Ms. Easthope's Projects
Summit 9 - Persuasive Writing in Biology
Tips for writing a persuasive essay
Online resources
As with any research, start out broad for background reading and then narrow down your searches.
You can truncate your searches in the database and use Boolean operators.
e.g. bioaccumulat*AND animals NOT birds
Works cited
Use Easybib - check to see which option best suits your resource
easybib.com
Tips for writing a persuasive essay
Online resources
- Databases such as Greenfile, EBSCO & Global Issues in Context
- EOL: Encyclopedia of Life
- National Science Digital Library
- Science News
- The Scientist
As with any research, start out broad for background reading and then narrow down your searches.
You can truncate your searches in the database and use Boolean operators.
e.g. bioaccumulat*AND animals NOT birds
Works cited
Use Easybib - check to see which option best suits your resource
easybib.com
Anti-Smoking Ad Campaign--Biology 12
Useful Research Sites -
Be sure to have keywords ready before you start searching. Are you looking for diseases? Information on second hand smoke? Once you know what you're going to search for, combine this term with tobacco or smok* or effect* to retrieve results.
Effective Anti-Smoking Posters -
What makes these posters effective? How does the image and the text interact? Think about what kind of information you want to use in your poster and how to make it effective as opposed to "educational".
Examples of posters -
Be sure to have keywords ready before you start searching. Are you looking for diseases? Information on second hand smoke? Once you know what you're going to search for, combine this term with tobacco or smok* or effect* to retrieve results.
- Consumer Health Complete - Login info available through the library
- Health Canada
- Medline Plus
Effective Anti-Smoking Posters -
What makes these posters effective? How does the image and the text interact? Think about what kind of information you want to use in your poster and how to make it effective as opposed to "educational".
Examples of posters -
STORMS--Science 9/10
Information on storms is available in the books in the library, the World Book Encyclopedia Online, and in the following sources:
- Environment Canada
- Hazardous Weather (Environment Canada)
- Severe Storms in Canada (Government of Canada)
- Extreme Weather (CBC Digital Archives)
- The Ice Storm of 1998--CBC Archives (For more information on specific storms, consult the EBSCOHost and similar databases in the Digital Library. Note that passwords and ID are required. If you have forgotten these, ask a teacher-librarian for help.)
- Weather--Windows to the Universe (NASA)
- Severe Storms Online Meteorology Guide (University of Illinois)
- Severe Weather Primer (NOAA National Weather Service, US)
- NOAA National Weather Service (US)
- Hurricanes: the Greatest Storms on Earth (NASA)
- Introduction to Clouds (NASA)
- National Hurricane Center (NOAA National Weather Service, US)
- Tornado FAQ (NOAA National Weather Service, US)
- Hurricanes : the Greatest Storms on Earth (NASA Earth Observatory)
- Wind Storms, Winter Storms, Lightning and Other Severe Weather
- Tropical Meteorology Project (Colorado State University)
- Space Weather Center