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Air pollution
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10 causes of air pollution
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Causes of air pollution
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More causes of air pollution
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Environmental Effects of Air Pollution
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Effects of air pollution
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Cool facts; Causes of pollution
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And more causes....
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Cool Facts: CAUSES of Pollution
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Effects of Air Pollution
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Cool Facts: EFFECTS of air pollution
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More effects of air pollution
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Effects of Air Pollution: Acid Rain
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5 easy steps to reduce air pollution
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Ways to reduce air pollution
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How the Clean Air Act is Working
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How to Take Action to Reduce Air Pollution
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Preventing Air Pollution
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Acid Rain
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Vehicles Cause Air Pollution
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Effects of Acid Rain
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Factories and Air pollution
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Coal facts---coal and air pollution
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Pesticides
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Lung cancer tied to air pollution
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Lung cancer tied to air pollution
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Indoor Air Pollution
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Air pollution test page
Around the World in 100 days
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name that canadian province or territory
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name that state
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virtual museum of canada
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puzzle--southern africa
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pics and facts about countries
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African country name changes
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western europe puzzle
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national geographic travel
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western europe quiz
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western europe quiz 2
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learn some russian vocabulary
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map--former Soviet Union before 1991
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eastern europe map
Current Events
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CNN
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Front pages from around the world
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Google News
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Maine/Local news
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Time For Kids news
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USA Today
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News for Kids
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CNN/Student News
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Learning Network--students
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WCSH
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WGME
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WMTW
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The Week
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The New York Times
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Tween Current Events
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CBS news
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Top 20 news sites!
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This week's quiz
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Yahoo News
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NBC News
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Bloomberg's (Economic news)
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Yahoo Finance
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Newsela
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Fox News
Daily Questions
Economics
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Wally's Stock Trading
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Defeat the National Debt
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US National Debt Clock
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GDP by country
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Lemonade Stand
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Maine revenue/shortfall
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New Deficit Panel
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GDP--most recent--by country
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Interviews with NH Great Depression survivors!
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What's going on with Apple stocks?
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How Congress Spends our Money
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Tax Facts; state by state
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Vocabulary on Quizlet
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Currencies of the World
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Goods from Maine
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Largest companies by revenue
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Property taxes in Maine (FAQ)
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Five most capitalist countries
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Fast Facts on Great Depression
Election Time
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"On the Issues" (Federal)
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Song parody: Obama vs. McCain (oldie, but goodie)
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60 Years of Negative Attack Ads (presidential) in one video
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All About the Electoral College
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campaign flyers
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Candidate Matchmaker
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commercials through the years
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Delegate Tracker
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Electoral Map: "270 to win"
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Electoral Maps over the years
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Electoral Votes over the Years
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How to make a great palm card
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Ideas for editorial cartoon messages
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Important Dates in presidential election
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Information from Electoral Map
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list of Super PACs
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Mainers on the Issues
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Money raised/spent presidential campaign
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more palm cards
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patriotic music
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Presidential Poll Tracker
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Quiz on Elections
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Road to the White House (Election 2020; Scholastic)
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See which candidate you match up with
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The Electoral College (Ducksters)
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United States presidential election, 2016
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US Census; population demographics
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YouTube: CNN Explains Conventions (PRE Covid)
Environmental Games
Geography Games
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Play GeoNet
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Variety of Geography Games
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Geography Trivia
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Funbrain Geography
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Name that country
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Practice for National Geo. Bee
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Travel Pod game
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Map Match
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Choose the state
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Middle East map game
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Name the 50 states
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States and Capitals
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Name the Capitals!
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Tons of practice games
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Europe--name the countries
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Click on ASIA countries!
Instead of Googling your country, try these
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World Info Zone
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CIA World Factbook
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Background Notes (info about each country)
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Nations Online
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Infoplease--info on world
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Geographia.com
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HRW World Atlas (click continent on top)
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Geography IQ
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Geographic. Org
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Every Culture
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Countries Organized by Continent
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Atlapedia--Countries A to Z
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Physical maps
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Encyclopedia of Nations
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Kid Cyber (choose "People and Places")
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Nation master
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Comparing Size of Countries to US
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Foods by Country
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Overseas Adventure Travel
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Fact Monster; facts about countries
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Gapminder Interactive map
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Around the World (Time for Kids)
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Names of people from different countries
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Top names of many countries
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Culture grams (username: portlandpps login: maine)
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Global Conflict tracker
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Environmental Justice atlas (environmental issues
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International Disputes
Issues 2012
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Understanding the Issues (Time for Kids)
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Barack on the Issues
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Mitt Romney on the issues
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Comparing Mitt and Barack on issues (scroll down)
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Jill Stein on the issues
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Maine Senate on Issues (scroll down)
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Romney vs. Johnson on issues
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Mainers on the issues
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Mainers on the Issues (go to links on right hand side)
Learning the United States
Mr. T's Data Collection
Newspapers
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Newspaper Web Audience
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Online Newspaper Reading
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Lots of statistics
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Print Newspapers readership going down
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A Debate about it (challenging)
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An interesting debate graph (keep clicking!)
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Why read online?
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Why read print newspapers
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Newspapers or the Planet? (environment is discussed)
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Article to read in class
Presidential Politics
Primary/Secondary Sources
Protest songs
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Anti-war songs website
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Lyrics: I'm Just a Girl
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Big Yellow Taxi
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Lyrics: Beatles/Revolution
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Lyrics: In the Year 2525
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Lyrics: Born in the USA
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Ballad of the Green Beret
Actually a patriotic song; written in 1966
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Lyrics: Ohio
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Lyrics: I am Woman
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Earth Day, Every Day
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Chicago (written after Dem. National Conv.)
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Lyrics: Don't go near the Water
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Lyrics: Indian Reservation
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Lyrics: Chicago
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Song/Lyrics: Generation
Search Engines
Survey Monkey
Talkin' Trash
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History of Trash Timeline
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Milestones in Garbage (timeline)
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Lots of Environmental sites
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EPA site for kids
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Ben's Government Guide (scroll down to Environment)
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EEK! Kid-friendly environmental magazine (use the search)
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Environmental Projects by kids around the world
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Lots More Sites for kids (scroll way down)
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Talkin' Trash sites for prep for speech
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Glass Recycling and the Environment
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geothermal energy
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Paper and the Environment
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Paper AND Glass!
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Wind energy
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Steel and Aluminum, too
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Steel, Metals; great statistics
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Garbage/Trash
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Air
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Solar Energy
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Frequently Asked Questions about Solar Energy
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Aluminum Cans (with Jimmy Neutron!)
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Recycling Plastics
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Wood Recycling (in the UK!)
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Air pollution
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Oil/a fossil fuel
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Coal/ a fossil fuel
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Fossil fuels
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Energy page
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Fossil fuels
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Oil
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Household waste
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Household waste; hazardous products
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Textiles and Recycling
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Recycling textiles
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Lots of statistics
The fifty states
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Info please; 50 States
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US 50
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Enchanted Learning--50 states
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Geography of the 50 States
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Tidbits about the states (good for "place")
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One fun fact about each state
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Folktales from each state!
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Facts about each state A to Z
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The geographic centers of 50 states (absolute location!)
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Regions of the US
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State Populations from 2000-2005
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Tourism in each state
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Awesome America
This Date in History
Women In History Month
Jumprope sign in
Surveillance
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Surveillance uncovered a bomb threat
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Lots of Intelligence Agencies
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17 Spy Agencies in US
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Civil War spies
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10 Trickiest Spy Gadgets ever
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The man behind the spy gadgets
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Europe should be grateful to the NSA
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Video on how the Enigma machine worked (Maddie's site)
How Surveillance has changed
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History of Electronic surveillance
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History of Surveillance cameras
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History and Ethics of Surveillance
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Timeline of surveillance and spying
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Spy Techniques of the Revolutionary War
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More history of american intelligence (PBS)
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History of American Intelligence (Kids' Zone)
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Intelligence gathering through history (National Cryptologic Museum)
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Spying in the Civil War
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Types of modern surveillance (Ahmad's site)
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More modern surveillance
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Video on modern surveillance equipment
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Surveillance drones (Sid's site)
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12 Top Spy Gadgets (Milo's site)
NSA
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How the NSA is tracking people right now!
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Pros and Cons of NSA Spying
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Video on pros and cons of NSA spying
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NSA and 4th Amendment (Lydia BP's site)
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13 ways the NSA spies on us
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Why we need government surveillance
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top 10 things wrong with NSA surveillance of Americans (Ahmad's site)
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NSA wants to build a computer that could decrypt anything (Lucy's site)
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The benefits of surveillance (tough, long article! Challenging!)
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The NSA site (Elijiah's)
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Should governments spy on their citizens? (Pros and cons)
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The NSA files! (Ikran's site)
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Video on how the NSA is tracking you (Logan's site)
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Tech Companies that NSA gets info from (Rose's site)
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Video on NSA spying on more than they can handle (Lizzy's site)
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Video: 10 ways the nsa spies on you (Nimo's site)
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Lawmakers want more surveillance on ground and in sky (Neddie's site)
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Video on NSA spying secrets (Logan's site)
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Surveillance uncovered a bomb threat
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NSA: the bad and the good! (Lydia BP's site)
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Video: What kind of information is NSA collecting (Nimo's site)
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Video-How to get a job at the NSA (Nimo's site)
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Why American's DON'T fear the NSA (Jacob's site)
Other countries
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China spies on its citizens
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Researchers Find 25 Countries using surveillance software
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Syria, Iran, China spy on citizens
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Canada spies on its own citizens
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Germany spies on its citizens
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12 Governments that spy on their citizens
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Countries under surveillance (drop down menu for each country)
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Map of countries that use surveillance
NWEA log in
World Without Fish
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Intro: Lots of Hazards to birds
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Intro: A Slideshow of Birds Facing Extinction, and why
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Intro: Where Have the Birds gone?
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Intro: Why are Birds disappearing?
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Ch. 1 : Audubon article: "Why Do Birds Matter?" (lots of quotes!)
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Ch. 1: What Would a World Without Birds Look Like?
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Chapter 2: Hunting for Food (includes hunting for birds)
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Chapter 2: Wild Bird Capture Techniques (may need to skim this article)
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Ch. 2: Birdwatching as an Industry
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Chapter 3: Project Puffin
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Chapter 3: Saving the Great Blue Heron
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Chapter 3: Recovering Bald Eagles in Maine
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Chapter 3: "Extinct" bird found alive! How about the dodo?
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Chapter 3: One White Heron; a story
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Chapter 4: What is Wildlife Biology?
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Chapter 4: Birders and Science: Citizen Science
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Chapter 4: Scientists Identify Birds in Danger from Hunting/Trapping
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Chapter 5: Florida's Disappeared Birds Mystery Solved
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Chapter 5: Mass Death of Seabirds in Western US
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Chapter 5: The Case of the Disappearing Quali
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Chapter 5: The Extinction Crisis
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Chapter 6: Killing spring birds is against the law
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Chapter 6: Don't Feed the Ducks
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Chapter 6: These Laws are for the Birds
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Chapter 6: The Migratory Bird Act---updated?
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Chapter 7: How many birds are killed by windmills (Maddie)
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Chapter 7: Breeding Parakeets for Business
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Chapter 7: Quail farming
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Chapter 7: Bird Farming on the increase (Ostrich farming)
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Chapter 7: Turkey Production on Factory Farms
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Chapter 7: Raising Free-Range Chicken
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Chapter 8: 8 Ways that Wind Companies are trying to STOP killing birds and bats (Zoe)
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Chapt. 8: How will Drones Affect Birds?
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Ch. 8: Birds Hurt by Cell Phone towers
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Ch. 8: Radio Waves Affect Migrating Birds
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Chapter 9: 5 Ways Pollution is Killing Animals (Maddie)
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Ch. 9: Pollution Effects on Birds (different types of pollution)
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Ch. 9: Plastic in Birds' Stomachs Reveals Ocean's Garbage Problem
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Ch. 9: Light Pollution taking a toll on Wildife
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Ch. 10: Climate Change Effects on Birds (start reading from "How Climate change affects birds"
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Chap. 10: Climate Change: Audubon
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Ch. 10: What does the Paris Climate Deal Mean?
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Ch. 10: Climate Change will Disrupt Half of North America's Bird Species
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Ch. 11: Audubon: How to Protect the Birds
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Ch.11: 10 things you can do to help the birds
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Ch. 11: Audubon: How to Protect the Birds
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Ch. 11: 20 Ways to Conserve Birds
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Ch. 11: 10 Ways to Help our Birds