Energy and the Environment
Environmental Impacts
Science 10
Encyclopedia Britannica
Bioaccumulation Project
Bioaccumulation
Gives an easy to understand information on bioaccumulation
http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/bi/Bioaccumulation
YouTube video on bioaccumulation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXSv0ifvDjc
Red Tide
serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/redtide/
PCBs
This is a website from Health Canada which includes various topics related to PCBs.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/iyh-vsv/environ/pcb-bpc-eng.php
PCBs and Human Health
http://www.epa.gov/osw/hazard/tsd/pcbs/pubs/pcb.pdf
Information from Environment Canada's waste management program for PCBs.
www.epa.gov/pcbs
PCB Mixtures
http://www.epa.gov/osw/hazard/tsd/pcbs/pubs/aroclor.htm
PCBs and Mercury
Mercury
http://www.ec.gc.ca/pollution/default.asp?lang=En&n=10C5B5F8-1
PCB
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/pubs/contaminants/mercur/index-eng.php#q-12
Types of Pesticides
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/about/types.htm
Grassy Narrows First Nation and Mercury Poisoning
Mercury poisoning and Grassy Narrows First Nation (background history & discovery)
http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/1981
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/grassy-narrows-new-japanese-report-1.3768030
Food & Heavy Metals
This site includes a general introduction to heavy metals in foods and has a list of heavy metals that you can click on for more information.
http://www.food-info.net/uk/metal/intro.htm
Heavy metals in the environment
Site includes information on elements and how they affect the environment. Search alphabetically for your element.
http://www.lenntech.com/periodic/periodic-chart.htm
Genetics
Cloning
This site gives a simple explanation through animation
http://www.ology.amnh.org/genetics/index.html
Genetic Engineering
This website has a simple explanation on genetic engineering and its implications.
http://tiki.oneworld.net/penguin/genetics/home.html
Health Canada
Has interesting articles on genetically modified foods. There is also a list of currently approved foods.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca
Genetic Science Learning Centre
Good site with interactive explanations on stem cells and cloning.
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/
Earthquakes and the Earth's Interior
For information click on the following sites:
Science of Earthquakes
General information on how earthquakes develop
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/eqscience.php
Provincial Site on Emergency Prepardness
Includes information on tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanoes
http://www.pep.bc.ca/hazard_preparedness/earthquake_information.html
Earthquake Preparedness
http://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/info-gen/prepare-preparer/index-eng.php
Ring of Fire
Great site for a map on the Ring of Fire
http://www.crystalinks.com/rof.html
Structure of the Earth and Plate Tectonics
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Interior_Structure/interior.html
Earthquakes in Canada
Includes a breakdown of differentearthquake regions in Canada.
http://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/zones/index-eng.php
http://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/info-gen/links-liens-eng.php
Predicting Earthquakes
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq1/predict.html
City of Richmond and Earthquakes
For information about what the City of Richmond would do in an earthquake check this site.
http://www.richmond.ca/safety/prepare/city/hazards/earthquakes.htm
Earthquake and buildings
http://www.mcvicker.com/twd/apa/eqguide/eqguid03.htm
http://www.imaginationstationtoledo.org/content/2011/03/can-you-build-an-earthquake-proof-building/
San Andreas Fault
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq3/contents.html
http://geology.com/articles/san-andreas-fault.shtml
Tsunamis
Tsunami Research in Canada
Use the side navagation bar for various topics.
http://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/info-gen/tsunami-eng.php
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/oceans/tsunamis/tsunamiphysics-physique-eng.html l
How Tsunamis Develop
http://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters/tsunami2.htm
Seismic Waves & Epicenter
http://www.kids-fun-science.com/s-waves.html
Radioactivity
Candu Reactors
http://www.candu.org/candu_reactors.html
http://www.nuclearfaq.ca/#intro
Cellular Phones and Safety
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/adult-health/expert-answers/cell-phones-and-cancer/faq-20057798
http://www.ewg.org/cellphoneradiation/executivesummary
Carbon 14 dating
http://science.howstuffworks.com/carbon-14.htm
Glow in the Dark Products
http://science.howstuffworks.com/question388.htm
Nuclear Emergencies (Radiation exposure)
http://emergency.cdc.gov/radiation/
http://www.getprepared.gc.ca/cnt/hzd/nclrmrgncs-eng.aspx
Background Radiation
http://nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/pdfs/Fact_Sheets/Fact-Sheet-Background-Radiation-eng.pdf
Radiation Sickness
htpp://www.mayoclinic.com/health/radiation-sickness/DS00432
Radiation Therapy
http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/cancer/radiation.html
http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/treatmenttypes/radiation/radiation-landing
Side effects of Radiation and treatments for specific areas
http://www.uihealthcare.org/radiation-therapy-what-to-expect/
Fukushima Nuclear Reactors
http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Safety-and-Security/Safety-of-Plants/Fukushima-Accident/
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/12/world/asia/the-explosion-at-the-japanese-reactor.html?ref=asia
http://fukushimaupdate.com/
Nuclear Science
This site has very good explanations on various topics on radioactivity. Use their index to navigate to your research topic.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-science-channel.htm
Nuclear Fusion
https://www.cora.nwra.com/~werne/eos/text/fusion.html
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/virtualmuseum/ita/07_2.shtml
Nuclear Fission and the Sun
energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Nuclear_fusion_in_the_Sun
How the sun works
science.howstuffworks.com/sun2.htm
Environmental Impacts
Science 10
Encyclopedia Britannica
Bioaccumulation Project
Bioaccumulation
Gives an easy to understand information on bioaccumulation
http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/bi/Bioaccumulation
YouTube video on bioaccumulation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXSv0ifvDjc
Red Tide
serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/redtide/
PCBs
This is a website from Health Canada which includes various topics related to PCBs.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/iyh-vsv/environ/pcb-bpc-eng.php
PCBs and Human Health
http://www.epa.gov/osw/hazard/tsd/pcbs/pubs/pcb.pdf
Information from Environment Canada's waste management program for PCBs.
www.epa.gov/pcbs
PCB Mixtures
http://www.epa.gov/osw/hazard/tsd/pcbs/pubs/aroclor.htm
PCBs and Mercury
Mercury
http://www.ec.gc.ca/pollution/default.asp?lang=En&n=10C5B5F8-1
PCB
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/pubs/contaminants/mercur/index-eng.php#q-12
Types of Pesticides
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/about/types.htm
Grassy Narrows First Nation and Mercury Poisoning
Mercury poisoning and Grassy Narrows First Nation (background history & discovery)
http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/1981
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/grassy-narrows-new-japanese-report-1.3768030
Food & Heavy Metals
This site includes a general introduction to heavy metals in foods and has a list of heavy metals that you can click on for more information.
http://www.food-info.net/uk/metal/intro.htm
Heavy metals in the environment
Site includes information on elements and how they affect the environment. Search alphabetically for your element.
http://www.lenntech.com/periodic/periodic-chart.htm
Genetics
Cloning
This site gives a simple explanation through animation
http://www.ology.amnh.org/genetics/index.html
Genetic Engineering
This website has a simple explanation on genetic engineering and its implications.
http://tiki.oneworld.net/penguin/genetics/home.html
Health Canada
Has interesting articles on genetically modified foods. There is also a list of currently approved foods.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca
Genetic Science Learning Centre
Good site with interactive explanations on stem cells and cloning.
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/
Earthquakes and the Earth's Interior
For information click on the following sites:
Science of Earthquakes
General information on how earthquakes develop
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/eqscience.php
Provincial Site on Emergency Prepardness
Includes information on tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanoes
http://www.pep.bc.ca/hazard_preparedness/earthquake_information.html
Earthquake Preparedness
http://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/info-gen/prepare-preparer/index-eng.php
Ring of Fire
Great site for a map on the Ring of Fire
http://www.crystalinks.com/rof.html
Structure of the Earth and Plate Tectonics
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Interior_Structure/interior.html
Earthquakes in Canada
Includes a breakdown of differentearthquake regions in Canada.
http://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/zones/index-eng.php
http://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/info-gen/links-liens-eng.php
Predicting Earthquakes
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq1/predict.html
City of Richmond and Earthquakes
For information about what the City of Richmond would do in an earthquake check this site.
http://www.richmond.ca/safety/prepare/city/hazards/earthquakes.htm
Earthquake and buildings
http://www.mcvicker.com/twd/apa/eqguide/eqguid03.htm
http://www.imaginationstationtoledo.org/content/2011/03/can-you-build-an-earthquake-proof-building/
San Andreas Fault
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq3/contents.html
http://geology.com/articles/san-andreas-fault.shtml
Tsunamis
Tsunami Research in Canada
Use the side navagation bar for various topics.
http://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/info-gen/tsunami-eng.php
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/oceans/tsunamis/tsunamiphysics-physique-eng.html l
How Tsunamis Develop
http://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters/tsunami2.htm
Seismic Waves & Epicenter
http://www.kids-fun-science.com/s-waves.html
Radioactivity
Candu Reactors
http://www.candu.org/candu_reactors.html
http://www.nuclearfaq.ca/#intro
Cellular Phones and Safety
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/adult-health/expert-answers/cell-phones-and-cancer/faq-20057798
http://www.ewg.org/cellphoneradiation/executivesummary
Carbon 14 dating
http://science.howstuffworks.com/carbon-14.htm
Glow in the Dark Products
http://science.howstuffworks.com/question388.htm
Nuclear Emergencies (Radiation exposure)
http://emergency.cdc.gov/radiation/
http://www.getprepared.gc.ca/cnt/hzd/nclrmrgncs-eng.aspx
Background Radiation
http://nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/pdfs/Fact_Sheets/Fact-Sheet-Background-Radiation-eng.pdf
Radiation Sickness
htpp://www.mayoclinic.com/health/radiation-sickness/DS00432
Radiation Therapy
http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/cancer/radiation.html
http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/treatmenttypes/radiation/radiation-landing
Side effects of Radiation and treatments for specific areas
http://www.uihealthcare.org/radiation-therapy-what-to-expect/
Fukushima Nuclear Reactors
http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Safety-and-Security/Safety-of-Plants/Fukushima-Accident/
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/12/world/asia/the-explosion-at-the-japanese-reactor.html?ref=asia
http://fukushimaupdate.com/
Nuclear Science
This site has very good explanations on various topics on radioactivity. Use their index to navigate to your research topic.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-science-channel.htm
Nuclear Fusion
https://www.cora.nwra.com/~werne/eos/text/fusion.html
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/virtualmuseum/ita/07_2.shtml
Nuclear Fission and the Sun
energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Nuclear_fusion_in_the_Sun
How the sun works
science.howstuffworks.com/sun2.htm