Grade 9 Science

Works Cited information

• To create your citations, use the APA Citation Maker.

• Here’s what a properly formatted APA Works Cited looks like. Notice how it’s in alphabetical order, and uses hanging indents! Remember, any assignments without a Works Cited will be considered incomplete!!

• Britannica Image Quest – great site for royalty-free images! (you’ll need a password to access from home); make sure you switch the citation to APA!

Elements of the Periodic Table assignment

• Research Notes worksheet – Gr 9 science – elements
• Sample APA Works Cited – including List of Images Used (make a copy to save to your Google drive)

• • Periodic Table ~ from the Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Webelements Periodic Table ~ This site gives you everything you’ll need to know (in spite of WAY too many ads!), from the element’s atomic number, history, compounds, structure, uses, and more!
  • Periodic Table of the Elements at Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • It’s Elemental—The Periodic Table of Elements ~ from the Jefferson Lab; includes a number of interactive activities, like element balancing, flash cards, and concentration
  • The Photographic Periodic Table of the Elements ~ lots of great pictures of elements in all their forms

EBooks

We have the following “Lightbox” books – electronic copies of the actual books here in the library – that also include supplementary videos, quizzes to test your knowledge, slideshows, and more!  To cite these, choose “Book” as your source, but when it asks you “How was this source accessed?” be sure to choose “On a Web Site” and then fill in the URL.

• • • Aluminum
    • Carbon
    • Gold
    • Helium
    • Hydrogen
    • Oxygen
    • Silicon
    • Silver
    • Uranium

We also have the new Exploring the Elements book series in eBook form – with 20 different elements, each having its own book.  Visit this Elements Research “bookshelf” for this series and some other encyclopedias that should help with this assignment! Login using your Gale password (your teacher will have posted or check the list in the Library Google classroom).

Research databases

Everything you find (books, magazine & newspaper articles, pictures, etc.) within
InfoTrac’s Gale in Context: Science database has the citations done for you! Make sure you switch the citations to APA since they default to MLA.
You will need the Gale password (posted in your Google Classroom/D2L OR ask Ms. Martin).

Britannica School ~ when you’re using this at school, you won’t need a password;
from home, you will need a username and password (posted in your Google Classroom/D2L OR ask Ms. Martin).

Energy Games assignment

Gale Research databases/eBooks

Everything you find within these databases and ebooks has the citations done for you!  Plus, you can make highlights and notes, and send it to your Google drive!You will need the Gale password.

Gale in Context: Environmental Studies.

Gale in Context: Science

Gale eBooks ~ holds our collection of electronic books, including “Energy Production and Alternative Energy”, “Environmental Science in Context” and many more.  Just type your energy source in the main search bar.​

Encyclopedia of Energy eBook ~ same password as Gale;
click on the book title in the list of options and then search for your energy type in the search box.

Recommended Web Sites

• Natural Resources Canada ~ from the Government of Canada; includes information on Energy Efficiency, Energy sources, and more
•  Canada’s Energy Future, from Canada Energy Regulator ~ in particular, check out the 2021 Annual Report and Fact Sheets
• International Renewable Energy Agency ~ choose the “Renewables” drop-down menu for information about the types of renewable energy, as well as country profiles and statistics!  There’s also an entire section on Off-grid energy.
• Energy Information Administration ~ official energy statistics from the US government
• National Renewable Energ​y Labratory: Research​ ~ information about alternative energy sources including solar, wind, biomass, hydrogen, and more; also try their “Learning” page

Plants Research

When doing a Google search, try typing “Plant Growth AND …” where you add your topic to the end of that search.

Plant Cells:  Crash Course Biology ~ “Hank describes why plants are so freaking amazing – discussing their evolution, and how their cells are both similar to & different from animal cells.”

Photosynthesis: Crash Course Biology ~ “Hank explains the extremely complex series of reactions whereby plants feed themselves on sunlight, carbon dioxide and water, and also create some by products we’re pretty fond of as well”

Research databases

Everything you find (books, magazine & newspaper articles, pictures, etc.) within
InfoTrac’s Science in Context database has the citations done for you!
You will need the InfoTrac password (from your Gr. 9 orientation handout OR ask Ms. Martin).

Britannica School ~ when you’re using this at school, you won’t need a password;
from home, see Ms. Martin for the username and password (handout in the library)