Ideas+for+8th+Grade+Research

Big Picture Question: How does where you live influence how you live?

 1. CIA Factbook [] 2. Explore using Google Earth and the many pictures of the area; find the school on the satellite image 3. Research using books (textbook in the classroom and books that Mrs. Brock will have pulled), websites, and database such as: This is an excellent place to start your research. Covers all the hot issues of the day and especially in the area of global warming, weather, peace keeping, water and pollution. 4. Research physical geography of the area such as rivers, mountains, and plains, etc. 5. Research human geography of the area such as dams and canal systems and: 6. Research the social aspects of the culture: having to do with people in groups, their living together with one another, includes such issues as gender, economic status, and ethnicity 7. Search YouTube for videos 8. Other points of interest
 * Ebsco's Science Collection
 * Ebsco's MIddle School Search
 * Ebsco's Science Reference Center
 * Facts on File Science Online
 * Gale Science in Context
 * SIRS Issues Researcher
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">political climate: having to do with gaining, seeking, and organizing power, events related to function of government; making laws, and interpreting laws (could be part of human geography)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">economic system: having to do with how people meet their basic material needs; the production and distribution, and consumption of goods and services; includes such issues as domestic and international trade, monetary policies, and taxation (could be part of human geography)

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