Bremerton High School Research Pathway for Washington State History: Classroom Based Assessments: Humans and the Environment and Technology Through the Ages
As you choose to research Humans and the Environment (Propose a solution to a current environmental issue that will improve the health of the system or analyze a historical situation in terms of the environment and propose a reasonable alternative that would have improved the health of the system).
For Technology Through the Ages, (Analyze how a technological change that occurred in history impacts our lives), the following BHS resources both print and electronic may help you with these Classroom Based Assessments:
Print Sources:
Ref 363.7 Fra The Green Encyclopedia
363.7 Wri Facts on File Environment Atlas
Ref 502 Bru Science and Technology Breakthroughs
Ref 509 Bun History of Science and Technology
Ref 603 Technology in Action: Science Applied to EveryDay Life
333.7 Ame American Environmentalism
333.91 Vog Human Impact
333.95 End Endangered Oceans:Opposing Viewpoints
600 Sti Who Gives a Gigabyte?
B Gat Smart Money: The Story of Bill Gates
Here are links to the Periodical Databases that will be of help to you in your research:
Digital Learning Commons http://www.learningcommons.org (Local & State Resources-Wa.State online Resources-Science-Environment-Microsoft)
Electric Library http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/libweb/elib/do/search
Sirs Researcher http://www.proquestk12.com/
Proquest http://www.proquestk12.com/
Here are some general links for environment and technology:
http://earthtrends.wri.org/ Earth trends: World Environmental Issues
http://www.enn.com/ Environmental News Network
http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/reports/statistics/ Environmental Quality Statistics
http://www.environmentaldefense.org/home.cfm Environmental Defense Fund
http://ei.cornell.edu/ Environmental Inquiry
http://www.epa.gov/ Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ National Center for Biotechnology
http://www.google.com/Top/Science/ Google Directory: Science
http://www.google.com/Top/Science/Environment/ Google Directory: Environment
http://www.google.com/Top/Science/Technology/ Google Directory: Technology
http://vlib.org/Computing Virtual Library: Computers & Computing
http://refdesk.com/factsci.html Reference Desk: Science Resources
http://lii.org/pub/topic/environ Librarians Index: Environment
http://lii.org/pub/topic/computers Librarians Index: Technology
http://lii.org/pub/subtopic/1141 Librarians Internet Index: Computers
http://www.climatehotmap.org/ Global Warming: Early Warning Signs & Overview
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/ Global Warming Resources
The following links relate specifically to Washington State:
