ENVIRONMENTAL+SCIENCE

Introduction:
The topic of Environmental Science is a broad one. The purpose of this Pathfinder is to help students and teachers to find pertinent information about one topic within the collection: Global Warming. Other Pathfinders will be created for other topics within the collection as time goes on.

Questions for Inquiry:
What is global warming? Is it a real concern? What causes it? Can it be prevented or reversed? What can we learn from studying the changing temperatures and climate over the past century?

Keywords: Environment, Global Warming,
Subject Headings: 1. Global Warming, 2. Greenhouse effect--atmospheric, 3. Climactic Changes. Dewey Decimal Classification(s): You may find useful books to take with you in the following sections: 363.7, 551.5

Reference:
Egendorf, Laura K., book editor. //Opposing Viewpoints: the environment//. New York: Thomson Gale, 2005. CCD REF 333.7 ENV

Goudie, Andrew. //Encyclopedia of global change: environmental change and human society//. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. CCD REF 363.7 ENC

Woodward, John and Jennifer Skancke, book editors. //Conserving the Environment//: New York:Thomson Gale, 2006 (Look at chapter one: Is the environment in jeopardy? CCD 333.72 CON

Non-fiction:

 * For Teachers:** Grant, Tim and Gail Littlejohn, editors. //Teaching about climate change: cool schools tackle global warming//. New York: New Society Publishers, Green Teacher, 2001. CCD PRO 363.78 TEA

Berger, John J. //Beating the heat: why and how we must combat global warming.// Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Hills Books, 2000 CCD 363.738 BER
 * For Students and teachers:**

Christianson, Gale E. //Greenhouse: the 200 year story of global warming.// New York: Walker and Co., 1999. 363.738 CHR

Haddock, Patricia. //Environmental Time Bomb.// Berkeley Heights, New Jersey: Enslow, 2000 CCD 363.7 HAD

Spilsbury, Richard. //Climate Change Catastrophe.// NY: Rosen Central, 2010.

Databases:
Beaucoup. com, incywincy.com: type in "global warming"

Web Sites:
www.epa.gov/global warmingwww. globalwarming.org climatehotmap.org nrdc.org/globalwarming

Pamphlets:
Opposing Viewpoints Pamphlets, //What will be the effects of global warming?,// San Diego, CA: Greenhaven, 1997. Opposing Viewpoints Pamphlets, //Does global warming pose a serious threat?,// San Diego, CA, Greenhaven, 1997

Videos/DVDs:

 * DVD/363.7 INC //An Inconvenient Truth: a global warning//. Al Gore narrates this documentary on the dangers of global warming; he refutes the misconceptions about it and shows how it will effect our planet's future if not stopped.

CCD VHS 551.5 WGB //Chasing El Nino//: Nova television program. Boston: WGHB TV & Flesherfilms Inc., 1998 (Through spectaclar footage and research scientists track El Nino and attempt to predict when and where it will next occur. The question is asked: Is global warming to blame?)

CCD VHS 551.5 KNO //Global Warming: "Hot enough for you"// Madison WI: Knowledge Unlimited, 2000.

CCD DVD 363.73 GLO //Global Warming The Signs and the Science.// South Carolina: PBS, 2005 (In this PBS DVD people face their vulnerability to climate change and have launched initiatives to reduce its impact.)

Community Resources: Organizations to Contact:
Global Warming International Center (GWIC) 22W381 Seventy Fifth St. Naperville, IL 60565 website: [|www.globalwarming.net] Sierra Club : a nonprofit public interest organization thar promotes conservation of the natural environment by influencing public policy decisions. 85 Second St. San Francisco, CA 94105 [|www.sierraclub.org] U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): government agency in charge of protecting human health and safeguarding the natural environment. Ariel Ross Bldg., 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20460 [|www.epa.gov]

Curriculum Standards Related to This Topic:
New York City Performance Standard S3: Earth and Space Science Concepts The student produces evidence that demonstrates understanding of changes in the global climate. The student produces evidence that demonstrates understanding of natural resource management.