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Where to Start:
1. Start with a broad search using current news/events and books.
2. Look over headlines to find a topic of interest
3. Skim article and begin asking questions
4. Identify key words to use to continue a search for information
News sites:
US News: https://www.usnews.com/topics/locations/south_america
CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/south-america/
AP News: https://www.apnews.com/SouthAmerica
Key Words: Identify words that are key in your question. type words such as Sustainable Fishing and "South America". This will get you better results than typing in a quesiton.
Be a Smart Researcher. Use a database: researchitct.org . Use help from professionals while researching. A database is created for you so you can spend less time evaluating the source.
Databases:
ResearchITCT.org - select for Middle Schools.
Use One Search for topics such as rainforest deforestation or use Explora
Topic Ideas and Research Starters:
Deforestation
Rainforest Alliance https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/regions/south-america
National Geographic
WWF -https://wwf.panda.org/our_work/forests/deforestation_fronts/deforestation_in_the_amazon/
World of Change - NASA's
Sustainable Fishing
World Fishing Book (in LMC) with online access http://overfishing.org/pages/what_is_overfishing.php
Government Issues
Venezuela https://www.apnews.com/Venezuela
use Explora in ResearchITCT.org - limit results to 2017-2019
Agriculture/Farming
Fair Trade and Coffee http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/Farmers-and-Workers/Coffee
Cattle Farms https://www.panoramas.pitt.edu/news-and-politics/effects-cattle-ranching-south-america
Pollution in South America
https://nypost.com/2017/03/02/pollution-has-turned-sacred-lake-titicaca-into-a-toxic-cesspool/
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