him electronically. Check it out!! It might just be that life changer that you've needed all along and just never knew it!! ===

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Here is a video tutorial on creating an account:**__
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<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">On creating your outline:
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<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**On creating a Works Cited/Bibliography page:**__
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__<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Creating Notecards:** __
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__<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**More on Notecards:** __
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Feb. 2012

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Coach Hanford's Crusades - Honors** =

Crusades Pathfinder – Coach Hanford

<span style="color: #2400ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__Destiny (LHS Library Media Center)__**
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In Destiny, look in the Catalog tab (top left), then look for the Resource Lists (also on the left). Check here for a link to the Resource List: Crusades There you will find a list of books on the Crusades, and in that same list there will be a tab (on the right this time) that says Web Sites. Click on that for trustworthy websites that that have to do with the Crusades.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__Online Subscriptions (Databases)__**
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The best suite of databases is probably ABC-CLIO. If you access them from within the high school, you will not need any username or password. If you want to use them from home, please stop in to the Media Center for the passwords.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Marshall Cavendish is also a good one for this subject. These are more like ebooks, except that you can search through all of them at the same time.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Gale's Student Resources in Context will also be helpful

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**//__WORKS CITED__//** info:
==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Very, very important stuff!!! ALL of the above referenced databases have MLA formatted bibliographic citations, usually at the end of each article. You can copy and paste these into a Word document for your Works Cited page. == ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">REMEMBER: As you do your research and read the articles and books, always take down the bibliographic information so you don’t have to go back when you are finished to find what you used. It takes more time to re-find things than it does to copy and paste or to jot down the information!! SAVE YOURSELF THE TIME AND THE HASSLE!!! ==

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=Genetic Disorders: Mrs. DiMartine=

Subscription Databases
Search three encyclopedias at once. A great place to start your research.
 * //__Grolier__//** :

At the front page, look to the right for Science related databases. Select it and then select the 2 databases that appear there. Hit continue and then enter your disorder into the search box. Make sure you narrow by date. You want the LATEST information!
 * //__EbscoHOST:__//**

Ø There is a general “webpage” within this database – enter the words genetic disorder into the search box. Ø For resources on your specific disorder – enter the disorder in the search box at the main page.
 * //__Gale Science in Context__//**:

Ø Also has good information.
 * //__Gale Student Resources in Context:__//**

Remember! You need to cite your sources -- ALL of them! For MLA citation help, try any of these websites:
1. Easy Bib

2. Citation Machine

3. Bibme

Any questions? See Mrs. Baggs, or Mrs. DiMartine!
= = =Science: Ms. Hickey=

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Period 4 -- Biomes

 * 1) ==<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">For a list of books in our library go to Destiny. Once in the catalog, on the left side of the page you will see a link for Resource Lists. ==
 * 2) ==<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Click on it and you will see a list for Biomes and Ms. Hickey's project. ==
 * 3) ==<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">***There is a tab for Books and a tab that says Online. Online has a list of websites that are handpicked for students and have reliable information.*** ==

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Here are the best ones for this project:
<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Gale Science in Context]

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Gale Student Resources in Context]

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Grolier Online]

[|EbscoHOST] Choose Masterfile Premier, Science Reference Center, Academic Search Premier

[|SIRS Researcher]

==<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">REMEMBER, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU CITE YOUR SOURCES!!!! As you do your research, you can either write down everything that you use, OR, cut and past the website addresses that you are using to a Word document. ==

==<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">To compose your Works Cited page go to Bibliographic Citation Tools in this Wiki (look at the list on the left side of this page). There you can choose from 3 different websites that will build your Works Cited page for you! ==