Menlo School Library: 6th grade: Cell analogy project: Project resources

Which are the best websites to use?

Before typing your topic into Google and digging through millions of search results, you might want to start here:

What is a Cell?
Information from the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Cell Membranes Are Way More Complicated than You Think
This is a five minute TED talk.
Organelles
An overview website and a short video.
An Owner's Guide to the Cell
Information about cells from the National Institutes of Health (part of the US government).
Plant Cell Structure
Scroll down to the list of organelles for more information.
Scitable
Some of the reading is a bit difficult but there are good descriptions of scientific ideas.
A Tour of the Cell
This is a 14 minute video that provides detailed information about cell function.
What is an Organelle?
An overview article with links to other articles. Be sure to check the information about the author before using information from this site.

Subscription databases

A lot of information is available through our subscription databases. Use your Menlo username and password to log into these resources. Here are some good options:

World Book Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window
- Why search here?
  This reference encyclopedia is a good starting point for research projects.
- What’s included?
  This large reference encyclopedia is available in several reading levels, and also includes a Spanish language version.

You can also look at these BrainPop videos:

Cells
Cell Structures
Passive Transport
Active Transport
Diffusion
This video does not mention cells but if you want to challenge yourself, think about how this applies to the cell membrane.

Citing your sources

Use Noodletools to cite your sources.

Cite BrainPop as Original Content in a database. Leave the publisher blank. The publication date is 2018.

Cite Britannica and World Book as Original Content in a database. Leave the publisher blank. The publication date is 2018.

Cite The CytoPlasm and Cellular Organelles as a website. The author is J. Gordon Betts, website is Anatomy and Physiology, publication date is November 14, 2018, and publisher is OpenStax.

6th grade sample citations
Download this document to see what your finished citations should look like.

Unreliable sites

Avoid these sites - they are not expert sources.