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Pittsburgh Research Information Essay 6th Grade Mrs. Estright/Mrs. McCune

You have been provided with two quality sources per topic. Use the links below to help you research your topic. You will need to find one more additional source. This will make a total of 3 sources for your paper. At the end of the project we will talk about how to make your sources into a proper work cited page.


 * Topics **

1. Bridges- "city of bridges" Popular Pittsburgh Bridges of Pittsburgh [|Pittsburgh Bridges]

2. Professional Sports Teams Sports in Pittsburgh World Book This site has pages on the individual teams

3. Stadiums Visit Pittsburgh This site has individual links for each of the stadiums Welcome to Pittsburgh At the bottom of the page are links to the stadiums and arenas

4. The Strip District Neighborhoods in the Strip District The Strip District [|Pittsburgh's Strip District]

5. The Terrible towel [|Steelers - Terrible Towel] [|About the Terrible Towel]

6. Andy Warhol Museum [|Andy Warhol Biography]

7. Pittsburgh Zoo [|Pittsburgh Zoo - Official Website]

8. The Rivers Pittsburgh Magazine Pittsburgh's Rivers: A Glimpse into History, Travel, and Adventure

9. Carnegie Museum of Natural History [|Carnegie Museum of Natural History]

10. Eat n' Park [|Eat n' Park - About Us]

11. Inclines [|History of the Duquesne Incline]

12. Kennywood Park [|Kennywood Amusement Park History]

13. Fallingwater Explore Fallingwater

14. The 3 Sister Bridges [|"Three Sisters" Bridges]

15. Carnegie Science Center [|Things to Do - Carnegie Science Center]

16. Klavon's Ice Cream [|Klavon's Ice Cream]

17. Theaters [|Pittsburgh Cultural Trust]

18. WQED [|About WQED]

19. Tunnels - (Fort Pitt, Liberty, Squirrel HIll) [|Pittsburgh Tunnels]

20.Heinz Corporation [|Heinz - About Our Company]

21. PPG Industries [|Our Company]

22. Andrew Carnegie - Industrialist Andrew Carnegie

23. Andew Mellon - Industrialist [|Andrew Mellon]

24. George Westinghouse - Industrialist George Westinghouse

25. Henry Mancini - Musician [|Henry Mancini Biography]

WorldBook Online [|Kids Search] [|Searchasaurus]
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Attractions/ Activities Top 10 Pittsburgh Must-Sees Things to Do in Pittsburgh
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Pittsburgh Inventions Interesting Inventions Created in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Firsts

Famous and/or Popular Pittsburghers Famous Pittsburgers Famous People from Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh Churches Pittsburgh Downtown Churches Historic Churches

Famous Industrialists Henry Clay Frick

The Steel Industry Explore PA History Rivers of Steel

Universities-higher education List of Colleges and Universities in Pittsburgh Page contains links to the individual colleges World Book Links This page has three links for the top universities in Pittsburgh

History of the city Pittsburgh Look towards the middle of this page to find the history section Pittsburgh History