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6th GR: Planets Research

You will research your assigned planetary body utilizing Library resources organized on this guide.

Welcome

Our library resources are now available on this platform: Accessit. If you need help remembering the URLs and passwords for our databases, click here, using your Penn Charter email account. Happy reading and researching!

Suggested Resources

  • Today's Science  (database)  - has data about the items you need to include in your promotion.  
  • Image Quest - additional images of planets and their moons

Creating your internet source in Noodletools Video

 

sample Ebooks from Proquest Ebook Central - use the ISBN to create your citation 

ADD BELOW (& REDO ABOVE TITLES):

Britannica, Educational Publishing Staff. The Nature of Planets, Dwarf Planets, and Space Objects : Nature of Planets, Dwarf Planets, and Space Objects, edited by Anderson Michael, Rosen Publishing Group, 2011. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/penncharter/detail.action?docID=717924.

sample Ebooks from Science Reference Center (on-campus use only) - export your citation into Noodletools - but you will need to fix the author names in Noodletools.

How to save images to your Noodletools notecards (yes, you must cite images too!):

You may just be able to Copy and Paste the image.  Shift click on image and select "Copy Image". Then in Noodeltools, paste it in the Direct Quotation box.  If the image is too large on your notecard. you may click on it an the Image Properties box will appear.  Type "200" in the Width box.  The Height will automatically adjust.

 

However, if that does not work, you may follow the more complicated way described below:

 

  1. Create a new notecard.
  2. Click  the "Image" icon above one of the three large fields on the notecard.

 

If the image is on a website

If the image you want to insert in your notecard is on a website, first, copy the URL of the image itself. (Be sure to copy the URL of the specific image, not the URL of the page where the image is located.)

  1. Click  the "Image" icon above one of the three large fields on the notecard.
  2. Under the “Image Info” tab, paste the image's URL in the "URL" field.
  3. NoodleTools will automatically enter the image's dimensions in the "Width" and "Height" fields.
  4. Click “Ok.” The image will appear in your notecard.

 

If the image is on your desktop

 If the image you want to use for your notecard is on your desktop, you will need to upload it first. 

  1. Click  the "Image" icon above one of the three large fields on the notecard.
  2. Switch to the “Upload” tab
  3. Click "Choose File." 
  4. Browse to your file on your desktop, select the file and click "Open." 
  5. When you see your file's name appear next to the "Choose file" button, click "Send to the Server." 
  6. After the file is uploaded, the tab "Image Info" appears and a new URL appears in the URL field. 
  7. Enter a width number in the "Width" field. It can be any number - start with "200." The height does not need a number - NoodleTools will adjust the height automatically. 
  8. Click “Ok.”

Adjusting the width or height of the image

If the image is too large or too small, you can adjust the width or height. 

  1. Right-click on the image to open a menu and select "Image Properties." 
  2. Enter a new size in the Width or Height field. The other field will adjust automatically. 
  3. Click “Ok.”

 

If any image was inserted directly into a GoogleDoc in Google:

When you are in Google Drawing and you click "Insert > Image > Search the web" you can click the "Preview image" link at the bottom-right of any of the images that come up in the results. On the page that comes up, there is a link to the source webpage for the image, which you can click on to go to that webpage (often wikipedia or a source like that). The student would cite that page if they are citing that image.

 

Works Cited

"Betelgeuse." Today's Science, Infobase Learning, http://tsof.infobaselearning.com/tsofencyarticle.aspx?wid=171442&ID=2531. Accessed 13 Dec. 2020.

Betelgeuse. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.quest.eb.com/search/139_1904741/1/139_1904741/cite. Accessed 13 Dec 2020.

"Orionids." NASA Science Solar System Exploration, NASA, 19 Dec. 2019, solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/orionids/in-depth/. Accessed 13 Dec. 2020.

"What's Up: February 2020 [Video]." NASA Science Solar System Exploration, NASA, 4 Feb. 2020, solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/2512/whats-up-february-2020-video/. Accessed 13 Dec. 2020.

Citation Help-Please edit or add what is expected by Dept/Class/Teachers

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