Click on your topic to take you to the resources
- Each group member must use AT LEAST
- 2 print sources
- 2 databases
- 2 websites
Directions and Rubric
Notes
- Bird and Habitat Note Taking Template
- You should attempt to have 5-7 facts per “color” on your templates
Citation and CAARP
- Start by using the sources provided here and on the book cart, use CAARP to evaluate any other sources.
- Cite sources for books and websites using MyBib
- To cite databases, use the citation provided by the resource.
- All images used in your presentation need to be cited.
Print sources
are on the book cart. They may be used in Mrs. Costello’s room, but not taken out of the room without permission. Back to TopCite with MyBib
- Each group member must use AT LEAST
- 2 print sources
- 2 databases
- 2 websites
Databases
Back to TopDon’t put the URL into MyBib!
- Copy the MLA citation from the database.
- On MyBib, select More.
- Choose the very last selection “write/paste citation”
- Paste in the citation you got from the database
- Each group member must use AT LEAST
- 2 print sources
- 2 databases
- 2 websites
- Use this for birds and habitats.
- If any articles in the Student version of World Book are too difficult, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “Your Resources” on the left and select “Kids”
- If you’re looking for more in depth information, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “Your Resources” on the left and select “Advanced”
- Tip: If you hold down the control key when you click on the link, it opens a new tab, and you can switch back and forth.
- For citation:
- click on the gear in the upper right.
- click citation
- copy the MLA citation
- Use this for birds and habitats.
- Be sure to choose “Middle” when you get to the Britannica landing page. Once on the article you can toggle between reading levels. 1 is easier, 3 may have more information.
- For citation:
- Look at the funky control board on the upper left that looks like a calculator.
- click on the blue cite icon (box with a check)
- choose MLA
- copy the MLA citation
- You can type your key word into the search bar OR browse by tiles.
- Animals tile has birds
- Environment tile has ecosystems
- For citation:
- click on the cite icon on the bar at the top left side (box with “c)
- choose “Copy Citation Informaton” and MLA
- copy the MLA citation
- Use this for habitat research.
- After selecting a state or country, use Environment, Flora and Fauna and Weather and Climate headings on the left.
- For citation:
- click on the tiny citation button in the upper right bar (with a pencil icon)
- OR scroll to the bottom of the article
- select MLA
- copy the MLA citation
- You can type your key word into the search bar OR browse by tiles.
- Animals tile has birds
- Science tile has biology and nature, then habitats
- For citation:
- click on the icon (“) at the very top
- choose MLA (9th edition is OK)
- copy the MLA citation
- OR scroll to the bottom of the article
- choose MLA (9th edition is OK)
- copy the MLA citation
Specific Locations: resources on destinations (all databases except where marked) |
African Savanna
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Bora Bora, French Polynesia
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Costa Rican Rainforest
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Death Valley, California
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Everglades, Florida
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Gobi Desert, Mongolia or China
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Specific Locations: resources on destinations (all databases except where marked) |
Himalayan Mountains, Nepal
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Kauai, Hawaii
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Lake Baikal Siberia, Russia
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Newton, Massachusetts
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Vostok, Antarctica
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NOTE:
If you are having trouble with any of these links, get to them through the Library All Databases page.
Websites
Back to TopCite with MyBib
- Each group member must use AT LEAST
- 2 print sources
- 2 databases
- 2 websites
FOR BIRDS Use these sites first!!
All About Birds, by Cornell University. When you’re in the bird guide, be sure to look at Life History.
The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Type your bird into the search box to find information. Includes pictures and sounds.
Birds: Sites with fewer birds or less information
The Audubon Guide to North American Birds Look up your bird by common name. Good location maps. Good maps on how climate change threatens your bird.
The Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota Choose your raptor from the list of birds.
The Macaulay Library at Cornell University videos, sounds and still photos of birds–search by bird
Habitats (a.k.a. ecosystems, biomes)
Map of biomes with borders of countries Use this citation :
Koistinen, V. (2007). The main biomes in the world. [image] Available at: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Vegetation.png [Accessed 7 Feb. 2019].
Earth Observatory by NASA. Click on your biome.
Boundless Biomes by Arizona State University: includes biome map and description of biomes.
