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Kid-friendly news articles about a variety of topics.
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Formerly Kids Infobits. Kid-friendly information about a variety of topics! Open Athens log in with Collegiate username and password.

National Geographic for Kids articles on a variety of topics--science, history, places, animals, and more!
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Search Gale In Context: Middle School for age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, and primary sources.
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A short video on how to log in to our shared sign on service, Open Athens.

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epic! is a great resource for non-fiction eBooks. Ask your teacher for their class code so you can log in and begin using epic! books.

"Unbiased, reliable, easy-to-understand answers and explanations of how the world actually works."

"An educational site covering subjects such as history, science, geography, math, and biographies. Pages are written to be easy to read and understand."

"KidRex searches emphasize kid-related webpages from across the entire web and are powered by Google Custom Search™ and use Google SafeSearch™ technology."

You can use NoodleTools to create a bibliography/works cited page, notecards, and an outline.
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This quick guide covers the following topics:
*How to start a new project and a source list
*How to create notecards
*How to share a project with your teacher
*How to set up a project collaboration with
your classmates