Spectrum

Science 9
Presentation topics:

1. Before we talk about climate change; what are La Nina and El Nino?
   http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/ninonina.html
    
   https://www.climate.gov/news-features/featured-images/global-impacts-el-niño-and-la-niña

 

1. Scary impacts of climate change happening already.
   http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-point-of-no-return-climate-change-nightmares-are-already-here-20150805
    
   http://www.livescience.com/37057-global-warming-effects.html
    
   3.  Impacts of climate change in Canada on humans and on the environment

http://www.davidsuzuki.org/issues/climate-change/science/impacts/health-impacts/
 
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/issues/climate-change/science/impacts/impacts-of-climate-change/
 
http://davidsuzuki.org/issues/climate-change/science/impacts/forest-impacts/ (omit details of pine beetle)
 
 

1. Pine beetle epidemic and climate change.
   http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/04/pine-beetles/rosner-text
    
   http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2012/03/climate-change-sends-beetles-overdrive

 

1. What is “fracking”? What is LNG? Why Does “fracking” LNG natural gas (shale gas) cause an increase in climate change?

 
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/fracking-to-prompt-sharp-rise-in-greenhouse-gas-emissions-study-says-a6928126.html
 
https://www.desmog.ca/bc-lng-fracking-news-information
 
map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?ll=55.55349575148959%2C-119.39941399999998&spn=39.055459%2C74.707031&t=m&msa=0&z=7&source=embed&ie=UTF8&mid=1M0kHYI-MsJ-lRkVP70-w_Z2E3sM

1. What is coral? How climate change has damaged coral reefs.

http://www.teachoceanscience.net/teaching_resources/education_modules/coral_reefs_and_climate_change/what_is_a_coral/
 
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/16/asia/great-barrier-reef-bleaching-damage/
 
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/damage-to-great-barrier-reef-irreversible-scientists-say/81375

1. climate proxies: Tree rings and coral reefs show evidence of climate change

https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/news/picture-climate-how-can-we-learn-tree-rings
 
http://www.priweb.org/globalchange/climatechange/studyingcc/scc_01.html
 
https://eo.ucar.edu/staff/rrussell/climate/paleoclimate/coral_reef_proxy_records.html
 
http://www.teachoceanscience.net/teaching_resources/education_modules/coral_reefs_and_climate_change/how_does_climate_change_affect_coral_reefs/

1. Paris Climate deal; what is it? Why is it important for poor countries in particular?

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39954423
 
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/may/17/global-warming-will-hit-poorer-countries-hardest-finds-research
 
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/12/151201-datapoints-climate-change-poverty-agriculture/

1. Traditional indigenous (aboriginal) knowledge helps fight climate change

https://unu.edu/publications/articles/why-traditional-knowledge-holds-the-key-to-climate-change.html
 
http://www.eldis.org/go/topics/resource-guides/climate-change/key-issues/indigenous-knowledge-and-climate-change#.WQeEVlK-LEY  
 
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/03/12/canada-seeks-traditional-aboriginal-knowledge-on-climate-change.html

1. Ice cores- More Climate Proxies. How do ice cores let scientists study climate change?

https://www.theguardian.com/science/punctuated-equilibrium/2011/may/12/1
 
https://www.americangeosciences.org/education/k5geosource/content/climate/how-do-scientists-use-ice-cores-to-determine-past-climates
 
http://icecores.org/icecores/nicl.shtml#cpl  (this site has a bit too much detail- no need to explain every small thing!)

1. Climate impacts: sea level rise and melting ice
   http://www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/campaigns/climate-energy/problems/impacts/sea-level-rise/
    
   http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-sea-level-1.3783440
    
   http://globalnews.ca/news/3252577/canada-glaciers-sea-level-rise/
   
   
2. Permafrost thawing affects climate:
   https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27022017/global-warming-permafrost-study-melt-canada-siberia
    
   https://www.wunderground.com/resources/climate/melting_permafrost.asp
   
   
3. What do climate change ‘skeptics’ or ‘deniers’ say? Critique and debunk the arguments that climate change isn’t real.

http://davidsuzuki.org/issues/climate-change/science/climate-change-basics/climate-change-deniers/
 
http://grist.org/series/skeptics/
 
https://www.skepticalscience.com/argument.php (you can’t deal with every argument, so pick the most common ones/ones you have heard)

1. Oil Companies Knew about oil causing climate change decades ago
   https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/apr/13/climate-change-oil-industry-environment-warning-1968
    
   http://www.ucsusa.org/publications/catalyst/su15-documenting-fossil-fuel-companies-climate-deception#.WSoqSjO-Low
   
   
2. Kids sue US government over climate change
   http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/03/kids-sue-us-government-climate-change/
    
   http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/the-teen-agers-suing-over-climate-change
    
   http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lebel-lawsuit-climate-change-1.3931321

 


Social Studies 9 Ms. Levin
Primary Sources
These websites will give links to various topics and their primary sources.
http://libguides.tru.ca/canadianhistory/primarysources
libguides.ufv.ca/c.php?g=320158&p=2140094
http://libguides.msvu.ca/c.php?g=114496&p=745418
American Revolution (American POV)
http://www.smithsoniansource.org/display/primarysource/results.aspx?hId=1004
http://www.teachushistory.org/Revolution/ps-teaparty.htm
American Revolution (British POV)

Science 10
Space Suits
 science.howstuffworks.com/space-suit1.htm
www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/real-martians-how-to-protect-astronauts-from-space-radiation-on-mars
Alpha Particles and living cells
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Life/cell_radiation_damage.html