Cheyenne Middle School

Edmond Public Schools

Its Getting Hot in Here...
 Actually Its Getting Hot Everywhere!
Students will watch the movie "The Inconvenient Truth." During the movie they will take notes of important facts and opinions that may support or refute their stand on global warming. The goal of this project is for students to think critically about how our actions impact the environment. The students will create a book in which they will write about how severe or minimal they believe the impact of global warming is on our atmosphere, hydropshere, geosphere, and biosphere. The student's opinions on global warming must be supported by evidence; however within the book students may offer suggestions on how to prevent global warming. If the student feels that global warming is minimal they must state why. Students may gather evidence from the movie, library, and the internet (only through approved websites accessed via the library website). However they must have references for their sources. The students must attach a works cited (bibliography) page to their final copy of the book.

Research Instructions:

Remember to carefully cite all information and use the citation pages for each source!

Key Terms: Global Warming, Greenhouse Effect, Climatology, Fossil Fuels, Acid Rain, Coral Bleaching, CO2 Emissions, Alternative Energy Sources, Hydroelectricity, Geothermal Power, Wind Turbines, Carbon Sequestration, Kyoto Protocol, Climate Model, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

1) Use the encyclopedias and almanacs in the library to search for your topic.

2) Use the books Mrs. Babb has pulled to search for information about your topic.

3) Enter your topic into the library catalog, after you have searched for books, click the link says "Webpath Express" this link will take you to many authoritative sites with valuable information for your topic!

4) Go to the World Book Online website  , there are 48 articles for global warming. Try your different key terms.

5) Go to the Student Research Center by EBSCOhost, there are 28488 different items for global warming.

6) Go to Sirs Discoverer, there are 527 articles on global warming.

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