Useful URLs: April 18, 2011
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NOTE TO TEACHERS: The following Web links relate to the main features in the April 18, 2011, issue of Junior Scholastic. Please prescreen sites before sharing any URLs with your students. Although all may serve as background information for teaching, some will be too complex or otherwise unsuitable for your students.
FOR "TRASHED," PP. 2-3
- What Is the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch?:
mnn.com/earth-matters/translating-uncle-sam/stories/what-is-the-great-pacific-ocean-garbage-patch - Why Is the World’s Biggest Landfill in the Pacific Ocean?:
science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/oceanography/great-pacific-garbage-patch.htm
FOR "CAN YOU HELP SAVE THE EARTH?" PP. 6-8
- Brower Youth Awards:
broweryouthawards.org - Community Recycling Campaign:
crcfbt.org - Pepsi Refresh Project:
refresheverything.com - Prudential Spirit of Community awards:
spirit.prudential.com - Roots of Change community garden:
swunion.org/roots.html - Youth Venture:
genv.net
FOR "DOES THE MONARCHY STILL MATTER?" PP. 10-15
- The British Monarchy (official site):
royal.gov.uk - The British Monarchy’s Line of Succession:
news.nationalpost.com/2010/12/30/romancing-the-throne-the-british-monarchys-line-of-succession - Discover the Facts—Britain’s Monarchy:
re-constitution.org.uk/discover-the-facts/monarchy - The Royal Wedding (official site):
officialroyalwedding2011.org
FOR "I WANT TO LIVE," PP. 16-19
- Éva Heyman diary entries:
auschwitz.dk/Docs2/index.htm - Éva Heyman, In Memoriam:
annefrank.dk/children/new_page_5e.htm - Holocaust Encyclopedia/Éva Heyman (includes map):
ushmm.org/wlc/en/idcard.php?ModuleId=10006554 - Yad Vashem’s Holocaust Resource Center:
www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/holocaust/index.asp
- Earth's Ring of Fire:
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/136248.stm - How Earthquakes Work:
howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters/earthquake.htm - USGS Earthquake Hazards Program FAQ:
earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/faq - What Is a Tectonic Plate?:
pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/tectonic.html
