Student Resources

Internet Resources

Resources Key

Readability Level	Resources
Easy	Rainforest Virtual Tour (Note: Click on "To the Rainforest" to view LIVE pictures!) Brain Pop
Grade Level	Zoom Rainforest! Location of Rainforests
Challenging	Rainforest Web
Everybody	Save the Rainforest Science Zone
What resources will help me if I do not understand, or need more information?	Zoom Rainforest Glossary EcoKids Glossary

= Challenging

= Grade Level

= Easy

= Everybody

Skills

	Choosing the Best Search Tools for Your Task ...Learn when to use which search engine.
	Using Electric Library...Learn how to search for magazine, newspaper and transcripts.
	Comparing Search Tools on the Web...Learn the various search engines and why each produces a different set of results.
	Choosing the Best Search Tools for Your Task ...Learn when to use which search engine.
	Using the Internet

Local Print and Nonprint Resources

Skills

School Library holdings

Destiny Card Catalog

Public Library holdings

BCPL Kid's Catalog

Print Encyclopedias

Online Encyclopedias

	New Book of Knowledge
	America the Beautiful

	Using Books and Nonprint ... how to use automated catalogs and preview materials for usefulness.
	Keyword Search Strategies
	Using the BCPL Online Catalog
	Using Print and CD-ROM Encyclopedias... Advantages of different encyclopedia formats
	Using Online Encyclopedias ...See help section on each encyclopedia website

Last update: June 2010
Created by Carol Brooks and Karolyn Mason

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