Acid Rain

The following resources will help you in your exploration of acid rain and it's impact on the environment.

To access the assignment, click Acid Rain Webquest
 

 Online Databases

World Book Encyclopedia
Offers a combined search feature of encyclopedias, research tools, biography center, magazines, websites and much more.
   
Student Resources in Context
Search multiple formats: journals, , magazines, encyclopedias, and more
Helpful hint: enter keyword (ex: acid rain), hit enter.

 
Gale's Global Issues in Context This resource empowers users with the tools they need to understand today’s world issues from a global perspective. Includes a wide variety of subject areas, including sociology, current events, civics, politics, science, economics, cultural/religious studies, women’s studies, human rights, English composition and many more. [Password required for at-home access.]

Science in Context Articles from magazines, journals, and reference books; biographies and images. Covers life and physical sciences, health, medicine and technology.

 

 

 Internet Sites

Acid Rain: http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/biology/environmental-problems/revise-it/acid-rain

Great Lakes Monitoring - Acid Rain: A Shared Problem: www.epa.gov/glnpo/monitoring/great_minds_great_lakes/social_studies/acid_rain.html

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Acid Rain  http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/

Library Think Quest: Acid Rain http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215471/acid_rain.htm

National Geographic: Acid Rain http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/acid-rain-overview/

 

 

If you do not find what you're looking for in the above resources, try the search tips listed below.
 

 Internet Search Tips

  1. Type the URL (web site address) of a search directory/engine in the address box: ex: www.google.com or http://scholar.google.com/, etc.
     
  2. (Be sure to type the address exactly the way you see it, including any uppercase letters and punctuation).
     
  3. Type in keyword(s). (If your keyword has two parts such as: "acid rain", be sure to put quotes around it so that the search engine only finds the Internet sites on acid rain as opposed to all of the sites containing the word acid plus all of the sites containing the word rain.
     

  4. If you would like to search for something specific about acid rain, try a combined keyword search by adding a comma followed by a space and your other search term. For instance; if I wanted to find out about the causes and consequences of acid rain,  I would enter the following:

    "acid rain", causes, consequences

    Hit Enter on your keyboard, or click on Search, then scan the description of the "hits" (entries) and click on the links that sound best.
     

  5. Be sure to evaluate each Internet site for the following:

     

  6. Remember: if you choose to use any information (text or graphics) found on an Internet source, 
    you must include it in your bibliography.

Remember:  YOU MUST CITE EVERY RESOURCE YOU USED to gather information on your 
Works Cited (Bibliography) page.  Use the Works Cited Guide to access MLA format.
 


 

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