Welcome to 7th and 8th grade scientists!

Your mission is to

choose and use
only the most excellent

science resources for your science fair project!

Refresher -- Information problem solving always involves the following steps:

1. Define
2. Locate and Evaluate
3. Process
4. Communicate
5. Assess

First, you'll be working in the library to gather introductory information -- so you'll be skimming the surface of these resources. As you progress, you'll dig deeper. The resources mentioned below are meant to give you excellent examples of the kinds of resources that are available for you both for this project and beyond.

Books Castle Library's IPAC (Internet Public Access Catalog), the catalog of our library's books Handy Dewey Decimal Numbers to Know 500 Natural Science 510 - Math (algebra, geometry) 520 - Astronomy 530 - Physics (light, heat, motion, electricity, magnetism, mechanics) 540 - Chemistry 550 - Earth Sciences (geology, hydrology, meteorology) 560 - Paleontology & Paleozoology (fossils, dinosaurs) 570 - Life Sciences (human races) 580 - Botany (Plants) 590 - Zoology (Animals) 600 - Applied Science 610 - Medicine (health, human body) 620 - Engineering (wood, masonry, ceramic, metals) 630 - Agriculture (gardening, forestry, animal husbandry) 640 - Home economics (cooking, sewing) 660 - Chemical engineering (beverages, food, cleaning, explosives, etc.) 670 - Manufacturing (iron, leather, textiles) 680 - Manufacture for specific uses (hardware, clothing, furnishings, etc.) 690 - Buildings(construction, heating, details finishing, etc.) Gale eBooks. Search across all publications, or just Chemistry: Foundations and Applications (4 volumes). Encyclopedias General (031) Science Encyclopedias - available in our library (500) The New Book of Popular Science, 6 vols. (use index at end of Vol. 6 to access all volumes) The Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, 10 vols. (use index, or treat as regular encyclopedia) The DK Science Encyclopedia in our library (one vol.) Plant Sciences Science Magazines National Geographic Magazine Offered here for your information. Generally speaking, avoid paying for your information. Discover Magazine Password needed. Science News Subscription needed. Special search engines and search engine techniques Scirus, a science-only search engine, named after the Greek seer Google Uncle Sam for governmental resources To limit a Google search to .edu (works with other domains like .gov and .org), add to your search site:.edu(or .gov or .org, etc.)