Credible vs Non Credible Sources of Information

Homework for 9/26- 9/27

For Homework tonight:

1. Please revisit this site, and go to sections:
• "What does global climate change mean?"
• "What is the greenhouse effect?"
• "How do we know the climate is changing?"
2. Take Cornell style notes on these three sections.  Make sure you understand what a greenhouse gas is, and how that is different from the greenhouse effect.
3. Look up "The Kyoto Protocol" - try to come up with a one to two sentence summary of what this is, and write it in your notes.
4. Sign up for edmodo .  Use the group code: ne17t8
5. Bring a digital video camera to school the next time we see each other.  This can be an iPhone, flip camera, or an actual digital video camera.  
6. Print and bring the population data table that  I had you do for homework over the weekend.  Make sure the questions are answered.  You only need to print and bring Lesson 1, step 1 and 2.

NASA Climate Change

http://climate.nasa.gov/keyIndicators/index.cfm#co2
http://climate.nasa.gov/kids/bigQuestions/

Video's of interest

Look at one way to make "squatter settlements" more liveable and help clean up the environment!!! Very cool!!!

PPT on Population Growth

The Habitable Planet

Please go to this site:

http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/interactives/demographics/

Homework for 9/15 and 9/16

1. HW – Make sure that the section 58 – 65  is read (pay close attention to birth and death rate, and population distribution)and answer numbers  1,2,3,4,5, and 7 on pg. 63  - Please answer these questions in your Notebook.  I will be checking this on Monday and Tuesday.
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-14544034  Watch this video and take notes Cornell Style in your notebooks.
3. Go out into HCMC and take photos of "squatter settlements" here in your own city.  Post these photos to your blog.  Please do write down all your observations about the settlement in your Journal. 
4. For block B - please watch this video as well, we will discuss it on Monday:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-xALVbvm48
5. Go outside and play!