1. Internet Resources for Your Science Fair Project

2. Search Engines There are many search engines out there to help you find information. Please use only: http://www.onekey.com or http://kids.yahoo.com/ here at Riverview. Thank you.

5. Determine the appropriate Key Word or Phrase and use “Quotation Marks” to keep phrases together “Science Fair” “Science Fair” “Science Fair Project” “Science Fair Project” “Science Project” “Science Project” “Science Fair” + Project “Science Fair” + Project

9. Yahooligans Science Yahoo Kids Science is another good website to get good project ideas. Yahoo Kids Science is another good website to get good project ideas. http://kids.yahoo.com/science

11. Brevard County Resources Our own school website has great web links for you to use: www.riverview.brevard.k12.fl.us/generalinfopage.html and elementarypgms.brevard.k12.fl.us/science_fairs.htm

15. Gale Net You can access GaleNet from the Brevard County School website. You can access GaleNet from the Brevard County School website. http://www.brevard.k12.fl.us/portals/students/ http://www.brevard.k12.fl.us/portals/students/

22. Commercial Websites Some websites might try and sell you books or materials for your project. Search engines make money from advertising. You can do a perfectly good science project without fancy materials. It is all about the research and presentation of your ideas. If you do find something you think you need to purchase, talk it over with your parents.

23. Bibliography A bibliography is a list of your research. Even if you don’t use the information, record the address of the website or the author and title of a book you looked at in preparing for your project on index cards. We will have a separate lesson on writing a good bibliography.

24. Bibliography A great website to help you with your bibliography is: www.bibme.org

26. Don’t get overwhelmed Get different ideas. Get different ideas. Discuss them with your teacher and parents. Discuss them with your teacher and parents. Narrow down your topic. Narrow down your topic. Research using books, encyclopedias and the internet. Research using books, encyclopedias and the internet. Write down the resources you use. Write down the resources you use.

27. Bibliography www.bibme.org www.bibme.org www.bibme.org www.onekey.com www.onekey.com www.onekey.com http://kids.yahoo.com/ http://kids.yahoo.com/ http://kids.yahoo.com/ www.riverview.brevard.k12.fl.us/generalinfopage.html www.riverview.brevard.k12.fl.us/generalinfopage.html www.riverview.brevard.k12.fl.us/generalinfopage.html http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/ http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/ http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/ http://www.scifair.org/ http://www.scifair.org/ http://www.scifair.org/ http://elementarypgms.brevard.k12.fl.us/science_fairs.htm http://elementarypgms.brevard.k12.fl.us/science_fairs.htm

28. Created by Nancy Praver Riverview Elementary School Titusville, FL October 14, 2008