Bibliography
Annotated Bibliography for Teachers
Chapman, C. & King, R. (2005). Differentiated assessment strategies. Thousand Oaks,
CA: Corwin Press, Inc. This is a comprehensive look at assessment for all
learners.
Collom, J. & Noethe, S. (2000). Poetry everywhere. New York: Teachers and Writers
Collaborative. This book is full of fantastic writing exercises and sample poems. It contains lunes, haiku and pantoums among other forms. The "I Remember" poem is similar to the "I Come From" form.
Flannery, T. (2006). The weather makers. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. Flannery
emphasizes the effects climate change has on biodiversity.
Kolbert, E. (2006). Field notes from a catastrophe. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing.
This book clearly explains aspects of global warming from a journalist's perspective.
McCarthy, B. (2000). About teaching: 4Mat in the classroom. Wauconda, IL: About
Learning, Inc. This is a useful source for structuring lessons.
Motavalli, J. (ed). (2004). Feeling the heat: Dispatches from the frontlines of climate
change. New York: Routledge. Passionate voices contribute to this collection of short essays and articles.
Reed, Ishmael. (ed). (2003). From totems to hip-hop: A multicultural anthology of poetry
across the Americas, 1900-2002. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press. Reed includes poetry about identity, family, politics and nature.
Stwertka, A. (2002). A guide to the elements. New York: Oxford University Press.
Anyone who wants to understand the components of our atmosphere should refer to this book.
Sylwester, R. (1995). A celebration of neurons: An educator's guide to the human brain.
Alexandria, VA: ASCD Publications. This is a great book for any educator who
wants to know how people think.
Internet Sources
Buchdal, Joe. Global Climate Change Student Guide:
http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/Resources/gcc/. Although this is a guide for college students, it offers nice explanations for the different aspects of climate change. Some sections may be appropriate for high school students.
Goddard Institute for Space Studies: http://www.giss.nasa.gov/. This is a good site for
general information.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: http://www.ipcc.ch/index.html. The Kyoto
Protocol can be found here.
Inuit Circumpolar Conference: http://www.inuit.org/index.asp?lang=eng&num=2. This
site provides useful links.
National Academies:
http://www4.nas.edu/onpi/webextra.nsf/web/climate?OpenDocument. This is information about global warming from the scientists themselves.
Annotated Bibliography for Students
Gore, A. (2006). An inconvenient truth. Emmaus, PA: Rodale. This book breaks down
the information about global warming for the general public.
Kemp, W.H. (2004). Smart power: An urban guide to renewable energy and efficiency.
Tamworth: Aztec Press. Use Kemp's suggestions to help mitigate global warming.
Maslin, M. (2002). Global warming. Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press. This is an excellent
introduction to global warming. It includes great photographs.
Tal, A. (ed.). (2006). Speaking of Earth. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Speeches about the environment from all over the world can be found here.
Internet Sources
Climate Change Education: http://www.climatechangeeducation.org/tv.html. This site
may provide ideas for the final presentation. It also contains links to a student-made video and a parody by Will Ferrell.
Environmental Protection Agency:
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/index.html. This has a lot of useful information on global warming, including a link to measure a carbon footprint. It also has a kid's site that may provide ideas for a final presentation.
Koshland Science Museum:
http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/exhibitgcc/index.jsp. This is a great site for the basic facts about global warming.
Safe Climate: http://www.safeclimate.net/calculator/. Measure your carbon footprint.
Wildlife Federation: http://www.nwf.org/globalwarming/wildlife.cfm. Learn how global
warming affects animals and plants.
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