Science Articles:  newsela.com  username: smithclass5h@gmail.com password: tenaflytps

      This is a great site to find articles on almost any topic.  You can even change the difficulty of the text to make it easier to read or to make it more complex.   

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has a lot of excellent resources for many different topics:

https://www.epa.gov/students/homework-resources 

http://eschooltoday.com/pollution/air-pollution/what-is-air-pollution.html

http://www.ducksters.com/science/environment/air_pollution.php

video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAKyhfxxr7s

multiple videos: http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Category.aspx?CategoryID=558

video: http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-air-pollution-definition-sources-types.html

article: https://www.edf.org/blog/2016/10/11/cutting-carbon-pollution-aviation-major-breakthrough-years-making?utm_source=google&utm_campaign=ggad_aviation_upd_dmt&utm_medium=cpc&utm_id=1476713584&gclid=CLqy3rb989ACFQ9MDQodrEoGYA

Global warming and air pollution: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/global-warming-101?gclid=CIjKu57989ACFYOCswodW_4KyA 

http://www.clean-air-kids.org.uk/acidrain.html 

http://www.kidsecologycorps.org/our-environment/natural-cycles/acid-rain

How you can help: http://www.kidsecologycorps.org/how-you-can-help/environmental-action-checklist/fight-air-pollution-acid-rain-and-global-warming

https://sites.google.com/a/greenlocalschools.org/environemental-issues-ecosystems-unit/home/acid-rain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aEx067YkDE

what is being done: https://www3.epa.gov/acidrain/education/site_students/beingdone.html

what can you do: https://www3.epa.gov/acidrain/education/site_students/whatcanyoudo.html

Climate Change

(see also Global Warming)

http://www.joboneforhumanity.org/stop_saying_climate_change_pledge?gclid=CNn88Jn889ACFY6CswodaP4IAw

https://www.nrdc.org/stories/global-warming-101?gclid=CLrq_YX889ACFdeCswodHhMMjg

http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/urgentissues/global-warming-climate-change/index.htm?src=sea.awg.prnone.crv1&gclid=CMiP_4b889ACFU1XDQod_rEI0g

http://climatekids.nasa.gov/weather-and-climate-gallery/

http://www.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=262

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxOEVWWmmQ4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS1VhmyHs1w

https://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/

http://www.fws.gov/birds/surveys-and-data/population-surveys.php 

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/waterfowl_info.htm -- specific to New Jersey

http://www.njaudubon.org/SectionOases/WhyisNJimportantformigratingbirds.aspx  -- specific to NJ

http://www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/news/migreg99.htm - specific to NJ

http://www.climate.org/topics/climate-change/migratory-birds-climate-change.html - climate change

http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/urgentissues/migratorybirds/index.htm

http://www.homeadvisor.com/r/home-energy-conservation-for-kids/#.WBCfOC0rJ1s

This is an excellent resource on how kids can conserve energy.  It was provided to me by an amazing Girl Scout troop in Washington!

http://necsi.edu/projects/evolution/evolution/5parts/evolution_5parts.html

https://kidskonnect.com/science/forest-fire/ 

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-wildfire.htm

Into the Wildfire

Alaska's Wildfire Season and Climate Change

Active Wildfire Map

Wildfire Magazine

Habitat Restoration

Forest Fires: look at "Discussion Questions" and "Evaluation" for essay ideas.  Look at "Links" for websites to research and look at "Vocabulary" to assist with vocabulary words.

controlled burn 

controlled burning

Prescribed Burning

Benefits of Prescribed Burning

Yellowstone National Park

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/3play_1/climate-change-101-with-bill-nye-the-science/

http://nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/global-warming/

https://natureandculture.org/climate-change/?gclid=CPTIvrX_8dACFctKDQodQFAFTQ

http://www.eschooltoday.com/climate-change/Introduction-to-climate-change-for-children.html

http://www.explainthatstuff.com/globalwarmingforkids.html

http://www.ecologic.org/actions-issues/challenges/climate-change/?gclid=CIWSt7b_8dACFYmPswod19YAvw

http://www.iccr.org/our-issues/environment/global-warming?gclid=CKLbzLf_8dACFcmKswodmZcAwg

http://www.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=262

https://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Threats-to-Wildlife/Global-Warming/Effects-on-Wildlife-and-Habitat.aspx

http://www.nwf.org/wildlife/threats-to-wildlife/global-warming.aspx

http://www.livescience.com/3864-global-warming-changing-wild-kingdom.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/03/140331-global-warming-climate-change-ipcc-animals-science-environment/

https://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/impacts/effects/ecosystems.html

http://www.defenders.org/climate-change/climate-change-101

http://www.worldwildlife.org/threats/effects-of-climate-change

http://www.greenfacts.org/en/arctic-climate-change/l-2/5-arctic-animals.htm 

http://climatekids.nasa.gov/greenhouse-effect/

https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/education/upload/Greenhouse-Effect-for-kids-2.pdf

http://afterschool.smarttutor.com/the-greenhouse-effect-and-global-warming-stories-for-kids/

https://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/basics/today/greenhouse-gases.html

http://aquaponicsusa.com/ 

http://livinggreenmag.com/2013/03/08/home-garden/hydroponics-the-working-water-way-of-gardening/

http://www.simplyhydro.com/articles.htm

http://12.000.scripts.mit.edu/mission2014/solutions/hydroponics

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/03/dining/hydroponic-produce-gains-fans-and-flavor.html?_r=0

http://www.advancednutrients.com/hydroponics-gardening/

http://www.homehydrosystems.com/articles/articles_page.html

http://www.powerhousehydroponics.com/category/top-articles/

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/hydroponics.aspx

http://www.berkeleywellness.com/healthy-eating/food/article/hydroponic-vegetables-who-needs-soil

http://modularhydro.com/ArticleLibrary/WhatCanYouGrowHydroponically.html

http://www.interiorgardens.com/grow-hydroponics.html

http://blog.1000bulbs.com/15-best-hydroponics-foods/

http://homeguides.sfgate.com/plants-hydroponic-greenhouses-23047.html

http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/default.aspx

http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/blue_planet/problems/problems_fishing/fisheries_management/illegal_fishing/

Exxon Valdez: http://library.thinkquest.org/10867

Exxon Valdez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVm1pB3iJOw

Exxon Valdez 26 years later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLdH33JmscM

BP Oil Spill: http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3754187

BP Oil Spill: http://www.nwf.org/kids/ranger-rick/ranger-rick-on-the-big-oil-spill.aspx

video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SakDOUlDWDs

reasons for a healthy ocean: http://www.oceanconservancy.org/our-work/our-partners/

Click on "Look Inside" and "Surprise Me" and you can get some good info: 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064451216/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0064451216&linkCode=as2&tag=onetimthr-20&linkId=LB6PKFUHVJ7FVSOC

http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/cfcs_checklist

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/s792.htm

http://ozonewatch.gsfc.nasa.gov/

http://www.theozonehole.com/dobsonunit.htm

https://www.wildflower.org/conservation.php

 http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/rainforest-threats/

http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/preserve.html

https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1P2-33405450/clear-cutting-of-rain-forest-faces-restraints

http://www.cfact.org/2001/01/01/the-clearcutting-facts-about-the-rainforest/

Solar Panels

http://www.northjersey.com/news/a-second-solar-panel-canopy-collapses-in-teaneck-school-lot-1.730928

http://www.northjersey.com/news/education/board-reviews-solar-panel-plan-1.1323095

http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/modes-and-benefits-of-green-transportation.php

http://vault.sierraclub.org/transportation/

http://content.sierraclub.org/beyondoil/green-transportation

http://inhabitat.com/innovation/transportation/

https://longtailpipe.com/ebooks/green-transportation-guide-buying-owning-charging-plug-in-vehicles-of-all-kinds/what-is-green-transportation/

http://transalt.org/files/news/magazine/012Spring/09hierarchy.html

https://www.saveonenergy.com/data-hub/green-transportation/

http://www.earthtimes.org/encyclopaedia/environmental-issues/sustainable-transport/

https://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=us_energy_transportation-basics

 Information about different types of green cars: http://www.greenercars.org/ 

Solar Powered cars

 https://www.dasolar.com/solar-energy/solar-powered-cars

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/05/the-future-of-cars-could-be-solar.html

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/vehicles/solar-cars.htm 

Cutting Airplane Pollution

 https://www.edf.org/blog/2016/10/11/cutting-carbon-pollution-aviation-major-breakthrough-years-making?utm_source=google&utm_campaign=ggad_aviation_upd_dmt&utm_medium=cpc&utm_id=1476713584&gclid=CLqy3rb989ACFQ9MDQodrEoGYA

http://water.epa.gov/learn/kids/index.cfm 

http://eschooltoday.com/pollution/water-pollution/what-is-water-pollution.html