Project-Specific Resources

9th Grade Biology: Aquatic Ecosystems

10th Grade Chemistry: Water Project

Anatomy & Physiology Final Project

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development The OECD partners with governments worldwide, and amasses data to make evidence-based policy changes. Click on the Data tab at the top of the site and browse their extensive datasets by topic or country.

United States Energy Information Administration The EIA collects data on energy production and use, nationally and abroad. This data is intended to inform policy, improve markets, and educate. Click on the Tools tab for their wide variety of datasets and visualization tools.

United States Department of Energy The DOE aims to “[ensure] the nation’s security and prosperity by addressing its energy…challenges through science and technology...” Their site has information about sustainability and security considerations for resources of all types.

Sustainable Energy without the Hot Air This book was converted into a website with chapter summaries and a PDF of the entire book available for download. The book is a blend of storytelling and data—a worthy goal to emulate when writing a paper about an energy resource.

History of Africa: Primary Source Websites

African Activist Archive Preserving and making available online the records of activism in the United States to support the struggles of African peoples against colonialism, apartheid, and social injustice from the 1950s through the 1990s.
The African Letters Project Contains descriptive metadata for letters written between Africans and Americans during the era of decolonization (roughly 1945-1994).
African Newspapers, 1800-1922 Searchable 19th- and early 20th-century newspapers from Africa including titles from Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe. (NYPL library card required for access.)
The African Times (1860s-1870s) Independently published newspaper covering topics of interest to Anglophone African and Anglo-African populations in Britain, the British Empire, and West Africa).
allAfrica.com Current news about Africa from 125 African news organizations and more than 200 other sources. Searchable by region and topics. Special collections on sustainable development, peace, and business in Africa.
British Library - Liberated African Department (1808-1894) The Liberated African Department was created by the British government to organise the re-settlement and "disposal" of former slaves known as "Recaptives" or Liberated Africans in Sierra Leone. This was an administrative agency created to deal with the people brought to Freetown on board slave vessels seized by Royal Navy patrols. The captured slave ships were adjudicated by a Vice Admiralty Court or Courts of Mixed Commission, and the African men, women and children identified as Liberated Africans were set ashore and accommodated at different locations. The Liberated African Department kept detailed records of the ‘disposal’ and treatment of individuals following their adjudication by the courts. Extent of original material: 175 volumes.
Gold Coast Newspaper Archive A collection of fourteen digitized Ghaninan 19th- and 20th-century newspapers.
Hathi Trust Digital Library General – useful for all periods.
Museum of British Colonialism Contains narratives of British colonial rule in Kenya; interviews with Mau Mau veterans and survivors of the Emergency period in Kenya; fieldwork videos relating events during the Mau Mau Emergency; a map of the detention camps; and a documentary about the British destruction of records of their activities.
National Library of South Africa Contains newspapers (including ones targeted specifically at various racial groups), posters, pamphlets, and postcards.
Northwestern African Maps Collection Features digital copies of 113 antique maps of Africa and accompanying text dating from the mid-16th Century to the early 20th Century.)
Overcoming Apartheid (Michigan State University) Presents first-hand accounts of the political movement to end apartheid. Interviews with South African activists, raw video footage documenting mass resistance and police repression, historical documents, rare photographs, and original narratives tell this remarkable story.
Researching Periodicals from the African Diaspora: Periodicals from Sub-Saharan Africa An NYPL LibGuide containing resources to locate periodicals from sub-Saharan Africa including titles that are available in print and electronic versions.
Sierra Leone Company Archive (1734-1948) In 1791, a British group, the Sierra Leone Company, sought to give free land in Africa to former black slaves and also to make money by trading African goods. Thanks to the American Revolution, some slaves were able to free themselves and got protection from the British. In 1792, Lt. John Clarkson, who worked for the Sierra Leone Company, took 1,100 of these freed slaves from Nova Scotia to Sierra Leone. The town, Freetown, was established. The collection contains documents and letters from British officials based in Sierra Leone, letters from (Sierra Leone) King Naimbanna, town diagrams, and slave ship diagrams.
Slave Voyages A collaborative digital initiative that compiles and makes publicly accessible records of the largest slave trades in history. Search these records to learn about the broad origins and forced relocations of more than 12 million African people who were sent across the Atlantic in slave ships, and hundreds of thousands more who were trafficked within the Americas. Explore where they were taken, the numerous rebellions that occurred, the horrific loss of life during the voyages, the identities and nationalities of the perpetrators, and much more.
South African History Online Archives SAHO has become the go to platform for information on South African history with just over 6million visitors a year. It contains more than 50,000 documents, videos and images. Also includes a new, developing webpage hosting archival materials of other African countries.
Sudan Memory Project This project works "to conserve and promote valuable cultural materials from and about Sudan through digitisation." Includes films, photographs, essays, newspapers, journals, magazines, manuscripts, objects, documents, maps, and art works.
United National Independence Party of Zambia (courtesy of the British Library) "Kenneth Kaunda's United National Independence Party (UNIP) was formed in 1959. It was the driving force behind the attainment of Zambia's independence in 1964." Contains records of the African National Congress (ANC) party of Zambia (1948-1973) and the UNIP (1959-1988).
W.E.B. DuBois Papers (1877-1970) DuBois was a scholar, writer, editor of The Crisis and other journals, co-founder of the Niagara Movement, the NAACP, and the Pan African Congresses, international spokesperson for peace and for the rights of oppressed minorities. Includes over 100,000 items of correspondence (more than three quarters of the papers), speeches, articles, newspaper columns, and more.

Planets

The Originally 9 Then 10 but Now Maybe 8 Planets An overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system.
NASA Science Science done through or at NASA, covering basic scientific principles, scientific methods, debates, and questions. Includes biology, chemistry, Earth Science, technology, astronomy and physics.
Space.com - The Planets
Solar System Exploration Excellent visual representation of the planets and their moons in the solar system.
University of Texas McDonald Observatory Best times to view the planets. Click on planet name to link to more planet information.
Lunar and Planetary Observation This site does not contain useful information about the planets but is great for viewing the motion of comets and asteroids, partial rotations of planets, the dance of Galilean satellites, both solar and lunar eclipses, and close-up views of the myriad shadows during sunrise over a moonscape.