LibGuides: G6 Research &amp; Exhibition: Resources

Right to Education

Curated by: Michelle Lipinski

Global fund for children At The Global Fund for Children, we transform the lives of children on the edges of society—trafficked children, refugees, child laborers—and help them regain their rights and pursue their dreams.
Guardian report Almost 70 million children across the world are prevented from going to school each day, a study published today reveals.
BBC News Poor children 'don't get a fair chance at school'

Land Pollution

Curated by: Brent Edward Lim

What is Land Pollution Resource from Eschooltoday: Land pollution is the deterioration (destruction) of the earth’s land surfaces, often directly or indirectly as a result of man’s activities and their misuse of land resources.
How to prevent land pollution Resource from WikiHow: Land pollution, in other words, means degradation or destruction of earth’s surface and soil, directly or indirectly as a result of human activities. We have all heard the R's: reduce, reuse, recycle. Following the various methods will help prevent land pollution and create a cleaner earth.
Great Garbage Patch Facts About The World’s Plastic Catch Basin. Alarming Footage Of Where The World’s Plastic Ends Up

Time Dilation

Curated by: Matthew Bata

Space.com The Science of 'Interstellar' Explained (Infographic)
Wikipedia - time dilation In the theory of relativity, time dilation is a difference of elapsed time between two events as measured by observers either moving relative to each other or differently situated from a gravitational mass or masses.
Ducksters - relativity Physics for Kids Theory of Relativity - Light

Fast food

Curated by: Timothy Von Seidlein

What’s really in a McDonald’s hamburger? What’s in a McDonald’s hamburger? A 100% beef patty that’s seasoned with a pinch of salt and pepper, topped with melty cheese, tangy pickles, minced onions, and (of course) ketchup and mustard. Duh.

Is junk food to blame for the obesity epidemic? Fast food, soft drinks and candy are often painted as the driving forces behind America's obesity epidemic, but new research suggests there's more to it than that.

Girls Right to Education

Curated by: Sana Sika

Parent and community attitude PARENTS’ AND COMMUNITY ATTITUDES TOWARDS GIRLS’ PARTICIPATION IN AND ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS AND TECHNOLOGY (SMT) SUBJECTS
Girls not brides Each year, 15 million girls are married before the age of 18. That is 28 girls every minute – married off too soon, endangering their personal development and wellbeing. With more young people on our planet than ever before, child marriage is a human rights violation that we must end to achieve a fairer future for all.
Girls fact sheet Girls’ education – the facts (2013)

Haze

Curated by: Abigail Bilsland

Palm Oil Scorecard 2015: Fries, Face Wash, Forests 2014 was a year of progress—so why are so many of America's biggest brands still using palm oil that contributes to deforestation and peatland destruction?
South East Asia haze: Orangutans at risk in Indonesia fires Forest fires, often illegally started to clear land for planting, have been burning in Indonesia for months. As well as the damage to the environment and the effects on people's health, the fires also threatening rare wildlife such as orangutans.

Sugar in Food

Curated by: Justin Lee

Facts about sugar The World Sugar Research Organisation (WSRO) is an international scientific research organisation globally supported by the sugar industry.
57 Sneaky Sugars Every day we learn something new about how sugar destroys our health and expands our waistlines. Even worse, it seems like every other day food corporations come up with a new name for sugar.

Child Labour

Curated by: Kathleen Craddock

International Labour Organisation The main aims of the ILO are to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue on work-related issues.
Stop Child Labor The coalition believes that no child, regardless of race, sex, nationality, religion, economic status, place of residence, or occupation, should be exploited. Exploitative child labor is defined as employment (whether in the formal or informal sector; whether paid or unpaid) that is coerced, forced, bonded, slave, or otherwise known to be unfair in wages, injurious to the health and safety of children, and/or obstructs a child’s access to education or impairs educational attainment.

Haze (2)

Curated by: Joshua Chan

Wikipedia - Haze Haze is traditionally an atmospheric phenomenon where dust, smoke and other dry particles obscure the clarity of the sky.

Space Exploration

Curated by: Luke Greenwood

NASA - what is dark energy In the early 1990s, one thing was fairly certain about the expansion of the Universe. It might have enough energy density to stop its expansion and recollapse, it might have so little energy density that it would never stop expanding, but gravity was certain to slow the expansion as time went on.
Black Holes and Quasars Black holes sound like they're straight out of a science fiction story: objects so dense that nothing in the universe can escape from their gravitational pull. But over the past few decades astronomers have been steadily building up evidence that black holes are not only real, but, in fact, quite prevalent in the universe.
Will the Andromeda galaxy someday collide with our Milky Way? The Andromeda galaxy is approaching our Milky Way galaxy across the vastness of space. When will they collide?

Screen heads

Curated by: Jasmine Karumo

Wired Kids: How Screen Time Affects Children's Brains There's a reason for that. Screen time has a powerful effect on children, not to mention adults.
Research Says Screen Time Can Be Good For Your Kids Screen time is not all bad for your kids. They can learn a ton from video games. And when parents and children are watching or playing together, kids are internalizing important social skills. Being intentional about the messages you send to your kids about media is a missing link in most parenting strategies.
How to Limit Your Child’s Screen Time Most people would agree that our culture watches too much. Yet, few people are able to curb their habit and reclaim their life. And even fewer know how to help their children navigate the media-drenched world we live in.

Deforestation

Curated by: Varun Raiji

Deforestation Facts Deforestation or felling trees has become a favorite activity of man to extract assorted needs- be it medicines or precious paper to waste.
Tropical Rainforest Rainforests used to cover 14% of the Earth, and now we only have 6% left. Did you know? Every second, a section the size of a football field is cut down. Scientists estimate that in about 40 years, the 6% will be gone as well. In rainforests, the most valuable asset to people is the amount of wood. In time, the impacts of deforestation will become obvious.
The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates is a list of highly endangered primate species selected and published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission Primate Specialist Group (IUCN/SSC PSG), the International Primatological Society (IPS), and Conservation International (CI).

Ecological Architecture

Curated by: Emil Valta

Jetson Green Our mission is to enhance homes (and the lives of people in them) with beautiful design, smart construction, resource conservation, energy efficiency, water savings, healthy air, green technology, and renewable energy.
Alt Energy Mag Green architecture is full of prospects for the future from both a creativity perspective, as well as ecological requirements. Because of modern technology, architects can not only preserve the environment but improve it
New Designs to breathe life into our cities Urban buildings use up precious materials and cause pollution. We need visionary thinking to create more sustainable designs that respond to their environmen

Universe Slowly Dying

Curated by: Ayaan Raina

Scientists measure Slow Death of the Universe An international team of astronomers studying 200,000 galaxies has measured the energy generated within a large portion of space more precisely than ever before, discovering that it’s only half what it was 2 billion years ago and fading – the Universe is slowly dying.
Don’t Panic, But The Universe Is Slowly Dying We know that our universe has already lived through great number of exciting phases. But new research released overnight shows the universe has long passed its peak and is slowly but surely dying.

Social media addictions

Wikipedia - social media Social media are computer-mediated tools that allow people to create, share, or exchange information, career interests,[1] ideas, and pictures/videos in virtual communities and networks.

Bengal Tiger

Curated by: Shreya Mehta

Bengal Tiger The Bengal tiger is found primarily in India with smaller populations in Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, China and Myanmar.
8 reasons tigers are dying A century ago there were 100,000 tigers roaming the world. Today, there are as few as 3,200 left in the wild. Only 7 percent of historic tiger habitat still contains tigers and of the nine subspecies only six remain after the Bali, Javan and Caspian tigers all became extinct in the latter part of the 20th century.
Tigers in crisis Promoting the Plight of Endangered Tigers and the Efforts to Save Them

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