Climate Change
Climate Change Concerns
WEBSITES
National Geographic- This video explains why climate change is a major concern. It also proposes a series of solutions to the problem.
Environmental Protection Agency-This website explains why climate change is a major concern for the world.
Environmental Protection Agency-This website lists the options from which you can choose your topic for your persuasive paper. If kids choose "switch to Clean Energy," they should pick ONE of the energy options to support. For example, they should write a paper about how we should rely more on nuclear energy.
Energystar-This website includes information on energy conservation (reducing energy use) and on a few alternative energy sources.
National Institute of Environmental and Health Sciences- This website contains a lot of information on reycling. Be sure to check out the additional links at the bottom of the page.
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)-This website contains information about why climate change is a problem and about what we can do to address climate change. It has information about alternative energy, recycling, and water conservation.
Environmental Protection Agency-This website contains information about why water is important and how to protect this resource. Make sure that you stay focused on how to use less water when you are doing your research.
TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)-This is a website from the largest public power company in the United States. It has information on many different forms of alternative energy and on other ways to reduce energy use, such as conserving water and recycling.
TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)-This website is actually a site for teachers, but you can use it for your research. You can download a chapter from a textbook that is about your climate change solution.
Climate Change Skepticism
WEBSITES
PBS (Public Broadcasting Service)- This website includes a number of strong quotes from those who do not believe that climate change is a major concern. Be sure to look at the chart to find these quotes.
Global Warming Coalition-This is one section from a much larger website that focuses on the arguments that global warming may not be as bad as many predict it will be and that the solutions to global warming are more harmful than they are helpful.
CATO Institute-This article explains that some scientists believe that global warming will not be as bad as many predict it will be.