Analysis of issues - social, political, military, economic, environmental, science related, health related, cultural
Focuses on broad issues, such as war, genocide, terrorism, human rights, poverty, famine, globalization, world trade, nuclear proliferation, and global warming, as well as more specific events and topics in the news that are related to these broader issues.
Detailed information on nations to provide a foundation for cross-cultural studies
Overviews summarizing background information, historical context, and contemporary stances
Expert perspectives analyzing an issue or event through multiple aspects
Reference documents providing background information on all issues and nations
Full-text international magazines, academic journals, news source, and primary sources
Statistics, including interactive graphs, tables, and charts
Full-text database providing students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.
280+ topics, each with an overhttp://www.biodigitalhuman.com/
d/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide.
A 3-D model of male and female bodies. Point your mouse at a part of the human body - the mandible - and it will be identified for you in visually and audibly.
Explore with your mouse as this is pretty amazing resource to learn about the human body!
Concord Consortium
High-quality, free activities for science, math and engineering
2,400+ videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history
150 practice exercises to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace.
Periodic Table of Videos - University of Nottingham "Tables charting the chemical elements have been around since the 19th century - but this modern version has a short video about each one"
65,000 research articles, 15,000 images, 2,500 encyclopedia entries, 1,500 book reviews, and hundreds of educational videos
Tree of Life
Follow evolution and explore the variety of life on the planet with the Interactive Tree of Life. Can also search for specific organism (mite, mole, wolf, etc.)
Blogs
A Blog Around the Clock
"If you were to pick only one person to follow to keep up with new scientific discoveries and the science community, we recommend Bora Zivkovic." Booklist. December 1, 2010. 71.
PLoS
"PLoS Blogs has been set up to bring a select group of independent science and medicine bloggers together with the editors and staff who run our blogs. Our independent network is made up of writers who love science and medicine, and scientists and physicians that love to write."
Science Magazine Videos
Free videos on wide variety of topic including: Cancer, Cell biology, evolution, medicine, and more.
Library Catalog
To locate books on this debate topic search the library catalog by subject. Use those listed below or others that you have found useful.
Go to the ASW library catalog here; enter each subject heading separately and then click the subject button:
Science Databases
Science in ContextGeneral Databases
Advanced Placement SourceImage Quest
Two million plus rights-cleared images from over 50 of the best collections in the world (DK Images, Getty, National Geographic, et al).
JSTOR
Global Issues in Context
MAS Ultra
- 500 popular, high school magazines
- 360 full text reference books
- 85,670 biographies
- 107,000+ primary source documents
- 510,000 photos, maps & flags.
Points of Viewd/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide.
Web Sites
BioDigital Human
A 3-D model of male and female bodies. Point your mouse at a part of the human body - the mandible - and it will be identified for you in visually and audibly.
Explore with your mouse as this is pretty amazing resource to learn about the human body!
Concord Consortium
High-quality, free activities for science, math and engineering
National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
How Stuff Works
Kahn Acadamy
Periodic Table of Videos - University of Nottingham
"Tables charting the chemical elements have been around since the 19th century - but this modern version has a short video about each one"
Science Daily
Tree of Life
Follow evolution and explore the variety of life on the planet with the Interactive Tree of Life. Can also search for specific organism (mite, mole, wolf, etc.)
Blogs
A Blog Around the Clock"If you were to pick only one person to follow to keep up with new scientific discoveries and the science community, we recommend Bora Zivkovic." Booklist. December 1, 2010. 71.
PLoS
"PLoS Blogs has been set up to bring a select group of independent science and medicine bloggers together with the editors and staff who run our blogs. Our independent network is made up of writers who love science and medicine, and scientists and physicians that love to write."
Science Magazine Videos
Free videos on wide variety of topic including: Cancer, Cell biology, evolution, medicine, and more.