Environmental Action Projects

Wow! Look what we found!

Sample Press Releases from the Environmental Defense Fund

Local Contacts:

Arlington County Environmental Office: (703) 228-3344
Arlington County Environmental Services web site (see press releases)
County Board members and local government leaders

Some popular search terms you can use are as follows:

conservation, ecology, sustainability, recycling, recycle, “environmental action,” “environmental science,” “environmental policy,” “Paris Treaty,” “endangered species”

Recommended Resources – most provide citations.

Reference Books

Explore Dewey Decimal #600’s for books on science. But laws about environmental protection will be in the #360’s and #370’s. Bright orange stickers mark our exceptional reference books. Sign out reference books for 24 hours only, please. They are in high demand.

If your topic involves Endangered Species, see this research guide.

Databases

Gale databases has a database specifically called “Environmental Studies and Policy”
Kids InfoBits – easy to use
Gale Science in Context – consider browsing the “topics” section linked from the menu
World Book (use “student” or “advanced”)
Britannica
SIRS Discoverer -use “advanced search” for important options!
SIRS Knowledge Source – provides some reference sources.

E-books in MackinVia

Here are just a few of the e-books that you can download onto your device that might help with this project!

Poop is power! – Koontz, Robin Michal
Climate change : our warming Earth – Hand, Carol
How does weather change? – Boothroyd, Jennifer
Investigating the carbon cycle – Lindeen, Mary
Life in a coral reef – Schuetz, Kari
Life in oceans – Coss, Lauren
Life science through infographics – Higgins, Nadia
Natural disasters through infographics – Higgins, Nadia
Natural gas power – Bailey, Diane
The nitrogen cycle – Dakers, Diane
Nuclear power – Bailey, Diane
Ocean : a visual encyclopedia – Woodward, John
People and the planet – Sirota, Lyn A.
Really rotten truth about composting – Mangor, Jodie
Soil – Bowman, Chris
Soil – Oxlade, Chris
Soils – Hansen, Grace
Solar power – Bailey, Diane
The surprising world of bacteria with Max Axiom, super scientist – Biskup, Agnieszka
Swept away : the story of the 2011 Japanese tsunami – Rissman, Rebecca
Trashing the planet : examining our global garbage glut – Kallen, Stuart A.
Understanding global warming with Max Axiom, super scientist – Biskup, Agnieszka
Understanding photosynthesis with Max Axiom, super scientist – O’Donnell, Liam
Weather and climate through infographics – Rowell, Rebecca
What is severe weather? – Boothroyd, Jennifer
What is soil? – Greek, Joe
Why?. The wind blows – Orr, Tamra
Why?. There is day and night – Brennan, Linda Crotta
Why?. We have earthquakes – Brennan, Linda Crotta
Why?. We have hurricanes – Orr, Tamra
Why?. We have tornadoes – Brennan, Linda Crotta
Wild weather – Perritano, John
Wind – Cox Cannons, Helen
Wind power – Bailey, Diane

Podcasts:

Science Friday – podcasts

Recommended Internet Sources:

Science News for Students – https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/
Science Friday – “Educate” section
ScienceNews.org –
The Environmental Protection Agency = epa.gov Beware that President Trump does not accept that human activity is having an effect on changing the earth’s climate the way that most scientists have supported, so he has ordered that some information be removed from the EPA’s web site.

3 tips to Research Efficiently:

Use “quotation marks” around your compound word search terms for the database search terms. For example, “global warming” goes in quotation marks. Other examples: “Water Pollution” and “carbon cycle.”

2. When searching with broad terms in a database, combine your separate search terms with the Boolean Operator “AND” in all caps. Most databases support Boolean searching in their “advanced search” menu like Gale’s search engine pictured below.

Science in Context

3. Then, with your search results, make use of the menus that will appear to the right side of your search results to select the type of resource you want (“Reference” or “Magazines” a good start.) Using the right side menu for “subjects” can further narrow your investigation.)

Need help? Ask Maggie!