Research

         Critical to start of project – brainstorming for topics

         Helps you frame questions for mentors

         Underpins the Final Report

         Is cited in the Bibliography of the Final Report

 

AiS Challenge Home Page

         Teachers

                  Resources

                     Online Library Resources at the University of New Mexico.

                                 Note: Follow the links "Library News", and then "New Mexico

                                 Supercomputing Challenge". This path is subject to change.

          |          The Busy Teachers' WebSite

                     Hints for doing research on the internet

                                 Scroll down to: A Place to Start and preview net navigation skills

                                 by exploring the Online Internet Institute's Searching the 'Net. 

                                 Boolean and Evaluating Search Results are good.

                     More hints for doing research on the internet

                     Citing Internet Resources

 

Mom’s Hint: Have your word processing document open and copy the URLs of the sites you visit into the document.  You may not cite them all in your bibliography but you’ve got them if you need them.  Also, you can copy and mail them to your teammates.

Hoaxes, Urban Legends… from an email:

Hi, My name is Lauren Archer, my son Kevin and I lived in Sugarland, TX. On October 2nd, 1994, I took my only son to McDonald's for his 3rd birthday. After he finished lunch, I allowed him to play in the ball pit.

When he started whining later on, I asked him what was wrong, he pointed to the back of his pull-up and simply said "Mommy, it hurts." But I couldn't find anything wrong with him at that time. I bathed him when we got home, and it was at that point when I found a welt on his left buttock. Upon investigating, it seemed as if there was something like a splinter under the welt. I made an appointment to have it taken out the next day, but soon he started vomiting and shaking, then his eyes rolled back into his head.

From there, we went to the emergency room. He died later that night. It turned out that the welt on his buttock was the tip of a hypodermic needle that had broken off inside. The autopsy revealed that Kevin had died from heroine overdose. The next week, the police removed the balls from the ball pit and lo and behold. There was rotten food, several hypodermic needles: some full; some used; knives, half-eaten candy, diapers, feces, and the stench of urine. If a child is not safe in a child's play area then where?

You can find the article on Kevin Archer in the October 10, 1994 issue of the Houston Chronicle. Please forward this to all loving mothers and fathers!

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