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The links below will provide a variety or resources for conducting research to support arguing debatable issues.
There are many resources on the web, as well as those included in the TPS Databases website. As you examine each topic, be sure to read deeply on the topic. Good researchers think about what all of our resources might be teaching us. What are we learning? Can our research be organized into subtopics, categories, points or main ideas?
Should we drink bottled water or tap water?
Online Articles
National Geographic News: What’s Best for Kids: Bottled Water or Fountains?”
NewsELA: Bottled Water Hurts the Earth
National Geographic Kids: Drinking Water: Bottled or from the Tap?
Scholastic: Is Bottled Water Really Better?
New Aquafina Bottles Reduce Plastic Use by 50 Percent
National Geographic: Why is Tap Water Better than Bottled Water?
EcoWatch: Why You should Never Drink Bottled Water Again
IBWA: International Bottled Water Association
Multimedia:
ABC News: Bottled Water vs Tap Water. Can You Tell the Difference?
Is Football a Dangerous Sport?
Online Articles
“What in the name of high school football?” By: Hill, Hank, Literary Cavalcade, 00244511, Nov/Dec2002, Vol. 55, Issue 3.http://images.pcmac.org/SiSFiles/Schools/GA/CatoosaCounty/HeritageMiddle/Uploads/DocumentsCategories/Documents/sports%20articles.pdf
“High School, College Football Come with Risks.” By Jeffrey Perkel, ABC News.http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Healthday/story?id=4508074&page=1
“School Sports: The pros and cons” by Raven J. Railey
“Pushing too hard too young” by Jacqueline Stenson. http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20081228/FEATURES/812280310/School-sportsproscons
“Sports Injury Statistics,” from Stanford Children’s Health, February 9, 2016. http://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/topic/default?id=sports-injury-statistics-90-P02787
Multimedia
(video) “Is Soccer Safe for Kids? Amid Concussion Fears a Parent Searches for Answers,” PBS Newshour, October 25, 2014. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/parents-dilemma-soccer-safe-kids/
(video) “Should you let your kids play football?” Sports Illustrated, October 26, 2014. http://safeshare.tv/v/C6cWRe9h1OY
(video) “Denying the Dangers of Football: A League of Denial,” Part 4, PBS Frontline, Oct. 22, 2014. http://safeshare.tv/v/Zos9zNHQE5g
Are trampolines a safe form of exercise for kids?
Online Articles
“Trampolines: What you Need to Know.” American Academy of Pediatrics, HealthyChildren.org, January 30, 2016. https://www.healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/at-play/Pages/Trampolines-What-You-Need-to-Know.aspx
“Home trampoline danger: 1M visits to ER, study says,” by Shari Rudavsky. USA Today, May 7, 2014. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/07/home-trampoline-hospital-visits/8820793/
“Trampolines and Trampoline Safety,” Position Statememt from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, September 2010. http://www.aaos.org/CustomTemplates/Content.aspx?id=22314&ssopc=1
“The Benefits of Trampolining,” Springfit.org, February 1, 2016. http://www.springfit.org/activities/trampolining/benefits-of-trampolining/
“Trampoline Health,” info on “rebounding” and other benefits of trampoline use. February 1, 2016. http://www.trampolinehealth.com/
“Toronto’s Trampoline Center is pro’s training site,” by Dean Seguin, ESPN, Febr. 1, 2016. http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/index?id=7324100
Multimedia
“Trampoline Safety: It’s Flippin Important,” From Blake Gaudry, an Olympic trampolinist. YouTube, February 1, 2016. http://safeshare.tv/v/rLwhpbe1OQw
“Trampoline Saftey Warning for Kids,” Channel 3 News Las Vegas, Nov. 4, 2012, YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2VaRCofUS0
“Hidden Dangers of Trampolines,” CBS News, April 28, 2010. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hidden-dangers-of-trampolines/
“Trampolines Safety: St. Louis Children’s Hospital” – Kristin Lee, MD, Pediatric Hospital shares a warning about the dangers of trampolines (video)
“Trampoline Safety“- Dr. Marie Lozon from University of Michigan discussessafety precautions that should be taken when children jump on a trampoline (video).
Should kids be allowed to have cell phones in schools?
Online Articles
“Should Cell Phones be Allowed in School?” NYT upfront Newsmagazine for Kids, May 9, 2011. http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/upfront/debate/index.asp?article=d1211
“Cell Phones in School,” Safe Search Kids, January 26, 2016. http://www.safesearchkids.com/cell-phones-in-school/#.VqmOzZorLIU
“As Schools Lift Bans on Cell Phones, Educators Learn Pros and Cons.” nea Today, February 23, 2015. http://www.safesearchkids.com/cell-phones-in-school/#.VqmOzZorLIU
“Do Kids Need their own Cell Phones?” from Debate! Time for Kids, September 21, 2013. http://www.timeforkids.com/news/debate/47056
“Every Child Should have a Moble Phone.” (Junior)” – from idebate.org http://idebate.org/es/node/55641
“This House Believes Children Should be Allowed to Own and Use Mobile Phones,” from debatabase. http://www.ww.idebate.org/debatabase/debates/science-technology/house-believes-children-should-be-allowed-own-and-use-mobile-phones
Cell Phone Use in the Classroom: Concordia University
Family Education: Cell Phones: Allowed in school?
Why Phones Don’t Belong in School (Blog from Huffington Post, 2016)
Multimedia
(video) “Kids with Cell Phones: How Young is Too Young?” CBS News Report, YouTube, January 27, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jKlq69KzCA
Big Universe E-book Titles: Smartphones in class, Cell Phones (2 Books)
BrainPop Video Titles: Cell Phones
Should schools be in session all year round?
Online Articles
“The Pros and Cons of Year-Round School.” From Scholastic. http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/choosing-schools-programs/pros-and-cons-year-round-schools
“Research Spotlight on Year-Round Education.” From the NEA. http://www.nea.org/tools/17057.htm
“Year-Round School.” From Family Education. http://school.familyeducation.com/experimental-education/educational-research/41266.html
“Districts Weigh Pros and Cons of Year-round Schools.” From the NEA. http://neatoday.org/2014/09/04/districts-weigh-pros-and-cons-of-year-round-schools-2/
“Year-Round Schooling: How it Affects Students.” From Education Week. http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/education_futures/2013/11/year-round_schooling_how_it_affects_students.html
“Could Students Benefit from Year-Round School?” From PBS. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/always-ready-go-back-students-may-benefit-year-round-schooling/
Multimedia
(video) “Interview on Pros and Cons of Year-Round School.” Channel 7 News. YouTube. http://safeshare.tv/v/ss56982077896c5
(video) “Why Students May Benefit from a Year-Round Calendar.” PBS. YouTube. http://safeshare.tv/v/ss569823e6587d2
Big Universe E-book Titles: Summer school,
Epic E-book Titles: Schools 100 Years Ago
BrainPop Video Titles: Back to School
Britannica School Article Titles: Education
Do teachers assign too much homework?
Online Articles
“This House would ban homework” – from idebate. org http://idebate.org/debatabase/debates/children/house-would-ban-homework
“Do our kids have too much homework?” by: Marian Wilde in Great!Kids http://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/homework-is-too-much/
“Too Much Homework? Maybe Not” by Cameron Keady with TFK Reporting, March 19, 2014. http://www.timeforkids.com/news/too-much-homework-maybe-not/152921
”Help! Homework is wrecking my home life!” by Chaika, Gloria. Education World. 2000. http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin182.shtml
“Students Under Stress: Do schools assign too much homework” published by CQ Press, a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc. (long article – go to pg. 7 and read the part asking if schools assign too much homework) http://ceep.indiana.edu/hssse/pdfs/Students%20Do%20More%20Socializing%20Than%20Studying%20CQ%20Reviewer%20July%202007.pdf
“Stanford Research Shows Pitfalls of Too Much Homework,” Stanford Report, March 10, 2014. http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/march/too-much-homework-031014.html
Multimedia
(video) “Are Teachers Giving You Too Much Homework?” By DNews, YouTube, January 27, 2016. http://safeshare.tv/v/7h1olTR3KIo
(video) “Homework in Australia: Less is More.” From WISE in Learning World. YouTube, January 27, 2016. http://safeshare.tv/v/Sx1V8uYwUGs
(video) “Home in America.” Infographic from the Brookings Institute, YouTube, January 27, 2016. http://safeshare.tv/v/ArKr1exR2rg
(video) “Do Kids Really Need Homework?” a report by CBS News, YouTube, January 27, 2016. http://safeshare.tv/v/HFp9Ll11vSg
Big Universe E-book Titles: Homework, Education
Epic E-book Titles: Responsibility
Discovery Streaming Titles: Purposes of Homework
Are zoos beneficial or cruel to animals?
• “Zoos” from allaboutanimals.org.uk
• “Tigers Cuddle With Apes” (National GeographicKids)
• “Giant Panda Cubs Give Hope to an Endangered Species” by David George Gordon
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/animalsnature/giantpandacubs/
• “Tigers At Home In the Bronx Zoo” by Quinn Jacobson, Scholastic Kids Press Corps http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=10704
• “What Zoos Do” http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/endangered_species/zoos/index.asp?article=whatzoosdo
• “Some clever chimps stage escape at Kansas City Zoo” (By Kansas City Star, adapted by Newsela staff, April 15, 2014) Describes how some chimps caused a “Code Red” by escaping from their enclosure at the zoo. https://newsela.com/articles/chimp-escape/id/3419/
• “Dogs work with elephants at Pittsburgh Zoo” (By Pittsburg Post-Gazette, adapted by Newsela staff). Animals rights group complains it isn’t safe.https://newsela.com/articles/dogs-elephantherding/id/6025/
• Public benefits of AZA—Accredited Zoos and Aquariumshttps://www.aza.org/public-benefits/
• “Animal Enrichment in Zoos.” https://www.aza.org/enrichment/
Polar Bears in Zoos. From Polar Bear International. http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/about-polar-bears/essentials/polar-bears-in-zoos
Zoos: Pitful Prisons. From PETA International.
Multimedia
(video) “The Pros and Cons of Zoos.” From D News. YouTube. http://safeshare.tv/v/ss5698171903f61
(video) Captive Animal Misery in European Zoos.Youtube. http://safeshare.tv/v/ss5698124019ee1
(video) Feeding the Animals at the Smithsonian National Zoo.Youtube. http://safeshare.tv/v/ss5698147d37602
Big Universe E-book Titles: Animal Rights Activist, Animal Helpers Zoos, Animal Helpers Sanctuaries
Epic: Flamingo Rehabilition (Video), Wildlife Conservation Society (Video), Animal Welfare vs. Animal Rights (Video)
Britannica School Article Titles: Animal Rights, Zoos, Zoos (in Depth)
Is television a bad influence on kids?
“Television.” Britannica School. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2016. Web. 21 Jan. 2016. <http://school.eb.com/levels/elementary/article/353844>.
“The Effects of Electronic Media on Children Ages Zero to Six”: A History of Research Prepared for the Kaiser Family Foundation by the Center on Media and Child Health, Children’s Hospital Boston. January 2005
“Television and Language Development in the Early Years”: A review of the literature by Dr Robin Close on behalf of National Literacy Trust, March 2004
“TV and Kids under Age 3” from PBS Parents
May be photocopied for classroom use. © 2015 by Lucy Calkins and Colleagues from the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project from Units of Study for Teaching Reading (Heinemann: Portsmouth, NH).
