empact

Assignment
Explore human impact in the areas of climate change, conservation, environmental health, farming, water and air pollution and toxins:

Books
Although they are a bit old fashioned, books can sometimes give you just enough (and not TOO MUCH) of the information you need when doing a research project like this one. There is a small collection of books on a cart in the library marked "Fitzgerald". Also, you can search **OUR CATALOG** on your own. Don't forget, we do have a great public library right around the corner! Search their catalog here. When you are searching there, don't forget to search subject headings like: [|Greenhouseeffect] [|,] [|Atmospheric] [|.] or [|Mass extinctions.]

Databases
** [|Gale's Student Resource Center] ** provides holistic topic perspectives by integrating a multitude of content, including reference articles, news, primary sources, and audio clips. Ask for a password to access this database from home.

This isn't your grandmother's encyclopedia! World Book Advanced includes articles on the subjects studied, as well as pictures, and subject entries--all provided with citations. Ask in the library for a password to use it.
 * [|World Book Advanced]**

Websites
An Environmental Protection Agency-run campaign designed to educate and involve teens in matters affecting our environment. This Web site challenges teens to think about their impact on the world around them. http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/education/teens/index.htm
 * Your Environment Your Choice. **

The site provides information about celebrating the day throughout the world Available in several languages. From the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). http://www.unep.org/wed/
 * World Environment Day **

This site from the United Nations brings together authoritative and comprehensive environmental information from a variety of remote and specialized environmental communities. Find country and regional profiles, an atlas of environmentally protected areas, nuclear power sites worldwide, global coastal statistics, greenhouse gas emissions and projections, a digital map plotting coral reefs worldwide, nationally designated protected areas, global forest and wildfire status reports, and more. http://www.unep.org/
 * UNEP.Net Environment Network **

Background and updates on drinking water and sanitation issues around the world, focusing on child and family health, hygiene, and access to sanitation facilities. Features stories about the impact of sanitation improvement activities, water and sanitation country profiles, statistics, video clips, and general and technical documents. From UNICEF. http://www.unicef.org/wes/
 * UNICEF: Water, Environment and Sanitation **

This site provides a compilation of links to material about the effects on human health of lead in the environment. Includes links to overviews, glossaries, data and research, regulations and policy, and to specific topics such as child safety, lead in paint, and occupational exposure. http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/lead.html
 * Enviro-Health Links:**

Contains links to games that explore issues such as "human rights, economics, poverty, public policy, public health, global conflict, news and politics." @http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/hottopics/climatechange/climate_challenge/index_1.shtml
 * FOR FUN!**
 * Games For Change **
 * . . .for example. . .**
 * Climate Challenge:**