Daring to be Different!
Created by K Crossley & L Wong, 2/28/08
You are going to research three men who dared to believe new ideas even when others were ridiculing them. You will find out what they accomplished – and what they didn’t!
You will be required to use at least two different sources for this project, and to cite those sources on NoodleTools. Look for any tips about how to cite from each source in pink.
Your research subjects are: Galileo Galilei, Charles Darwin and Christopher Columbus. You will need to find out information about your subject’s life, their scientific theories and achievements, the controversial scientific belief in which they believed, and opposition they faced.
Subscription Databases – Start from the top of this list.
Facts for Learning – Look for your subject’s name, last name first. Choose articles at the top of each column, and look carefully at the title to see if they will be helpful to you. Your search term will appear in red. NoodleTools: Look at the top tab to see what citation type you should use. Call this database "FactsForLearning" (no spaces!). Encyclopedias and Almanacs are “Reference source”. Classroom Periodicals are “magazines.”
Sirs Discoverer – Look for your subject’s name, last name first. Read the summary of the article to decide if it will be good for this project. Your search term will appear in bold print. Noodletools: Look at the top of the article you are using to see what type of source this article came from (magazine, newspaper, etc.). That will tell you what type of citation you must use.
Encyclopedia Britannica – Look for your subject’s name, last name first. Choose an article in “Compton’s Encyclopedia” in the middle column. Click on the article title to open the article. Your search term is in bold print. NoodleTools: Cite as a reference source (subscription database)
World Book Online - Look for your subject’s name, last name first.
Opposing Viewpoints – Look for your subject’s name, last name first. Look under each tab at the top. Your search term is in red.
NoodleTools: Look at the top tab and at the top of your article to see what citation type you should use. For Viewpoint Essays, follow this path: reference source” → online → other → subscription database.
Issues and Controversies – Look for your subject’s name, last name first. Click on the top tab called “Reference Shelf.” Click on an article title to open it. Your search term is in red. NoodleTools: Cite these articles as a “reference source” → online → other → subscription database. Call the database “Facts on File.”
Websites – NoodleTools: Cite as websites.
Christopher Columbus
- National Maritime Museum
- World Wide School – This page is about the life of Columbus from his own letters and journals. The Life of Christopher Columbus
- International Columbian Quincentenary Alliance: Columbus Mythbusters
- Biography.com: Columbus - How Columbus did his calculations found here.
- The European Voyages of Exploration
Charles Darwin
- Encarta Encyclopedia - Charles Darwin
- http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/evolution/how-did-evol-theory-develop/evol-charles-darwin/charles-darwin.html
- LucidCafe: Charles Darwin
Galileo Galilei
- Famous Trials: The Trial of Calileo Galilei
- LovetoKnow Website: Galileo Galilei
- LucidCafe: Galileo Galilei
- Crystalinks: Galileo Galilei