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 * Year 7 Science Spectra Project**

Wecome Year 7 Science students to this pathfinder where you will be guided to resources within the library and online to direct you in the research stage of the Spectra Project. Make sure you continually check the [|Spectra Research 2011.doc] to ensure you understand exactly what it is you need to do. Remember to use a variety of information sources within your work.

At OLMC students are advised to use the Harvard or Author-Date system of referencing. In Year 7, students are expected to use End-text referencing at the end of their assignment to show all the references used to prepare the work. Students should construct a simple, alphabetical bibliography that includes all sources used; print, non-print (websites), maps, pictures, tables, graphics, cartoons. Refer carefully to the OLMC Style Guide for Years 7-9 to help you prepare your bibliography.

**Organise your notes using the __Research Grid__. Download it here:** **Large A3 size** - **Small A4 size - ** **LOCATING INFORMATION**

**Background Information - Books & World Book Encyclopedia**
To help you get started with your investigation try browsing the shelves according to the following Dewey numbers/areas. 500 Science
 * Use books and encyclopedias **FIRST** for background information if you have little knowledge of your topic.
 * Use your topic as a search term on the library catalogue. Once you have found the Dewey numbers, scan the book using the Table of Contents, Index and sub headings in the various chapters of the books and encyclopedias.
 * Animals (zoology) - 590, 591. Endangered animals 591.529, Birds 598 & 591.994, Spiders 595.44, Insects 595.7, Fish and cold-blooded invertebrates 597, Coral 574.526, mammals 599


 * Astronomy - 520 and 523 (solar system, planets, constellations, universe, stars)


 * Chemistry - 540


 * Earth Sciences/Geology - 551 (plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis


 * Energy - 333.7 (heat, solar, sound, electrical). How energy works 531.1, 531.6. Renewable & non-renewable energy 333.79. Carbon sequestration 363.738


 * Entomology (study of insects) - 363.25, 595.7


 * Human Body - 612, blood 612.1, skin 616.5, disease (human paracites) 616

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 * Oceans - seas and oceans 551.46, weather and climate 551.6, 551.5, 577.7, marine conservation & coral 574.526, marine biology 578.77
 * Plants - 581, seeds 582, Aboriginal gardening 635.95
 * Plastics - 668.4192, recycling - 363.72.


 * Science & Environment - recycling 363.72, carbon footprint 363.738, droughts & floods 551.5773, 551.4, sewage 551.5253


 * Sound - 534, ears 612.84


 * Space Science - space exploration, travel, spacecraft 629.4


 * Water - 551.7, El Nino & La Nina 551.5, water management, ocean conservation 333.91, pollution and recycling air/water, nuclear waste 363.7


 * Weather & Air - 551.55 and 551.6, see oceans assocatited with weather patterns 551.55

Keywords Use any of the keywords above (check your task sheet) to help you find the information you need on the Internet, in books and encyclopedias. If you need any help just ask the teacher librarians.

= Internet or database Searching =
 * For phrases in quotation marks (" ") eg "energy efficient housing"


 * .Google assumes you have put the word AND between your search words so you don't need to.


 * Use a note taking grid or [|OLMC Cornell Notes Guide and template.doc] to summarise the information you find that is useful.




 * Click on the [|Facts On File]logo above to access the site.
 * Login Username: september Password: return2011
 * Scroll down to **Science Online database for this project**.







OLMC Library 2011 GMO