5th grade

Databases

• Britannica School
• World Book Student
• Gale in Context: Animal Adaptation Sources

Books

Search in the Library Catalog

Images

• Get reference images from the Gale in Context Animal Adaptation Images folder

Sources

• Must have at least THREE informational sources

Websites

General: 

• National Geographic Kids: Habitats
• National Geographic: Habitats
• National Geographic: Biomes
• The Wildlife Trusts: Habitats
• NASA Earth Observatory: Biomes
• San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance: Habitats

Specific: 

• World Wildlife Foundation: Freshwater Biodiversity
• Alaska Department of Fish & Game: Tundra Description

National Geographic Videos

• Deserts
• Oceans
• Rainforests

Works Consulted

• You will be researching one of the Sacred Heart founders:
  • St. Madeline-Sophie Barat
  • St. Philippine Duchesne
• Must have at least TWO informational sources

St. Madeleine-Sophie Barat 

• Britannica Academic (database → original content)
• Madeleine Sophie Barat (website → web page)
• Sacred Heart Education (website → web page)

St. Philippine Duchesne 

• Britannica Academic (database → original content)
• Sacred Heart Education (website → web page)

Works Consulted

• Must have at least TWO informational sources (one database and one website)

Databases

• Britannica School (database → original content)
• World Book Student (database → original content)

Websites

• Old Farmer's Almanac Growing Guides
• Cornell University Growing Guides
• USDA Plants Database

Images

• Get all images from:
  • Photos for Class
  • World Book Student

Works Consulted

• Must have at least ONE informational source

Images

• Get all images from the Photos for Class website

Websites (on NoodleTools: website → web page [need to hunt around on the page for information])

• Green peacock/peafowl → San Diego Zoo 
• Black capped chickadee → All About Birds
• Chilean Flamingo → SeaWorld 
• Peregrine Falcon → National Geographic Kids
• Red-tailed hawk → National Geographic Kids
• Osprey → All About Birds
• Bald eagle → National Geographic Kids or San Diego Zoo
• Snowy owl → National Geographic Kids
• Common ostrich → National Geographic Kids or San Diego Zoo
• Maleo → Critter Science
• Emu → San Diego Zoo 
• Cockatiel → Birds in Backyards
• Song sparrow → All About Birds
• Bee hummingbird → Animal Diversity Web
• Mountain bluebird → All About Birds
• Emperor penguin → National Geographic Kids
• Chinese egret → Heron Conservation
• Blue crane → Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute
• White-cheeked turaco → SeaWorld
• Trumpeter swan → All About Birds

If you are researching plants (option 1):

• Britannica School (database → original content)
• World Book (database → original content)

If you are studying the etymology of a word (option 2):

• Oxford English Dictionary (database → original content)