ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
AN 8th GRADE PROJECT STARTER
LIBRARY CATALOG
DATABASES
CITING
Databases give you the correct citation for articles you find in them.
Governmental
Non Governmental Organization (NGO)
Student example 1 from 2018-2019
Ryan's movie does a great job at explaining the challenges of managing energy resources in the United States by the Department of Energy, an essential government agency. The movie shows how stakeholders from energy developers to energy consumers must contend with the economic and ecologial costs of heating our home, running our industries and keeping our water and air clean and safe.
Student example 2 from 2018-2019
1. Plastics
A) A running list of action on plastic pollution
B) Clean Seas (infographics)
2. The 7th continent – Plastic in the ocean
A) The Ocean Cleanup (PRO)
B) Experts warned this ... wouldn't work... (CON)
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3. Deforestation
4. Ice caps melting / Water level rising
New study finds sea level rise accelerating
5. Death of coral reefs / Coral bleaching
6. Desertification
7. Climate Change
COP24 - Or other UN Conferences
8. Urban sprawl
Environmental impact of urban growth