Use a Variety of Sources!
 Internet Resources  Skills
Questions Resources
Overview Watershed Radio: A Geological History of the Chesapeake Bay
What type of rock do I have?
Discover How Rocks Are Formed
Rocks
Rock Types
Geology of Maryland
Make a Sedimentary Rock
Make a Metamorphic Rock
Make a Igneous Rock
How did agents, like water and ice, change my rock?
The Rock Cycle
Why worry about erosion?
Erosional Caves
Sea Caves
How has the earth's surface changed?
Geologic Time
1.3 Billion Years Ago - A history of the Chesapeake Bay from before there was one!  (Use the Edit to Find feature of Internet Explorer to quickly find information.)
Bay History - A history of the Chesapeake Bay from the time the first people arrived. (Use the Edit to Find feature of Internet Explorer to quickly find information.)
Timelines
Geological Timeline
Geological Timeline - Kid friendly
Choosing the Best Search Tools for Your Task ...Learn when to use which search engine.
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 Automated Card Catalog
databases
Public Library holdings
BCPL Kid's Catalog
Print Encyclopedias
Online Encyclopedias

Grolier Online
   
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 Sharon Grimes, Library Media Specialist, BCPS Summer Curriculum Development Workshops, July 2002
BCPS Research Model, Copyright 2002, Baltimore County Public Schools, Copyright information