Interactions+within+the+Environment

8th Science | [|MidWeb] | [|HCISD] | [|District Libraries]

= Changes in the Earth / Interactions within the Environment =

Cycles

 * The Carbon Cycle || [] ||
 * The Nitrogen Cycle || [] ||
 * Real Trees for kids || [] ||
 * The Water Cycle || [] ||

NASA Astroventure - Atmostpheric Science []

**Research Project: How do humans impact the environment?**
http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/kids/airquality.html http://www.enviroliteracy.org/subcategory.php/3.html http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/weather/smog_faq.html || [|Images of deforestation] [|Deforestation of Amazon's Rainforest Rises Sharply] [|Amazon Deforestation - Why is the Brazilian Amazon being destroyed?] || Transforming the Big Box Economy http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/bigboxactionrecs.pdf The Big Box Calculator (environmental impact discussion on page 3) http://www.rprogress.org/publications/2005/Big_Box_Calculator.pdf || http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/07/25/edible-activism-changing-the-world-through-what-we-eat/#more-2735 Sticky sticker situation: Food miles, carbon labelling and development http://ictsd.net/i/news/bioresreview/12095/ Food that Travels Well http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/06/opinion/06mcwilliams.html?_r=1 || About.com: Cell Phone Recycling http://environment.about.com/od/recycling/a/cell_phones.htm Can Cell phone recycling help African gorillas? http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/01/0120_060120_cellphones.html || Severe Weather News http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/earth_climate/severe_weather/ Climate change and severe weather: http://www.wiserearth.org/taxonomy/637a183c39c4b54fe810b1d5d1ad0ee4 NASA's Global Climate Change (great visuals and graphs) http://globalclimatechange.jpl.nasa.gov/ || Global Climate change and Energy http://www.seed.slb.com/en/scictr/watch/climate_change/change.htm Climate change temperature http://www.global-greenhouse-warming.com/climate-change-temperature.html NASA's Global Climate Change (great visuals and graphs) http://globalclimatechange.jpl.nasa.gov/ || [|Water Quality Issues] [|Coal Mining and Pollution] || [|The Electric Auto Association] [|The Future of the Automobile] || [|Emissions Standards Tightened (Washington Post)] [|Greenercars.org] || [|Causes of Endangerment] US Fish and Wildlife [|Endnagered Species Program] || Antarctic Glaciers Show Retreat: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4471135.stm || http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/impacts/early-warning-signs-of-global.html Global Warming FAQ: http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/science/global-warming-faq.html || http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/00/earthpulse/reef/reef1_flash.html http://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/coralreefs/index.html ||
 * **__Topic__** ||  ||
 * Air Pollution || http://www.stateoftheair.org/
 * Amazon Deforestation || [|Amazon Deforestation Trend On The Increase]
 * Big Box Retail and the Environment || Big Box Evaluator http://www.bigboxevaluator.org/about-big-box.php
 * Carbon Miles and Business || Edible Activism: Changing the World through what we eat
 * Cell Phone Recycling || EPA: Re-cycle your Cell Phone http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/partnerships/plugin/cellphone/index.htm
 * Climate Change (Severe Weather) || Hurricanes and Global Warming FAQ http://www.pewclimate.org/hurricanes.cfm
 * Climate Change (Temperature) || EPA: Recent temperature change, surface temperature http://epa.gov/climatechange/science/recenttc.html
 * Coal Mining and Pollution || [|Pollution Issues]
 * Electric and Fuel Cell Automobiles || [|The Online Fuel Cell Information Resource]
 * Emission Standards || Fueleconomy.gov http://www.fueleconomy.gov/FEG/best/cert.shtml
 * Endangered Species Act || [|Partial List of Species that No Longer Occur in Texas]
 * Fair Trade || [|Fair Trade Resource Movement] ||
 * Glacier Melting || http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/glaciers/information.html
 * Global Warming: Fact or Fiction? || Early Signs of Global Warming:
 * Great Barrier Reef (Why is it diminishing?) || http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/greatbarrierreef/
 * Green Living (How to Live Greener) ||  ||
 * Hazardous Substances in Consumer Products ||  ||
 * Kyoto Treaty || http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/envecon/reviewf.php?SID=1cbmp202bpcf5tepqrhqovvkb0 ||
 * Logging ||  ||
 * National Forest Preservation ||  ||
 * Oil Drilling in Alaska || http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0605/feature1/index.html ||
 * Oil Spills (Choose one event) || Oil Spills and Disasters: http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001451.html

The Story on Oil Spills: http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/topic_subtopic_entry.php?RECORD_KEY%28entry_subtopic_topic%29=entry_id,subtopic_id,topic_id&entry_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=184&subtopic_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=8&topic_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=1 || Wildlife Conservation: http://www.wildlife.alaska.gov/ Hunting: http://www.fws.gov/hunting/ Careers in Wildlife Management: http://www.ffa.org/index.cfm?method=c_job.ShowSearchDetails&careerid=64&CFID=239685&CFTOKEN=14381852 National Marine Sanctuary: http://floridakeys.noaa.gov/regs/zoning.html || Renewable Energy: http://www.alliantenergykids.com/stellent2/groups/public/documents/pub/phk_ee_re_index.hcsp Power Source: http://westarenergy.apogee.net/kids/ap_ifrm.aspx Wind Powering America: http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/index.asp History of Wind Power Development: http://www.telosnet.com/wind/ Wind Power Timeline: http://eia.doe.gov/kids/history/timelines/wind.html ||
 * Organic Food and GMO’s ||  ||
 * Over Fishing ||  ||
 * Over Population and Solutions ||  ||
 * Sustainable Living and Housing ||  ||
 * Water Waste Management ||  ||
 * Wildlife Management || Wildlife Diseases: http://www.wildlifemanagement.info/wildlife_diseases.htm
 * Wind and Solar Power || Solar Energy: http://www.energy.com.au/energy/ea.nsf/Content/Kids+Sun