APES Population Project

Part One: Gather Demographic Data:

CIA World Factbook

World Resources Institute

NatGeo Earthpulse

Institute national d'etudes demographique

Population Reference Bureau

United Nations Population 

National Geographic "7 Billion" http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/7-billion

UN Population Information Network http://www.un.org/popin/

Population Council: http://www.popcouncil.org/

Part Two: Social, Economic, and Political facts and

Part Three: Environmental Impacts

SIRS/Researcher Database

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login ID: ahsresearch

pw: r _ _ _ _ _ _ h

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Berkeley Public LIbrary Science Databases

Berkeley Public Library Science Databases

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Google Search Tips (or try SweetSearch.com)

•                Put phrases in quotation marks (examples:"environmental impact" "economic growth")

•                Use the minus sign to "subtract" words you do not want to show up in your search (-blog)

•                Use site:.edu to find university websites only

•                Use site:.gov to find US Government sites only

•                Use site:.org to find .org sites CAUTION: .org sites are not automatically "good"

•                Limit the date to last 3-5 years

Questions you should ask to see if websites are relevant and reliable:

•                Does it have the info I need?

•                How recent was it updated?

•                Who is the author or organization?

•                Does the author cite his/her sources?

•                Can I trust the author/organization?

REMEMBER: Use Wikipedia's links, not the actual article.

 

Directions for Citing Sources and Taking Notes on Noodle Tools

•                Login to Noodle Tools at noodletools.com

◦                need to create an account or revalidate? ahsnoodle / research

◦                forgot your username? see Ms. O

•                Create new project. MLA Starter. Name it the name of your COUNTRY.

•                Click "Share project to Teacher's Dropbox"

•                The Drop Box name will contain Population Project and your period #. Example: Population Project Per 6

•                Make sure you type your name when you share!

•                Go to Bibliography.

•                Add your first source. Make sure to 

CLICK CHECK FOR ERRORS

          

Then Add Notecard. Make sure to fill in the following boxes: Direct Quote, Paraphrase, My Ideas

Biomes

•                Lots of great biomes info

◦                don't forget to click on the "animals" and "plants" links

•                Biomes information at MBGnet - don't forget to look at the sub-sections 

•                Biomes info from NASA

•                Biomes info from Cal Berkeley

Use Wikipedia's links, NOT Wikipedia

Tips for searching on Google:

•                Put phrases in quotation marks (examples:"deciduous forest")

•                Use the minus sign to "subtract" words you do not want to show up in your search

•                Use site:.edu to find university websites only

•                Use site:.gov to find US Government sites only 

•                Use site:.org to search for organizations

Questions you should ask to see if websites are relevant and reliable:

•                Does it have the info I need?

•                How recent was it updated?

•                Who is the author or organization?

•                Does the author cite his/her sources

• Can I trust the author/organization?

PLANET PROJECT

Quick data about the planets (NASA)
More detailed data about the planets (NASA)
Current, past, and future space missions (NASA)
Look at images of the planets (NASA)
Planet facts from nine(eight)planets.org

good for info on mythology, name origin, terrain

Tips for searching on Google:

• Put phrases in quotation marks (examples:"space exploration" "rotational speed")

• Use the minus sign to "subtract" words you do not want to show up in your search

• Use site:.edu to find university websites only

• Use site:.gov to find US Government sites only 

• Example of an effective search: "space exploration" mars -blog site:.gov

• Does it have the info I need?

• How recent was it updated?

• Who is the author or organization?

• Does the author cite his/her sources?

• Can I trust the author/organization?

WIKIPEDIA IS NOT A VALID SOURCE OF INFO FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH

For animals and plants try:

US Fish and Wildlife endangered species site FIRST

For animals try:

IUCN Red List site 

For plants try:

Calflora 

Tips for searching on Google:

• Put phrases in quotation marks (examples:"desert pupfish" "cyprinodon macularius")
• Use the minus sign to "subtract" words you do not want to show up in your search
• Use site:.edu to find university websites only
• Use site:.gov to find US Government sites only ***probably better for this assignment
• Example of an effective search: "desert pupfish" "cyprinodon macularius" site:.gov

Questions you should ask to see if websites are relevant and reliable:

• Does it have the info I need?
• How recent was it updated?
• Who is the author or organization?
• Does the author cite his/her sources?
• Can I trust the author/organization?