Research Resources

9th Grade LA

• Bartleby.com
• Blogger.com
• Citation Machine
• Common Errors in English
• Eli Wiesel Foundation
• Guide to Grammar and Writing
• How to Format a Paper
• MLA Guide
• Mythman
• Of Mice and Men Background
• Of Mice and Men and Mock Trial
• Online Dictionary and Thesaurus
• Online Writing Lab from Purdue University OWL
• Outline of the Hero's Journey
• Reviews of the Novel Speak
• Touching Spirit Bear Author Page

Art

• Camelot Project @ University of Rochester

• Clocks and Watches
  http://www.beaglesoft.com/maintimehistory.htmThe History of Clocks: Learn about the history of clocks and the mechanisms used, in the past and present, find out what is seen on a clock.
  
• The Getty: Clocks - a look at types of clocks, time periods, and artists!
  http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/displayObjectList?pg=1&cat=2032829
• Gift of Time Clocks: Different types of clocks, their names, and lots of examples! http://www.giftoftimeclocks.com/
• The History of Clocks: Learn about the history of clocks and the mechanisms used, in the past and present, find out what is seen on a clock.
  http://www.arcytech.org/java/clock/index.html
• Sundials to Atomic Clocks - Literature on types of clocks, history of clocks, and diagrams to show how different clocks work.
  http://www.britannica.com/clockworks/sundial.html
• A Walk Through Time: Learn about the evolution of clocks from ancient calendars to the "Atomic" Age. http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/time.html

Art Constellations

Constellatoin
http://seds.org/Maps/Const/constS.html
General information.

Constellation List
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellation_list.html
Alphabetical listing of constellations.

The Constellations
http://www.dibonsmith.com/lac_con.htm
Table of constellations to link to more specific information.

Constellations
http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~jkaler/sow/const.html
Brief introduction, table, and links to maps of constellations.

Constellation Mythology
http://www.coldwater.k12.mi.us/lms/planetarium/myth/index.html
History and mythology of constellations.

Art I Perspective

• Drawing in One-Point Perspective
• Perspective Drawing
• Exploring Linear Perspective
• Two Point Perspective
• Three Point Perspective
• Draw Two Point Perspective

Art - Impressionism Websites

• The First Impressionist Exhibition of 1874
• The Claude Monet On-Line Exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago
• “Art in Context” Impressionist artist Links page #1
• “Art in Context” Impressionist artist Links page #2
• The Van Gogh Museum
• Paul Cezanne
  • http://metalab.unc.edu/wm/paint/auth/cezanne/
• American Impressionism
  • http://tfaoi.com/newsasn/newsa6g.htm (Click on “next page” to view more paintings)

Art - Japanese Woodblock Prints

• Web-Japan Virtual Ukiyo-e
• Nagoya TV Ukiyo-e Museum

Art - Masks

• ArtLex On Masks
• The Art of the African Mask (also can use the Links at bottom of page)
• African Masks (can use the links at bottom of page)
• Artist Gallery: Ivan’s Masks (Dominican Republic Masks)
• Greenlandic Masks
• Japanese masks:
  http://www.yoshinoantiques.com/masks.html
• Masks from around the World: A great site to see many different masks from various cultures. Just click on the type of mask or the culture you want to learn more about!
  http://www.mama.org/collection/afc/
• The Noh Masks which were completed in Muromachi Dynasty 1336-1573
  http://www.nohmask21.com/eu/mlist.html
• The Primitive Face: Masks of Africa
• Mexican Masks
• Venetian type masks:
  http://www.maskitalia.com/
• Masks of the world

Art - Self Portraits

• Complete “Student Activities”
• History of Self-portraits
• Self-portraits
• National Gallery of Art
• Smithsonian American Art Museum
• Smithsonian Portrait Gallery Exhibition
• The Leonardo da Vinci Museum
• Olga’s Gallery (Rembrandt)

Art - Surreal Sites

• Sites on Salvador Dali/Surrealism
• Sites on Salvador Dali/Surrealism
• Sci-Fi Art
• Sweet Art Work
• Fantasy Art
• Magritte Galleries
• Bev Doolittle
• Hieronymus Bosch
• Henri Rousseau
• Rob Gonsalves
• Other Surreal Sites

Biology

• Introduction to Biomes
• Biomes of the World
• Cells Alive
• Otherwise.com

Biology-Cells

• Inside the Cell - National Institute of General Medical Science

Biology-Genetics

• Genetic and Rare Conditions Site
• Genetics
• Kids Health
• Your Genes Your Health
• MedlinePlus
• Teen Health and Wellness

Career Awareness

• W.O.I.S.

Chemistry

• Chemical Elements
• Periodic Table of Elements
• Web Elements

Earthquakes

• Earthquake Hazards Program
• Seismic Monitoring map
• CNN Interactive Deadly Quakes
• Earthquake Magnitude Comparisons
• Earthquake Hazard

Earth Science

• Cascade Volcanoes Observatory
• Live Volcano Cam
• Exploring Lassen Volcanic National Park

Environmental Science

• Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America
• Pacific Northwest Conservation Assesment
• Western Regional Climate Center
• National Weather Service - Western Region
• Save Our Salmon
• Save Our Salmon
• Save Our Salmon
• Global Warming
• Pro Dams
• Pro Dams
• Pro Dams
• Pro Dams
• Pro Dams
• Pro Vegetarian
• Pro Vegetarian
• Pro Vegetarian
• Pro Beef
• Pro Beef
• Pro Beef
• Pro Logging
• Pro Logging
• Pro Logging
• Anti- Logging

• American Memory
• Historylink
• University of Washington Library

Invention Web Sites

• Inventions links
• about.com Search for Inventors
• The Library of Congress Search

Math

• Create a Graph
• Exponent Rules - Part 1
• Exponent Rules - Part 2
• Exponent Rules - Part 3
• Exponent Rules - Part 4
• Exponent Rules - All

PE / Fitness

• MyPyramid.gov
• MedlinePlus
• Fitness Evaluation
• Student Personal Fitness Plan
• Family History
• Fitness Calculator
• Overload Principle
• Magill's Medical Guide/Salem Health (use at school)
• Magill's Medical Guide/Salem Health (use at home)

Personal Choices

• Job Source USA
• Monster.com
• Washington Worksource

Poetry

• Poetry 180 - A Poem a Day for American High Schools

Science

• Mission to Earth
• NASA
• Mid-Columbia Science and Engineering Fair (March 9, 2007)
• Washington State Science and Engineering Fair (March 30-31, 2007)
• ExploraVision (January 30, 2007)
• Team America Rocketry Challenge (November 15, 2006)
• Today in Science

Sign Language

• Finger Speller

Social Studies

Constitutional Issues

• BillOfRights.org
• Bill of Rights
• Historic Supreme Court Cases
• The Supreme Court Collection: Historic Decisions by Topic
• Landmark Supreme Court Cases: The Bill of Rights Instittue
• National Constitution Center

History Day

• National History Day

Social Studies

• Library of Congress
• History Channel
• Smithsonianr
• The National Archives
  History Central

Social Studies - Washington D.C.

• Tours of Washington
• See Washington D.C.
  

Subscription Services

• Grolier Online - At school and at home
• InfoTrac

Subscription Service - Guided

• Nettrekker

Web Search

• InfoSeek
• Webcrawler
• Yahoo
• Excite
• Google
• Alta Vista
• Metacrawler

TATU

Wood Tech

• Wood Workers Journal

Works Cited
West Valley Middle School Online Public Access Catalog
West Valley High School Online Public Access Catalog