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Climate Kids: Created by the Earth Science Communications Team at NASA's Laboratory and California Institute of Technology.
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EPA: Created and updated by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2017.
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NASA Global Climate Change: 10 interesting things about energy.
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Global Warming vs. Climate Change: Overview of weather, global warming and climate change.
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Climate Change in Boston: Climate Ready Boston is an initiative to get the City ready for the long-term impacts of climate change.
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The Climate Change topic is covered heavily in the media. In the evaluation process of your selected articles, use AllSides to help you research, review, and determine the authenticity of the articles and sources with regard to facts, opinions, and biases.
AllSides: Filters articles according to bias using the Google Search Engine.
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Use the eLearning Modules to research Global Warming, Green Technology, and Energy & Environment.
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Consider keywords: Climate Change, Global Warming, Greenhouse Effects, Greenhouse Gases, Paris Agreement.
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NASA: Climate Change Causes and Effects.
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2022 Report
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U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit: Track/project climate changes.
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United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCC): Climate Change, Education & Youth, & more. Global Perspective
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Information on laws & regulations and EPA by state (US focused). Map & Diagnostic information for statistics on location via zip code.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Understanding and preparing for climate change.
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Environmental Protection Agency: Climate Change Disproportionate Impacts on Marginalized Communities
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Science Friday: Independent Science Journalism link specifically focused on Climate Change/Crisis.
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Climate Central: An independent organization of leading scientists and journalists researching and reporting the facts about our changing climate and its impact on the public. Use the tabs: Work, Resources, and Impact for an in depth look at stories and facts.
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Four R's by Rachel Lynette of Minds in Bloom
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Reword – Replace words and phrases with synonyms whenever you can.
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Rearrange – Rearrange words within sentences to make new sentences. You can even rearrange the ideas presented within the paragraph.
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Realize that some words and phrases cannot be changed – names, dates, titles, etc. cannot be replaced, but you can present them differently in your paraphrase.
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Recheck – Make sure that your paraphrase conveys the same meaning as the original text.
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Put quotation marks around all direct quotes
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Cite quotes in your text and at the end of your paper.
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Paraphrased words require in-text and end of paper citations
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Summaries require in-text and end of paper citations
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Song lyrics must be cited.
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Never copy and paste.
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Common knowledge needs no citation.