The students in Mrs. Valence's 7th grade ELA class read Flush by Carl Hiaason. The students will select one print resource from task card 1 or 2 and three electronic sources from task cards 3-7. They will complete an annotated bibliography at the end of this lesson.

1. Task 1:
Non-Fiction Books
Brown, Paul. Global pollution.
Gifford, Clive. Pollution.
Haddock, Patricia. Environmental time bomb : our threatened planet.
Haley, James. Pollution.
Woods, Michael, and Mary B. Woods. Environmental disasters.
Workman, James G. Water.
Step 1
Choose a non-fiction title and open the index.
Step 2
Try one of the following keywords to find information:
Oil spill
Water Depletion
Water Conservation
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Clean Water Act
Water Pollution
Step 3
Use autocite in Easybib by entering the ISBN on the book tab to create a
citation.
Step 4
Add an annotation to this citation. In the annotation list key words that you
used, describe why this source is relevant for your research and indicate
what pages you used.

2. Task 2:
Reference Books
The atlas of global conservation : changes, challenges, and
opportunities to make a difference.
U·X·L encyclopedia of water science. 3 volumes
Wetlands.
International environmental disputes : a reference handbook.
Handbook of water use and conservation : [homes,
landscapes, businesses, industries, farms].
Step 1
Choose a reference book and start with the index.
Step 2
Try one of the following keywords to find information:
Oil spill/s
Water Pollution Or Water Quality
Wetlands, importance of,
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Water, treatment of,
Pollution
Water Conservation
Step 3
Use autocite in Easybib by entering the ISBN on the book tab to create a
citation.
Step 4
Add an annotation to this citation. In the annotation list key words that you
used, describe why this source is relevant for your research and indicate
what pages you used.

3. Task 3:
Electronic Reference books from GVRL
Step 1
Go to: http://bit.ly/wMPWep
Step 2
Type in the search bar at the top of the page using one of
these keywords:
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Water Quality
Water Pollution
Water Treatment
Water Conservation
Oil spill
OR
Open one of reference titles and start with the index. Use one of the
keywords from the list above to find information in the index.
Step 3
Find a chapter or section with information that you think is important.
Step 4
Add an annotation to this citation. In the annotation list key words that you
used, describe why this source is relevant for your research and indicate
what pages you used.

4. Task 4:
Find a newspaper article in Gale Science in Context
Step 1
Open the topic Water Pollution here: http://bit.ly/xoHlLD
Step 2
Scroll down until you see “News” on the leftand
click “View All 610”. Choose a newspaper article that you think
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might have important information.
Step 3
Use Citation tools to import the citation from Gale into Easybib.
Step 4
Add an annotation to this citation. In the annotation describe why
this source is relevant for your research and add a permalink for this
source.

5. Task 5:
Find a magazine article in Gale Science in Context
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Step 1
Open the topic Oil Spills: http://bit.ly/z9D34V
Step 2
Scroll down until you see “Magazines” on the left and click “View All 264”.
Choose a magazine article (not brief article) that you think has important
information.
Step 3
Use Citation tools to import the citation from Gale into Easybib.
Step 4
Add an annotation to this citation. In the annotation describe why this source
is relevant for your research and add a permalink for this source.

6. Task 6:
Using Gale Power Search
Step 1
Open PowerSearch: bit.ly/zzkB7q
Step 2
Type in the search term: Oil Spill http://quest.eb.com/images/139/139_1891/139_1891799-W.jpg
Step 3
Select and click either magazines OR books on the left.
Step 4
Scroll down until you see “Limit Search by”
Select and click “Gulf of Mexico Oil S…”.
Choose a source to read.
Step 4
Use Citation tools to import the citation from Gale into Easybib.
Step 5
Add an annotation to this citation. In the annotation describe why this source
is relevant for your research and add a permalink for this source.
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7. Task 7:
Finding a Website
Step 1
Use instagrok.com
Step 2
Try some of the following search terms:
Clean Water Act
Water Quality
Watershed
Water Pollution
Step 3
Click some of the circles to see the keywords change.
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Select the section Websites on the right and choose a website.
Step 5
Copy the URL to autocite and create an Easybib citation.
Step 6
Add an annotation to this citation. List the keywords that you found in
Instagrok and describe why this source is relevant for your research and
add the URL for the site.