The Library Media Center at Woodrow Wilson Middle School is a very active place for students and teachers. There are 31 computers available for student use as well as a large collection of print materials - books, magazines and newspapers. Students may visit the library media center by asking their classroom teacher to sign their pass to let them leave their class.
Roller Coaster research
Roller Coaster: www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/coaster.html
History: www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/coaster2.html
Ride safety: www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/ridesafety.html
Motion sickness: www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/pendulum2.html
CITATION MAKER
There are several online sites for making citations. The Landmark Project's site, http://www.citationmachine.net/ is designed to help students cite sources and avoid plagiarism.
Mr. Geary's Project
Search for your topic
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/ushistory.htm
http://www.rosenlinks.com/ctah/
Connecticut Digital Library Online (subscription)
A pilot site launched by the state to provide newspaper, periodical and reference articles to schools and public libraries. Includes indexing and articles from Hartford Courant from 1992-present, full text New York Times from 1999 and science, health, social studies, literature and biography research databases. Includes ReQuest a database of all materials available to borrow from Connecticut libraries. Reformat text in this database before printing ACCESS AT http://www.iconn.org/ For home access login is your Russell Library card number or see Wilson library staff for WWMS ID #.